Fertőd

Fertőd

Fertőd

Town in Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary

Fertőd (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛrtøːd]) is a town in the Győr-Moson-Sopron county of Hungary, not far from Austria. Fertőd was formed when the towns of Eszterháza and Süttör were unified, in 1950.

Quick Facts Country, County ...

It is the location of one of Hungary's best known palaces, Eszterháza, which was built in the 1760s by Prince Prince Nikolaus I Esterházy of the influential Esterházy family.

Prince Nikolaus IV Esterházy († 1920), his wife Margit († 1910), their son Anton († 1944) and other family members are buried in the Esterházy family cemetery in Fertőd, which is located in a small park around two kilometers northeast of the Eszterháza Palace (position: 47°38′08.1″N 16°53′04.8″E).

Twin towns — sister cities

Fertőd is twinned with:

The palace at night

References

  1. [1]
    Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fertőd.


Stub icon

This Győr-Moson-Sopron location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Fertőd, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.