Fertőrákos ( German : Kroisbach ) is a village in the county of Győr-Moson-Sopron in Hungary . In 2001 it had a population of 2,182.
4-534: It is located at 47°43′15″N 16°39′0″E / 47.72083°N 16.65000°E / 47.72083; 16.65000 , about 10 km (6 mi) from Sopron , near Lake Fertő (German: Neusiedler See ) and the Austrian border. In summer, a border checkpoint for pedestrians and cyclists connects it to the Austrian municipality of Mörbisch am See ( Hungarian : Meggyes ). The Fertorakos mithraeum
8-610: 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. There have been petitions to rename the village due to the name literally meaning "(you should) get infected by cancer". This Győr-Moson-Sopron location article
12-540: 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 ,
16-546: 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
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