The Wagner - Liszt Fesztivál is an annual event held at the Fertőrákos cave theater and in Sopron.
Following the occupation of Hungary in 1944, the new extremist pro-nazi regime established a 'transit/labour camp' in a quarry in Fertőrákos, to which Hungarian Jewish and political prisoners were sent, and many thousands died here, with others transported onward to Nazi concentration camps in German-occupied Poland and Germany. The site of the transit camp can be visited, and has a memorial plaque.
Controversyedit
There have been petitions to rename the village due to the name literally meaning "(you should) get infected by cancer".
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fertőrákos.
Official website (in English, Hungarian, and German)
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fertőrákos, german, kroisbach, village, county, győr, moson, sopron, hungary, 2001, population, kroisbachcoat, armslocation, coordinates, 72017, 65197, 72017, 65197country, hungarycountygyőr, moson, sopronarea, total21, population, 2001, total2, density99, tim. Fertorakos German Kroisbach is a village in the county of Gyor Moson Sopron in Hungary In 2001 it had a population of 2 182 Fertorakos KroisbachCoat of armsFertorakosLocation of FertorakosCoordinates 47 43 13 N 16 39 07 E 47 72017 N 16 65197 E 47 72017 16 65197Country HungaryCountyGyor Moson SopronArea Total21 89 km2 8 45 sq mi Population 2001 Total2 182 Density99 68 km2 258 2 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Postal code9421Area code99Fertorakos Palace from aboveIt is located at 47 43 15 N 16 39 0 E 47 72083 N 16 65000 E 47 72083 16 65000 about 10 km 6 mi from Sopron near Lake Ferto German Neusiedler See and the Austrian border In summer a border checkpoint for pedestrians and cyclists connects it to the Austrian municipality of Morbisch am See Hungarian Meggyes The Fertorakos mithraeum is visible near the border Fertorakos also features a small port with a border checkpoint and a sand beach swimming area access to which prior to 1989 was restricted to the communist elite The village was first mentioned in 1199 under the name Racus In 1457 it was first mentioned in German language as Krewspach later Kroisbach Today it forms part of the Austrian Hungarian national park and joint World Heritage Site of Lake Ferto The Wagner Liszt Fesztival is an annual event held at the Fertorakos cave theater and in Sopron Following the occupation of Hungary in 1944 the new extremist pro nazi regime established a transit labour camp in a quarry in Fertorakos to which Hungarian Jewish and political prisoners were sent and many thousands died here with others transported onward to Nazi concentration camps in German occupied Poland and Germany The site of the transit camp can be visited and has a memorial plaque Controversy editThere have been petitions to rename the village due to the name literally meaning you should get infected by cancer External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fertorakos Official website in English Hungarian and German nbsp This Gyor Moson Sopron location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fertorakos amp oldid 1151194604, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
