Fonyód (; ) is a town and holiday resort on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, in north-west Somogy County, western Hungary, with over 4,700 residents. It is the seat of Fonyód District.
History The first mention of Fonyód was in a letter of Saint Ladislaus from 1082, as the village Funoldi. In 1232, the village was included into the lands of the Tihany Abbey. Maps from the 14th century show Fonyód as an island (with Balaton being larger), with a castle. The castle was occupied and destroyed in 1575 during the Turkish invasion, with no one living in the village by 1580. After the Turkish occupation, Fonyód remained uninhabited until the 19th century.
The construction of a railway around Lake Balaton greatly contributed to the village's development. By 1900, Fonyód had become a holiday resort, and by 1910 over a thousand visitors were arriving each year.
Fonyód attained town status in 1989.
Economy The town is famous for its mineral water which is bottled there under the name Fonyódi and is owned by the Croatian company, Jana (part of Agrokor).Magyar Nemzet - July 13, 2004Fonyódi
The electronics producer cms manufacturing (owned by the Austrian cms electronics) and the Italian electronics device producer Datalogic operate factories in the town.Datalogic
Notable people Csilla Molnár (1969–1986), beauty queen Ilona Győri (1929–2001), actress András Fodor (1929–1997), poet and essayist
Twin towns – sister cities
Fonyód is twinned with: Borsec, Romania Krotoszyn, Poland Leipheim, Germany Mettet, Belgium Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Gallery
See also Fonyód–Alsóbélatelep
References
External links
in Hungarian, English and German Street map