Hegyeshalom (; german: Straß-Sommerein) is a village of approximately 3600 inhabitants in

Győr-Moson-Sopron County Győr-Moson-Sopron ( hu, Győr-Moson-Sopron megye, ; german: Komitat Raab-Wieselburg-Ödenburg; sk, Rábsko-mošonsko-šopronská župa) is an administrative county (comitatus or '' megye'') in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia ( ...

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, on the border with

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and less than 15 km from the border with

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History

A charter given by

Andrew II of Hungary Andrew II ( hu, II. András, hr, Andrija II., sk, Ondrej II., uk, Андрій II; 117721 September 1235), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1205 and 1235. He ruled the Principality of Halych from 11 ...

in 1217 mentions the settlement as Hegelshalm. After the Ottoman wars, the town was settled by German Jewish settlers. They were exterminated during the latter part of WW2. The name of Hegyeshalom is from the two Hungarian words = hegyes + halom. The word "hegyes" means "mountainous" (or "piked") and the word "halom" means "pile" (or "hill").

Border crossing

Until 21 December 2007, at 00:00 CET, Hegyeshalom was an important border crossing and control point between Austria, Slovakia and Hungary. However, all border controls ceased at that time as Hungary as well as Slovakia joined the

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. The Hungarian

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passes through Hegyeshalom. It connects with Austria's A4 motorway across the border at

Nickelsdorf Nickelsdorf ( hu, Miklóshalma or Miklóshalom, hr, Mikištrof) is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in the Austrian state of Burgenland. Geography Nickelsdorf is the only town in the municipality. It has an important border crossin ...

. Hegyeshalom is also a railway border crossing point along the main railway line between

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and

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...

and the railway line to

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% of ...

. The station has a plinthed

MÁV Class 411 The MÁV Class 411 was a class of steam locomotives used by Hungarian railways. History After World War II, Hungary, like many of the war-torn European countries, suffered a severe shortage of motive power, with much of the MÁV stock either da ...

steam locomotive.

Sightseeing

The romanesque church was built in the Árpád age. The 13th century church was renewed in gothic style in the 15th century. On the eastern side stands the gothic tower with eightfold basic walls, while the upper part of it is fourfold, built in the 18th century.

Famous people

* In 1921 Zénó Terplán professor of the University of Technology in

was born here.

Gallery

Image:Hegyeshalom1.jpg Image:Hegyeshalom2.jpg Image:Hegyeshalom3.jpg File:Csizmadia László és Szőke László - Hegyeshalom, 2015.10.17 (1).JPG, László Szőke, Mayor of Hegyeshalom

External links

* in Hungarian
Street map

Hegyeshalom on the Vendégváró homepage

Aerial photographs of Hegyeshalom
* Full Info on HU.Wikipedia
Google Earth view
flat country of the

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a bit west of Hegyeshalom. Populated places in Győr-Moson-Sopron County Romanesque architecture in Hungary Austria–Hungary border crossings {{Gyor-geo-stub