Körmend (Slovene : Kermendin, Prekmurje Slovene: Karmadén, German : Kirment) is a town in Vas County, Western Hungary.
The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyány family, one of the most important aristocrat families of Hungary. Blessed Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931), a famous ophthalmologist who was beatified by the Catholic Church, lived in the castle with his family for nearly 10 years. He turned one of the wings of the castle into an ophthalmology clinic where he treated poor patients for free.
Today, the castle belongs to the Hungarian state.
Güssing is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is located at 47°4′N16°19′E, with a population of 3,610 (2023), and is the administrative center of the Güssing district. For centuries the town occupied an important position on the western edge of the Kingdom of Hungary. The town is now most famous for its castle, which is the oldest in Burgenland and a prominent regional landmark, built on an extinct volcano.
Vas is an administrative county of Hungary. It was also one of the counties of the former Kingdom of Hungary. It is part of the Centrope Project.
Nagykanizsa, known colloquially as Kanizsa, is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southwestern Hungary. It is a city with county rights.
Kittsee is an Austrian municipality in the District of Neusiedl am See, Burgenland.
Bicske is a town in Fejér County, Hungary. Its name is also spelled Bykche, Biccke, Bykcze, Biczke, and Bitske. It is around 35 km (22 mi) west of Budapest. Its administration has undergone many changes; it has been a settlement, a village, a market town, and a village constituting an administrative division.
Heinrich Thyssen, after 22 June 1907 Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, was a Hungarian-German entrepreneur and art collector.
The House of Batthyány is an ancient and distinguished Hungarian noble magnate family. The Head of the family bears the title Prince (Fürst) of Batthyány-Strattmann, while other members of this family bear the title Count/Countess (Graf/Gräfin) Batthyány von Német-Ujvar respectively. A branch of the family was notable in Bosnia and Croatia as well, producing several Bans (viceroys) of Jajce in the 15th and 16th century and later Bans of Croatia in the 16th, 17th and 18th century.
László, 7th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann was a Hungarian aristocrat and physician. Until 1914, he was known as László Batthyány. A devout Catholic, he became known as the "doctor of the poor" and was beatified by the church in 2003.
Batthyány-Strattmann can refer to
Strattmann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gusztáv, 5th Prince Batthyány-Strattmann was a Hungarian nobleman who bred horses in England where he was commonly known as Count Gustavus Batthyány.
Güssing Castle is a castle in southern Burgenland, Austria. On June 30, 1524, the castle was acquired by the Batthyány family, which retains ownership through a historical foundation that provides for the care and maintenance of the castle. Güssing Castle is 293 metres (961 ft) above sea level. Established by Béla III of Hungary around 1180, Güssing Castle is the oldest castle in Burgenland.
Nagyatád is a town in Somogy County, Hungary and the seat of Nagyatád District. Bodvica, Henész and Kivadár are parts of Nagyatád.
Count Károly József Batthyány of Németújvár was a Hungarian general and field marshal. He served as ban (viceroy) of Croatia from 1743 to 1756.
Felsőcsatár is a village in Vas County, Hungary.
Edmund Gustavus, 6th Prince of Batthyany-Strattmann, usually known in English as Count Batthyany, was a Hungarian prince, landowner, and yachtsman, a notable figure in Europe and the United States. His names and titles were given in different forms and translations, such as Batthyány Ödön in Hungarian and Edmond Gustave, Prince Batthyany, Comte de Strattmann, in French.
Countess Eleonore Batthyány-Strattmann was a Viennese court lady. The daughter of Imperial Court Chancellor Count Theodor Heinrich von Strattmann und Peuerbach, she was married to Hungarian nobleman and Ban of Croatia Ádám II Batthyány until his early death in 1703. For more than twenty years after becoming a widow she was Prince Eugene of Savoy confidante, companion and some have suggested Éminence grise. One of the most respected women in 18th century Viennese society, she was known as 'Beautiful Lori'.
Lajos Ernő Batthyány was a Hungarian noble, Court Chancellor and Palatine of Hungary.
CountAdam II. Batthyány was a Hungarian general and nobleman. He served as ban (viceroy) of Croatia from 1693 to 1703.
The siege of Kanizsa took place during the Habsburg offensive in Hungary after the Battle of Vienna. The 60,000-strong Habsburg–Hungarian army captured the castle on April 13, and the defenders were assured a safe retreat.