Fertőd Explained

Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Fertőd
Pushpin Mapsize:275px
Official Name:Fertőd
Mapsize:275px
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Győr-Moson-Sopron
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Sopron
Area Total Km2:48.54
Population Total:3360
Population As Of:2015
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[1]
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:9431
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:(+36) 99
Coordinates:47.6187°N 16.8814°W

Fertőd (in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈfɛrtøːd/) is a town in the Győr-Moson-Sopron county of Hungary, not far from Austria. Fertőd was formed when the towns of Eszterháza and Süttör were unified, in 1950.

It is the location of one of Hungary's best known palaces, Eszterháza, which was built in the 1760s by Prince Prince Nikolaus I Esterházy of the influential Esterházy family.

Prince Nikolaus IV Esterházy († 1920), his wife Margit († 1910), their son Anton († 1944) and other family members are buried in the Esterházy family cemetery in Fertőd, which is located in a small park around two kilometers northeast of the Eszterháza Palace (position: 47.6356°N 16.8847°W).

Twin towns — sister cities

Fertőd is twinned with:

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Notes and References

  1. Gazetteer of Hungary, 1st January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.