Fertőrákos

Fertőrákos

Infobox Settlement
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subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
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timezone_DST=CEST
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official_name=Fertőrákos
Kroisbach


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Győr-Moson-Sopron
area_total_km2=21.89
population_total=2182|population_footnotes=
population_as_of=2001|population_density_km2=99.68
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=9421
area_code=99
latd=47.72017
longd=16.65197

Fertőrákos ( _de. Kroisbach) is a village in the county of Győr-Moson-Sopron in Hungary. In 2001 it had a population of 2,182.

It is located at coor dms|47|43|15|N|16|39|0|E|region:HU_type:city(2,182), about convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on from Sopron, near Lake Fertő (German: "Neusiedler See") and the Austrian border. In summer, a border checkpoint for pedestrians and cyclists connects it to the Austrian municipality of Mörbisch am See (Hun: "Meggyes"). The Fertorakos mithraeum is visible near the border. Fertőrákos also features a small port with a border checkpoint, and a sand beach swimming area, access to which prior to 1989 was restricted to the communist elite.

The village was first mentioned in 1199 under the name "Racus". In 1457 it was first mentioned in German language as "Krewspach", later "Kroisbach". Today, it forms part of the Austrian-Hungarian national park and joint World Heritage Site of Lake Fertő.

The "Wagner - Liszt Fesztivál" is an annual event held at the Fertőrákos cave theater and in Sopron.

Following the annexation of Hungary in 1944, German occupying forces established a 'transit/labour camp' in a quarry in Fertőrákos, to which Hungarian Jewish and political prisoners were sent, and many thousands died here, with others transported onward to concentration camps in Poland and Germany. The site of the transit camp can be visited, and has a memorial plaque.

External links

* [http://www.fertorakos.hu/ Official website] en iconhu iconde icon


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