Lispeszentadorján

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2

|official_name=Lispeszentadorján


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Zala
leader_title = Mayor
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name = József Czupi
area_total_km2=9.14
population_total=334
population_as_of=2005
population_density_km2=36.54
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=8888
area_code=93
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Lispeszentadorján
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latd=46.5436
longd=16.6992

Lispeszentadorján is a village of 334 people (2005 population) in Hungary. It lies in the south part of the Zala hills, close to the Slovenian and Croatian borders. Location: coord|46|54|36|N|16|69|92|E. The distance to Budapest is approx. convert|254|km|mi|0|abbr=on by car.

History

Lispeszentadorján was created in 1937 by the union of three villages: Lispe, Szentadorján and Erdőhát. It has one of the oldest written record in Hungary: in 1024 Stephen I of Hungary donated the village to the monastery of Zalavár. The most important event in the history of this small village was the discovery of the oil fields and the opening of first industrial oil well in Hungary in 1937.

Tourist sites

* Roman Catholic church (Neo-Romanesque)
* Ruins of a monastery in the cemetery (16th century)
* The vine-cellars on the hilltop between Szentadorján and Maróc.

External links

* [http://www.lispeszentadorjan.hu/ The official website of Lispeszentadorján]