Kőszeg
Kőszeg is a historical town in Vas county, in Hungary. Another beautiful town beside Sopron, it is often referred to as the "jewellery box of the country". Like Sopron, it is very close to the Austrian border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gr3mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 11,800 residents
- Description: town in Vas County in western Hungary
- Also known as: “Ginsium”, “Güns”, “Kiseg”, “Koszeg”, “Köszeg”, and “Küseg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jurisics Castle and Sacred Heart Church.
Jurisics Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Jurisics Castle, named after Croatian nobleman Nikola Jurišić is located in Kőszeg, Hungary.
Sacred Heart Church
Church
Photo: Gr3mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Jesus’ Heart is a parish church in the historical centre of Kőszeg, Western Hungary. The building is considered to be a fine example of Gothic Revival architecture.
Pharmacy to the Golden Unicorn
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pharmacy to the Golden Unicorn is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cák and Ólmod.
Cák
Village
Photo: Darinko, Public domain.
Cák is a village in Vas County, Hungary, 25 km away from Szombathely and 6 km south from Kőszeg. Cák is situated 4½ km southwest of Kőszeg.
Ólmod
Village
Photo: Nxr-at, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ólmod is a village in Vas county, Hungary. Ólmod is situated 4½ km northeast of Kőszeg.
Kőszegdoroszló
Village
Photo: Darinko, Public domain.
Kőszegdoroszló is a village in Vas county, Hungary. The village has a thriving tourist trade. Kőszegdoroszló is situated 5 km south of Kőszeg.
Kőszeg
- Categories: town in Hungary and locality
- Location: Vas County, Western Transdanubia, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.3895° or 47° 23′ 22″ northLongitude
16.5407° or 16° 32′ 27″ eastPopulation
11,800Elevation
277 metres (909 feet)United Nations Location Code
HU KOSOpen location code
8FVR9GQR+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 286103368OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kőszeg” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوسيغ”
- Armenian: “Կյոսեգ”
- Belarusian: “Кёсэг”
- Catalan: “Kőszeg”
- Cebuano: “Kőszeg”
- Chinese: “Kőszeg”
- Chinese: “克塞格”
- Croatian: “Kiseg”
- Czech: “Güns”
- Czech: “Kiseg”
- Czech: “Kőszeg”
- Czech: “Kysek”
- Danish: “Kőszeg”
- Dutch: “Ginsium”
- Dutch: “Güns”
- Dutch: “Kiseg”
- Dutch: “Kőszeg”
- Esperanto: “Ginsium”
- Esperanto: “Güns”
- Esperanto: “Kiseg”
- Esperanto: “Kőszeg”
- Estonian: “Kőszeg”
- Finnish: “Kőszeg”
- French: “Ginsium”
- French: “Güns”
- French: “Kiseg”
- French: “Kőszeg”
- German: “Ginsium”
- German: “Güns”
- German: “Kiseg”
- German: “Köszeg”
- German: “Kőszeg”
- Greek: “Γκιουνς”
- Greek: “Κιόσεγκ”
- Greek: “Κιούσεγκ”
- Greek: “Κίσεγκ”
- Greek: “Κόσεγκ”
- Hebrew: “קוסג”
- Hebrew: “קסג”
- Hungarian: “Ginsium”
- Hungarian: “Güns”
- Hungarian: “Kiseg”
- Hungarian: “Kőszeg”
- Irish: “Kőszeg”
- Italian: “Ginsium”
- Italian: “Güns”
- Italian: “Kiseg”
- Italian: “Kőszeg”
- Japanese: “クーセグ”
- Japanese: “クーゼグ”
- Japanese: “ケーセギ”
- Japanese: “ケーセグ”
- Korean: “쾨세그”
- Latin: “Ginsium”
- Lombard: “Kőszeg”
- Luxembourgish: “Kőszeg”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Kőszeg”
- Macedonian: “Кесег”
- Malay: “Kőszeg”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kőszeg”
- Moksha: “Кёсэг”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kőszeg”
- Persian: “کوسگ”
- Polish: “Kőszeg”
- Portuguese: “Ginsium”
- Portuguese: “Güns”
- Portuguese: “Kiseg”
- Portuguese: “Kőszeg”
- Romanian: “Ginsium”
- Romanian: “Güns”
- Romanian: “Kiseg”
- Romanian: “Kőszeg”
- Russian: “Кёсег”
- Scots: “Kőszeg”
- Serbian: “Keseg”
- Serbian: “Кесег”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kőszeg”
- Silesian: “Kőszeg”
- Slovak: “Kőszeg”
- Slovak: “Kysak”
- Slovenian: “Kiseg”
- Slovenian: “Kőszeg”
- Spanish: “Ginsium”
- Spanish: “Güns”
- Spanish: “Kiseg”
- Spanish: “Kőszeg”
- Swedish: “Kőszeg”
- Turkish: “Kőszeg”
- Ukrainian: “Кесег”
- Vietnamese: “Kőszeg”
- Welsh: “Kőszeg”
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