Őriszentpéter

Őriszentpéter
Őriszentpéter
Basic data
State :	Hungary
Region :	Western Transdanubia
County :	Vas
Small area until December 31, 2012 :	Őriszentpéter
District since 1.1.2013 :	Forming
Coordinates :	46 ° 50 ′  N , 16 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 46 ° 50 ′ 20 ″  N , 16 ° 25 ′ 16 ″  E
Area :	33.56  km²
Residents :	1,160 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density :	35 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+36) 94
Postal code :	9941
KSH kódja:	10630
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	city
Mayor :	Zoltán Őr (independent)
Postal address :	Városszer 106 9941 Őriszentpéter
Website :	www.oriszentpeter.hu
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

Őriszentpéter ( Slovene Šentpeter ; German St. Peter in der Wart ) is a Hungarian town in the district of Körmend in Vas County , western Hungary. Őriszentpéter is located on the upper reaches of the Zala in the Őrség region and was the administrative seat of the Őriszentpéter small area until the end of 2012 .

history

Őriszentpéter was first mentioned in a document in 1280.

Attractions

• Őrség National Park
• Reformed Church
• Roman Catholic Church Szent Péter Apostol

Roman Catholic Church in Őriszentpéter

traffic

In Őriszentpéter, the roads No. 4711, No. 4751 and No. 4753 meet. The train station is on the southern edge of the city. It is on the Zalalövő – Murska Sobota railway line . There are train connections to Zalaegerszeg and Slovenia .

Web links

Commons : Őriszentpéter  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Őriszentpéter on 24cities.eu, Competence Center Steirisches Thermenland -Oststeiermark
• Őri-Szent-Péter in A Pallas nagy lexikona ( Hungarian )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lumtzer, Viktor / Melich, Johann; German place names and loan words from the Hungarian vocabulary. Sources and research on the history, literature and language of Austria and its crown lands; Publishing house of the Wagner University Bookstore Innsbruck, 1900.