Kapuvár

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Kapuvár
Kapuvár coat of arms
Kapuvár (Hungary)
Kapuvár
Kapuvár
Basic data
State : Hungary
Region : Western Transdanubia
County : Győr-Moson-Sopron
Small area until December 31, 2012 : Kapuvár-Beled
Coordinates : 47 ° 36 '  N , 17 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '36 "  N , 17 ° 1' 26"  E
Area : 96.05  km²
Residents : 10,364 (Jan. 1, 2011)
Population density : 108 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+36) 96
Postal code : 9330
KSH kódja: 28334
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : city
Mayor : György Hámori (Fidesz-KDNP)
Postal address : Fő tér 1.
9330 Kapuvár
Website :
(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )
Esterházy Castle in Kapuvár

Kapuvár ( German Kobrunn ) is a Hungarian city ​​in the district of the same name in Győr-Moson-Sopron County .

geography

St. Anna Church

Kapuvár is located in western Hungary on the Raab , 10 km south of the border with Austria , between Sopron (40 km) and Győr (50 km).

history

In the Kapuvár area there are traces of settlements from the Hallstatt period , from Illyrians , Romans and Avars . Kapuvár has been the western gate of the Kingdom of Hungary since the conquest . The name of the place comes from the terms “gate” and “castle” ( Vár ). The first written record dates from 1162. King Sigismund donated the place to the Kanizsai family in 1387 as thanks for their support. In 1532 he came into the possession of the Nádasdy by marriage . In 1558 the place received market rights and the castle was strengthened to become a border fortress because of the Turkish threat . Nevertheless, the place and the castle fell briefly into the hands of the Ottomans in 1594 .

Since Ferenc Nádasdy was executed as a participant in the magnate conspiracy against Emperor Leopold I , the place went to the Habsburg- loyal Esterházys in 1681 . In the Kuruzenkrieg at the beginning of the 18th century, the castle was destroyed by the rebels, then converted into a palace by the Esterházys. However, this was always in the shadow of the nearby Esterházy Palace in Fertőd . In the middle of the 19th century, the economic boom due to industrialization also hit Kapuvár. Numerous representative buildings were erected in the center.

In 1901 the large community had 6,642 inhabitants. In 1969 the place received city rights again.

Town twinning

Culture and sights

Economy and Infrastructure

The city has been a center for the food, light and machine industries since the 1950s. In 1990 an industrial park was added. Thermal baths made it possible to set up a spa center. The location at the Fertő-Hanság National Park is also of great tourist importance .

Kapuvár (top right) in the 3rd land survey , end of the 19th century

Kapuvár is on the main road No. 85 (to Lake Balaton ) and on the Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter railway .

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The history of the city
  2. ↑ August Ernst: History of Burgenland. History of the Austrian federal states. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-486-54072-6 , p. 71.
  3. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 10, Leipzig 1907, p. 606.

Web links

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