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Szentgotthárd

Szentgotthárd

Town in Vas, Hungary

This article is about the Hungarian town. For the pass in Switzerland, see Gotthard Pass.

Szentgotthárd (Slovene: Monošter; German: St. Gotthard) is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába River near the Austrian border.

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History

The town took its name from, and grew up round, the Cistercian Szentgotthárd Abbey, founded here in 1183.

In 1664, it was the site of the Battle of Saint Gotthard, where an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli defeated the Ottoman Empire so that the Turks had to agree to the Peace of Vasvár, which held until 1683.

A second Battle of Saint Gotthard in 1705 was a victory for Rákóczi's anti-Habsburg Hungarian rebels.

During World War II, Szentgotthárd was captured by Soviet troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front on 31 March 1945 in the course of the Vienna Offensive.

The town is also considered as a centre of Rába Slovenes, the slovenians living in the Rába region.

Climate

Pápa's climate is classified as oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The annual average temperature is 10.0 °C (50.0 °F), the hottest month in July is 20.0 °C (68.0 °F), and the coldest month is −0.4 °C (31.3 °F) in January. The annual precipitation is 763.4 millimetres (30.06 in), of which July is the wettest with 94.2 millimetres (3.71 in), while January is the driest with only 26.3 millimetres (1.04 in). The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from −18.5 °C (−1.3 °F) on January 24, 2006 to 39.1 °C (102.4 °F) on August 8, 2013.

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Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Szentgotthárd is twinned with:[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Szentgotthárd, KSH
  2. [2]
    "Papa Climate Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 2023-09-20. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Testvérvárosok". szentgotthard.hu (in Hungarian). Szentgotthárd. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
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