Körmend

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2


image_caption = Aerial view of the palace
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pushpin_map_caption =Location of Körmend
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official_name=Körmend
subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Vas
area_total_km2=52.79
population_total=12379
population_footnotes=
population_as_of=2005
population_density_km2=234.49
postal_code_type=Postal code
postal_code=9900
area_code=94
latd=47.01098
longd=16.60575

Körmend is a town in Vas county ("megye"), Western Hungary.

Places of interest

The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyany 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 were he treated poor patients for free.

Today, the castle belongs to the Hungarian state.

Clubs

Alternative Student Pastime Club (ADI)

Notable people

Notable people who were born in Körmend:
Sinkovits Imre - actor of The Hungarian Nation
Bessenyei Péter - aerobatic pilot

Twin towns

Körmend is twinned with:

External links

* [http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&mid=18&tid=13532 Street map of Körmend]

port

* [http://kezilabda.kormend.hu/ Körmendi DMTE Női Kézilabda]
* [http://www.bckormend.hu/ Kosárlabda Körmend]