Farkasfa
Farkasfa (literally translated: Wolfsbaum, German Farkischdorf, formerly Farkerstorff, Slovenian Farkašovci) was once an independent village in the Őrség region , which has been part of Szentgotthárd since 1983 . The village, which is still widely surrounded by forest, was created in connection with clearing ; in the Middle Ages it was the property of the Cistercian Abbey of Szentgotthárd . In addition to the Hungarian villagers, many Slovenes also lived in Farkasfa at that time.
The first written mention comes from 1350 as Farkasfalua. In 1548 a distinction was made between an "upper" and a "lower" Farkasfa (also Farkasfalwa). Other mentions from 1581 called it Farkasffalwa. In the 14th century the trade route between Nagykanizsa and Fürstenfeld ran here as well, and the abbey toll station was located here.
The village was burned to the ground by the Turks in 1664 because its residents refused to pay taxes that would have prevented the destruction. Farkasfa was previously destroyed by a Turkish attack in 1593. In the 19th century many Slovenes from today's Prekmurje settled in Farkasfa again. Although this Slovene community did not exist as a whole and was united with the Hungarian residents within a few decades, most of the people living in Farkasfa today have family names of Slovene origin (Bedi, Závecz, Zámodics, Zisko, Zakocs, Oravecz, Bölecz, Vajda, Skerlák, Zühl, Hodics, Korpics, Kerécz), many remember their Slovenian roots.
St. Anne's Church was built in 2000 and is now the village's greatest landmark. There is also a small shop in Farkasfa and a weather station built in the 1980s that is still in operation today.
There was a Grade I listed house in the village that was built in 1804. It was demolished and rebuilt in the Szombathely Museum Village.
In the 2000s, the independence of the village from Szentgotthárd arose as it is further away than other settlements connected to the city (e.g. Máriaújfalu, Rábakethely). However, the referendum on this did not bring the expected result, so the village remained part of Szentgotthárd.
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- Rostás Sándor, Szlávik Tamás: Magyar Nagylexikon VII. Magyar Nagylexikon, Budapest 1998, ISBN 963-85773-5-5 , p. 696.
- Kalász Elek: A szentgotthárdi apátság birtokviszonyai és a ciszterci gazdálkodás a középkorban. Budapest 1932.