Sopron Ödenburg
Main Square
Sopron Ödenburg Location of Sopron
Coordinates: 47°41′06″N 16°34′59″E / 47.68489, 16.58305
Country	Hungary
County	Győr-Moson-Sopron
Area
- Total	169.06 km² (65.3 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- Total	56,394
- Density	333.54/km² (863.9/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	9400
Area code(s)	99

For the historical county in the Kingdom of Hungary named Sopron / Ödenburg, Sopron (county).

Sopron (pronounced /ˈʃopron/, (approximate pronounciation, Shop-ron); German: Ödenburg, Croatian: Šopron, Šapron, Šopruonj) is a city in Hungary near the Austrian border. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 966 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Beschreibung: Hauptplatz von Sopron mit der Dreifaltigkeitssäule im Vordergrund, dahinter der Feuerturm - Oktober 2005 Quelle: selbst fotografiert am 29. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 685 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1400 pixels, file size: 93 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Counties of Hungary Hungary is subdivided administratively into 43 regions. ... GyÅ‘r-Moson-Sopron is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia and Austria. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Although DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Postcodes are generally clearly visible outside Australia Post offices. ... A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating telephone number ranges to countries, regions, areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks such as mobile phone networks. ... Sopron (-Hungarian, in German: Ödenburg) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day north-western Hungary and eastern Austria. ... For other uses, see City (disambiguation). ...

History

Ancient times-1400s

Feuerturm(12.century)

"Kecske(goat)" church

Downtown

Sopron Marian colums.

Downtown

Downtown

Downtown

Storno Hause

City Hall

Aerialphotography of Sopron

The area has been inhabited since ancient times. When the area that is today Western Hungary was a province of the Roman Empire, a city called Scarbantia stood here. Its forum was located where the main square of Sopron is found today. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 80 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 80 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... The Forum of Jerash, in Jordan. ...

During the Migration Period Scarbantia was believed to be deserted and by the time Hungarians arrived in the area, it was in ruins. In the 9th–11th centuries Hungarians strengthened the old Roman city walls and built a castle. The town received its Hungarian name at this time from a castle steward named Suprun. In 1153 it was mentioned as an important town. Human migration denotes any movement of groups of people from one locality to another, rather than of individual wanderers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Events January 6 - Henry of Anjou arrives in England. ...

In 1273 King Otakar II of Bohemia occupied the castle. Even though he took the children of Sopron's nobility with him as hostages, the city opened its gates when the armies of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary arrived. The king awarded Sopron by elevating it to the rank of free royal town. For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Otakar II (also spelled Ottokar or PÅ™emysl Otakar/Ottokar) (c. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... Ladislaus IV the Cuman (Hungarian: IV László, Slovak: Ladislav IV) (1262 – July 10, 1290), also known as Laszlo IV, king of Hungary, was the son of Stephen V, whom he succeeded in 1272. ... In the Holy Roman Empire, an Imperial Free City (in German: Freie Reichsstadt) was a city formally responsible to the Emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which belonged to a territory and were thus governed by one of the many princes and dukes of...

1500s-1800s

During the Ottoman occupation of Hungary the Ottoman Turks ravaged the city in 1529 but did not occupy it. Many people from the occupied areas fled to Sopron, and the city's importance grew. The wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe are also sometimes referred to as the Ottoman Wars or as Turkish Wars, particularly in older, European texts. ... The Ottoman Turks were the ethnic subdivision of the Turkish people who dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. ... Events April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297. ...

In 1676 Sopron was destroyed by a fire. The modern-day city was born in the next few decades, when beautiful Baroque buildings were built in place of the old medieval ones. Sopron became seat of the comitatus Sopron. Events January 29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Rømer Bacons Rebellion Russo-Turkish Wars commence. ... Baroque architecture, starting in the early 17th century in Italy, took the humanist Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical, theatrical, sculptural fashion, expressing the triumph of absolutist church and state. ... Sopron (-Hungarian, in German: Ödenburg) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day north-western Hungary and eastern Austria. ...

1900s

Following the break up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, four western Hungarian counties (Pressburg - Pozsony, Eisenburg - Vas, Ödenburg - Sopron, Wieselburg - Moson) German parts were awarded to Austria in the Treaties of St.Germain (1919) and Trianon (1920). After local unrest, Sopron's status as part of Hungary (along with that of the surrounding eight villages) was decided by a local plebiscite held on December 14, 1921, with 65% voting for Hungary. Since then Sopron has been called Civitas Fidelissima ("The Most Loyal Town", Hungarian: A Leghűségesebb Város), and the anniversary of the plebiscite is a city holiday. The other three (the fourth county Pressburg - Pozsony remain in Czechoslovakia) western parts of the awarded counties today form the Austrian federal state of Burgenland. Official languages Latin, German, Hungarian Established church Roman Catholic Capital & Largest City Vienna pop. ... The Treaty of Saint-Germain, was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the new republic of Austria on the other. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The negotiations on June 4, 1920. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Burgenland (Hungarian Várvidék, Őrvidék or FelsÅ‘Å‘rvidék, Croatian Gradišće, Slovenian Gradiščansko) is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. ...

Sopron suffered greatly during World War II, as the Nazis and their Hungarian alliances transported to death camps and killed almost the all Jewish citizens and some left-wing workers, and it was bombed several times. The Soviet Red Army captured the city on April 1, 1945. In August 1989 It was the site of the Pan-European Picnic, a protest by right-wing activists on the border between Austria and Hungary, which was used by over 200 citizens of East Germany to cross illegally to the west. As the first successful crossing of the border it helped pave the way for the mass flight of East German citizens that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... This article is about the state which existed from 1949 to 1990. ... View in 1986 from the west side of graffiti art on the walls infamous death strip Walls poster in memory of the fall. ... is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

During the Socialist era the government partly successfully tried to turn Sopron into an industrial city, allowing the city to remain an attractive site for tourists. Socialism is a broad array of ideologies and political movements with the goal of a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community for the purposes of increasing social and economic equality and cooperation. ...

Today, Sopron's economy immensely benefits from the European Union. Having been a city close to nowhere, that is, to the Iron Curtain, Sopron now has reestablished full trade relations to nearby Austria. Furthermore, after being suppressed during the Cold War, Sopron's German culture and heritage is now recognized again. As a consequence in the city most street- and traffic-signs are written in Hungarian and German. Warsaw Pact countries to the east of the Iron Curtain are shaded red; NATO members to the west of it — blue. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...

Wine production

Sopron is a significant wine producing region, one of the few in Hungary to make both red and white wines. Grapes include Kékfrankos for red wine and Traminer (Gewürztraminer) for white wine. In climate it is similar to the neighbouring Burgenland wine region in Austria, and several winemakers make wine in both countries. For other uses, see Wine (disambiguation). ... This article is about the beverage. ... This article is about the beverage. ... Blaufränkisch is the official name for the variety of wine grape that is used to produce dry, red wines which are typically low in tannin and may exhibit a pronounced spicy character. ... Savagnin or Savagnin Blanc is a white wine grape variety mostly grown in Jura in France. ... Gewürztraminer grapes on the vine Gewürztraminer (IPA: , sounds like guh-VERTS-truh-MEE-ner; IPA: in German; Croatian: ; Hungarian: ), sometimes referred to as Gewürz or Traminer, is a white wine grape variety that performs best in cooler climates. ...

Architecture

The architecture of the old section of town reflects its long history; walls and foundations from the Roman Empire are still common, together with a wealth of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque structures, often artistically decorated, showing centuries of stability and prosperity. For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ...

There is an old synagogue and other remains from the town's former Jewish community, which was expelled in the 16th century. A synagogue (from , transliterated synagogē, assembly; beit knesset, house of assembly; or beit tefila, house of prayer, shul; , esnoga) is a Jewish house of worship. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

Sports

MFC Sopron is a football team based in Sopron. FC Sopron, is a Hungarian football club from the town of Sopron, near the Austrian border. ... Soccer redirects here. ...

Notable residents

• Dániel Berzsenyi, poet
• Franz Liszt, composer
• Franz von Suppé, composer
• Georg Trakl, poet
• Rogerius of Apulia, author
• Mihály Tóth, football player
• Géza Ankerl, sociologist
• David-Zvi Pinkas, signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence
• Ludwig von Benedek, general
• Susie Babos, 2006 American collegiate singles tennis champion
• Kálmán Kánya, politican, diplomat, Foreign Minister
• Béla Bartók, composer
• Mátyás Rákosi, politican
• Franz Lehár, composer
• László Rátz, mathematics teacher
• József Szájer, politican
• István Hiller, politican

Dániel Berzsenyi (May 7, 1776 in Hetye (now: Egyházashetye) - February 24, 1836 in Nikla) was a Hungarian poet. ... Liszt redirects here. ... Franz von Suppé Franz von Suppé (April 18, 1819 – May 21, 1895) was a composer and conductor of the Romantic period notable for his four dozen operettas. ... Georg Trakl A poem by Trakl inscribed on a plaque in Mirabell Garden, Salzburg. ... Rogerius of Apulia (also Rogerios; in Italian, Ruggero di Puglia) (b. ... Mihály Tóth (born 27 December 1974) is a Hungarian footballer who currently plays for Fredrikstad F.K. of Norway. ... Pinkas tomb (left, with his wife, Leah on the right) in Tel Aviv David-Zvi Pinkas (‎, born 5 December 1895, died 14 August 1952) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. ... David Ben Gurion (First Prime Minister of Israel) publicly pronouncing the Declaration of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948. ... Ludwig von Benedek (Benedek Lajos in Hungarian) (1804--1871) was an Austrian general of Hungarian nationality. ... Kálmán de Kánya, Foreign Minister of Hungary during the Horthy era. ... Bartok redirects here. ... Portrait of Mátyás Rákosi Mátyás Rákosi (born March 14, 1892 as Mátyás Rosenfeld –February 5, 1971) was a Hungarian politician and the leader of Hungary from 1945 to 1956 through his post as General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party. ... Lehár Franz Lehár (30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austrian composer of Hungarian descent, mainly known for his operettas. ... Image:Jozsef Szajer (EP, 6th term). ... Dr. István Hiller (born 7 May 1964 in Sopron) is a Hungarian politician and chairman of the governing Hungarian Socialist Party since 16 October 2004, succeeding László Kovács. ...

Twin towns

Sopron is twinned with: Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...

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External links

• (Hungarian), (English), (German) Municipal website

• (Hungarian) West-Hungarian University (University of Sopron)
• (Hungarian) HelloSopron - Local Community Magazine
• (Hungarian) CyberPress - An informative magazine about Sopron's public life
• (Hungarian) ImageTownsIndex - Virtual Tour of Sopron
• Sopron travel guide from Wikitravel
• Aerial photography: Sopron

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