Körmend

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Körmend
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Körmend
Location of Körmend
Coordinates: 47°00′40″N16°36′21″E / 47.01098°N 16.60575°E / 47.01098; 16.60575
Country Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
County Vas
District Körmend
Area
  Total52.79 km2 (20.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
  Total12,379
  Density230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
9900
Area code (+36) 94
Website www.kormend.hu

Körmend (Slovene : Kermendin, Prekmurje Slovene: Karmadén, German : Kirment) is a town in Vas County, Western Hungary.

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Places of interest

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.

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Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

Körmend is twinned with: [1]

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References

  1. "Testvérvárosok". kormend.hu (in Hungarian). Körmend. Retrieved 2021-04-10.