Csepreg (German: ''Schapring; Croatian: Čepreg'') is a town in
Vas County,
Hungary. It is the largest town on the
Répce
The Rabnitz ( hu, Répce, Rábca) is a river in eastern Austria and northwestern Hungary. Its basin area is .
The Rabnitz is formed at the confluence of its two headstreams Spratzbach and Thalbach near Hollenthon in Lower Austria. It flows to ...
River. The current mayor of the town is Zoltán Horváth, elected on November 13, 2019.
Although tourism, particularly camping and fishing, are important sources of income for the town, a plan for the establishment of a metal finishing factory was accepted by the council after the first plan had been rejected.
Education
* The town has a nursery, a kindergarten, an elementary school, a music school and a secondary school( Nádasdy Tamás Economic and IT Secondary School).
* The town library has a significant collection.
Notable people
*
Miklós Takács de Saár, silviculturist, politician
*
Antalovits Ferenc was born in Csepreg in 1953. He is a double European Championship bronze medalist and a four-time World Championship bronze medalist weight-lifter.
Sport
The football club of Csepreg was founded in 1924. The biggest achievement was winning the First Division of Vas County in the season of 1996/97. Currently the team is in the First Division of Vas County in the season of 2019/20, led by the coach, Zsolt Steiner.
Twin towns—sister cities
Csepreg is
twinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
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Delnice, Croatia
Gallery
File:Széchenyi tér, Csepreg, civertan, légi.jpg, Aerial photography of Csepreg
File:Csepreg, Széchenyi tér, civertan, légi.jpg
File:Schöller-kastély, Csepreg, civertan, légifotó.jpg, Schöller Castle
File:Listed houses, 2 and 3 Széchenyi Square, Csepreg.jpg, Main square—Széchenyi Square (detail)
File:Csepreg 04.jpg, St. Nicholas Church
File:Csepregcivertanlegi3.jpg, St. Nicholas Church
File:Saint Nicholas Church in Csepreg 04.jpg, Inside the St. Nicholas Church
File:Chapel of the Holy Spring in Csepreg 01.jpg, Chapel of the Holy Spring
File:Csepreg 11.jpg
File:Csepreg tüzoltosag Feuerwehrhaus Firebrigarde Firestation.jpg, The Fire Station of Csepreg
File:Flag of Csepreg.svg, Flag of Csepreg
File:Csepreg 15.jpg, Lake Bene-hegy
References
External links
Street map
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Populated places in Vas County