Körmend

Körmend (Slovene: Kermendin, Prekmurje Slovene: Karmadén, German: Kirment) is a town in Vas County, Western Hungary.

Körmend
Town
Aerial view of the palace
Flag Coat of arms
Körmend Location of Körmend
Coordinates: 47.01098°N 16.60575°E / 47.01098; 16.60575
Country	Hungary
County	Vas
District	Körmend
Area
• Total	52.79 km2 (20.38 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	12,379
• Density	230/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	9900
Area code	(+36) 94
Website	www.kormend.hu

Places of interest

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, the castle belongs to the Hungarian state.

Sport

• Körmendi FC, association football club
• BC Körmend, basketball club

Notable people

• Prince Edmund Batthyany-Strattmann (1826–1914), nobleman
• László Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931), doctor and nobleman
• Sándor Bejczy (1920–2004), politician
• Imre Sinkovits (1928–2001), actor of the National Theatre
• Péter Besenyei (born 1956), aerobatic pilot
• Soulwave (formed 2007), alternative rock band
• Krisztián Pars (born 1982), hammer thrower
• Antal Rogán (born 1972), economist and politician

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Körmend is twinned with:^[1]

• Heinävesi, Finland
• Fürstenfeld, Austria
• Kranenburg, Germany
• Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic
• Pivdenne, Ukraine