Subdivision Type: | Country |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Vasvár |
Official Name: | Vasvár |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Vas |
Area Total Km2: | 55.1 |
Population Total: | 4266 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 9800 |
Area Code: | 94 |
Coordinates: | 47.048°N 16.8039°W |
Vasvár (Latin: (formerly)), is a town in Vas County, Hungary. It was the county seat of Vas County.
While the Ottomans occupied most of central Europe, the region north of lake Balaton remained in the Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867) (captaincy between Balaton and Drava). The town was the head of the EISENBURG comitat near 1850.[2] Until 1918, VASVÁR was part of the Austrian monarchy, province of Hungary;[3] in Transleithania after the compromise of 1867 in the Kingdom of Hungary.
During World War II, Vasvár was captured on 31 March 1945 by Soviet troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Nagykanizsa–Körmend Offensive.