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Historic border town near Austria with a medieval Firewatch Tower, largely spared wartime damage and surrounded by vineyards.
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Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary · Europe
Fertőrákos is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Mörbisch am See, 56km from Belvedere Palace.
Fertőrákos is a town located in Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary. With a population of 2,179, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Fertőrákos sits in Hungary, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Budapest time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Fertőrákos to your route.
Fertőrákos (German: 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 47°43′15″N 16°39′0″E, about 10 km (6 mi) from Sopron, near Lake Fertő (German: Neusiedler See) and the Austrian border. In summer, a border checkpoint for pedestrians andRead more
cyclists connects it to the Austrian municipality of Mörbisch am See (Hungarian: 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.
Following World War I, the village took part in a plebiscite in 1921 along with eight surrounding settlements, asking whether they wished to remain in Hungary, or to join the new Austrian Republic. Although the village voted 60.7% in favour of joining Austria, the majority of voters overall (mostly those in Sopron) voted 65.1% in favour of remaining in Hungary.
Following the occupation of Hungary in 1944, the new extremist pro-nazi regime 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 Nazi concentration camps in German-occupied Poland and Germany. The site of the transit camp can be visited, and has a memorial plaque.
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Fertőrákos is located in Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary, Europe. The coordinates are 47.7202 latitude, 16.6504 longitude.
Fertőrákos has a population of approximately 2,179 people, making it a town in Hungary.
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