Körmend ( Slovene : Kermendin, Prekmurje Slovene : Karmadén, German : Kirment ) is a town in Vas County , Western Hungary .
6-580: 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,
12-536: A chieftain called Örs. Árpád had seven chieftains, one by the name of Örs, which later became Kővágó-Örs. In 1398, Miklós Kővágó-Örs married Katalin Battyány. King Zsigmond (Sigismund) gave Miklós the region around the town of Battyán (now called Szabadbattyán ) and he took the name Batthyány (lit. "from Battyán"). The family were first mentioned in documents in 1398 and have had their ancestral seat in Güssing in
18-614: The Austrian region of Burgenland since 1522. In 1570, Boldizsár Batthyány transformed the seat of the family, Güssing , into the center of Protestantism in the region. His descendant Ádám Batthyány (1610–1659), however, was Catholic and founded a Franciscan monastery in Güssing. On 3.1.1764 Count Karl Josef Batthyány was created Prince of the Holy Roman Empire . As he didn't have surviving sons, his princely title
24-504: The castle belongs to the Hungarian state. Körmend is twinned with: This Vas location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Batthy%C3%A1ny The House of Batthyány ( Hungarian: [ˈbɒccaːɲi] ) is an ancient and distinguished Hungarian noble magnate family . The Head of the family bears the title Prince ( Fürst ) of Batthyány-Strattmann , while other members of this family bear
30-486: The title Count/Countess ( Graf/Gräfin ) Batthyány von Német-Ujvar respectively. A branch of the family ( Croatian : Baćan ) was notable in Bosnia and Croatia as well, producing several Bans (viceroys) of Jajce in the 15th and 16th century and later Bans of Croatia in the 16th, 17th and 18th century. The Batthyány family can trace its roots to the founding of Hungary in 896 CE by Árpád. The family derives from
36-825: Was inherited by his nephew Count Adam Wenzel (1722–1787). Count Lajos Batthyány became the first Prime Minister of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and was executed in Pest in 1849. After 1945, the Batthyány family's property was largely expropriated in Hungary and other countries under Communist rule, although they retained their property in Austria. Currently, the family has about 60 name bearers who live mainly in Austria, but also in Hungary, Germany , United States and Uruguay . The current head of
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