Hegyeshalom

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Hegyeshalom
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official_name=Hegyeshalom


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Győr-Moson-Sopron
area_total_km2=52.66
population_total=3496
population_as_of=2004
population_density_km2=66.38
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=9222
area_code=96
latd=47.91291
longd=17.15444

Hegyeshalom [IPA|ˈhɛɟɛʃhɒlom] is a village of approximately 3600 inhabitants in the Győr-Moson-Sopron county of Hungary, on the border with Austria and less than 15km from the border with Slovakia.

History

The Hungarian settlement was mentioned for the first time in the year 1217. After the Ottoman wars, the town was settled by Germans Jewish settlers. The name of Hegyeshalom is from the two Hungarian word = Hegyes + Halom. The word "Hegyes" means "mountainous" (or "piked") and the word "Halom" means "pile"

Today

Until 0000 CET 21 December, 2007, Hegyeshalom was an important border crossing and control point between Austria, Slovakia and Hungary, but this role is ceased due to Hungary's joining the Schengen Agreement.

The Hungarian M1 motorway passes through Hegyeshalom, as does the main railway line between Vienna and Budapest and the railway line to Bratislava. The station has a plinthed MÁV Class 411 steam locomotive.

ightseeings

The old, Árpád age romanesque church can be found in the centre of the village.

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=17905 Street map] hu icon