Kőszegszerdahely is a village in Vas county, in the district of Kőszeg, 5 km-s from the Hungarian-Austrian border (Bozsok-Rohonc border crossing).
Location
Kőszegszerdahely is located in western Hungary. Neighboring settlements: Bozsok, Velem, Cák, Kőszegdoroszló and Perenye.
Transport
Roads
The village is the center of the local road network of Kőszeghegyalja (Kőszeg Foothills), which is connected to the Szombathely-Kőszeg secondary main road (Main Road 87).
Distance from airports
Country Capital/Other settlement Distance (km)Michelin, Slovénie, Croatie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Serbie, Monténégro, Macédoine, Cartes et guides n°736, Michelin, Zellik, Belgium, 2007, Airport Distance (km) TimeDistance from certain capital and their airports:Slovakia Bratislava 136 Airport Bratislava 146 2 h 54 mHungary Budapest 238 Liszt Ferenc Nk. Repülőtér 257 4 h 31 mCroatia Zagreb 210 Zračna luka Zagreb 236 3 h 49 mSlovenian Ljubljana 283 Aerodom Ljubljana 285 4 h 24 mAustria Wien 118 Flughafen Wien-Schwechat 119 2 h 30 mDistance from other airports:Hungary Győr 103 Győr-Pér 130 2 h 37 mHungary Sármellék 102 Hévíz-Balaton Airport 114 2 h 45 mAustria Graz 107 Flughafen Graz 110 1 h 47 m
Population
20th Century
From 1990
History
There was a market place in the place of the village already before the Mongol invasion. In the Middle Ages, villages belonged to a castle or a lordship.
Year(s) Castle or lordship where it be longed Squire(s) Event Antecedent Hungarian King1279 Saint Vid Castle Kőszegi (earlier: Németújvári), Miklós Sharing on estate Death of Henrik Kőszegi (earlier: Németújvári) in 1274 IV. László (Arpad dynasty)after 1291 Lordship of Rohonc Destruction of Saint Vid Castle The peace treaty of Hainburg in 1291 austrian Duke Albrecht I and hungarian King András IIIIII. András (Arpad dynasty)1374Lordship of RohoncRohonci family (descendants of Miklós Németújvári)I. Lajos (Anjou) 1404 Lordship of RohoncGarai familyGrantLászló Nápolyi's performance and expulsion from the country in 1402-1403Zsigmond (Luxemburg dynasty)1445 I. Frigyes German emperor occupied Kőszeg and RohoncGerman OccupationHungarian defeat against the Turks in the Battle of Varna in 1444V. László (Habsburg)1477 Lordship of RohoncPesnitzer, UlrikKing Matthias's Austrian campaignHabsburg-Jagello Alliance against Hungarian King. (1476)I. Mátyás (Hunyadi)after 1477Bozsok and SzerdahelyBornemissza, JánosGrantThe removal of Bozsok and Szerdahely from the lordship of RohoncI. Mátyás (Hunyadi)from 1526Bozsok and SzerdahelySibrik familyGrantDeath of János Bornemissza (1526, Castle of Bratislava)I. Ferdinand (Habsburg)1616-1848partly Bozsok and SzerdahelySibrik family1616-1848partly lordship of RohoncBatthyány familyPurchaseGábor Sibrik in Turkish captivityII. Mátyás (Habsburg)
In 1532, Turkish troops besieging Kőszeg together with the other villages in the area burned down Kőszegszerdahely. The inhabitants of the villages fled to the Castle of Kőszeg and, together with the citizens of Kőszeg, led by Captain Miklós Jurisich, stopped the Turks.
Sights
All Saints Church
Ethnographic Exhibition
Wine cellars
Ereszténymajor
Here is a 120 years old Cedrus atlantica.
Famous people
Lakner, Tamás. Conductor, guitarist, music teacher, leader of the Szélkiáltó band. Seregély, István. Archbishop. From 1974 to 1981 was priest in Kőszegszerdahely. Jagodics, Zoltán. Five times a member of the Hungary national football team.
References
External links Street map