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Csakanydoroszlo (Vas, Hungary)

Csákánydoroszló község

Last modified: 2003-09-06 by dov gutterman
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by István Molnár, 29 May 2001



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Overview

Csákánydoroszló is a village in Vas County in Hungary near to Town of Körmend (10 km west) on the left bank of the Rába River. The settlement has got 1.711 inhabitants (1990 census) neraly all of them are Hungarian. Neighbouring settlements are: Gasztony, Hegyhátszentmárton, Ivánc, Felsőmarác, Halogy, Magyarnádalja,  Kemestaródfa villages and Körmend town in Hungary, and Heiligenbrunn community in Austria.
The settlement is the union (1939) of Nagycsákány and Rábadoroszló villages. In 1910 Nagycsákány and Rábadoroszló were villages in the Körmend district of Vas County of the Kingdom of Hungary. Number of its inhabitants in 1910: Nagycsákány: 1.780 (95,6% Hungarian, 4,1% German by mother tongue, 96,9% Roman Catholic, 2% Jew, 0,7% Lutheran by religion), Rábadoroszló: 396 (95,2% Hungarian, 4,0% German by mother tongue, 99,0% Roman Catholic by religion). The village has got  beautiful castle (which you can see in the Coat of Arms). Image based upon a photo sent by the Mayor of the village. Coat of Arms from the "Az Őrség és a Göcsej tourist map".
Home Page of Csákánydoroszló village at <www.falvaink.hu>.
István Molnár, 29 May and 29 June 2001


Coat of Arms


by István Molnár, 29 May 2001