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 Körmend |
Official Name: | Körmend |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Vas |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Körmend |
Area Total Km2: | 52.79 |
Population Total: | 12379 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9900 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | (+36) 94 |
Coordinates: | 47.011°N 16.6058°W |
Körmend (Slovenian: Kermendin, Prekmurje Slovene: Karmadén, German: Kirment) is a town in Vas County, Western Hungary.
The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyány family, one of the most important aristocrat families of Hungary. Blessed Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931), a famous ophthalmologist who was beatified by the Catholic Church, lived in the castle with his family for nearly 10 years. He turned one of the wings of the castle into an ophthalmology clinic where he treated poor patients for free.
Today, the castle belongs to the Hungarian state.
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary. Körmend is twinned with:[1]