Szentgotthárd
Szentgotthárd is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába River near the Austrian border.
History
The town took its name from, and grew up round, the Cistercian Szentgotthárd Abbey, founded here in 1183.In 1664, it was the site of the Battle of Saint Gotthard, where an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli defeated the Ottoman Empire so that the Turks had to agree to the Peace of Vasvár, which held until 1683.
A second Battle of Saint Gotthard in 1705 was a victory for Rákóczi's anti-Habsburg Hungarian rebels.
During World War II, Szentgotthárd was captured by Soviet troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front on 31 March 1945 in the course of the Vienna Offensive.
The town is also considered as a centre of Rába Slovenes, the Slovenians living in the Rába region.
Climate
Pápa's climate is classified as oceanic climate. The annual average temperature is, the hottest month in July is, and the coldest month is in January. The annual precipitation is, of which July is the wettest with, while January is the driest with only. The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from on January 24, 2006 to on August 8, 2013.Notable people
- Ferenc Joachim, painter
- Alajos Drávecz, Slovenian ethnologist and writer
- Ágoston Pável, Hungarian Slovene writer and poet, graduated here
- János Brenner, Roman Catholic priest, died here
- Irén Pavlics, Hungarian Slovene author and editor
- Tibor Gécsek, hammer thrower
- Krisztián Pars, hammer thrower