Meszlen is a village in Vas

Vas

Vas is the name of an administrative county in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. The county is a part of the Centrope Project.-Geography:...

 county, Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

, located 15 kilometers northeast of Szombathely

Szombathely

Szombathely is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria...

. Neighboring villages are Acsád, Csepreg

Csepreg

Csepreg is a town in Vas County, Hungary. it is the largest town on the Répce River.Although tourism, particularly camping and fishing, are important sources of income for the town, a plan for the establishment of a metal finishing factory was accepted by the council after the first plan had been...

, Tömörd

Tömörd

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, Vasasszonyfa

Vasasszonyfa

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, Salköveskút

Salköveskút

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, Kőszegpaty

Koszegpaty

Kőszegpaty is a village in Vas county, Hungary....

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History

The place is inhabited from ancient times. Northwest of the village there are ancient kurgans. Roman remnants were also found. The first charter mentions it in 1255 as Mezlen. The village belonged to the servants of the Bishop of Győr

Gyor

-Climate:-Main sights:The ancient core of the city is Káptalan Hill at the confluence of three rivers: the Danube, Rába and Rábca. Püspökvár, the residence of Győr’s bishops can be easily recognised by its incomplete tower. Győr’s oldest buildings are the 13th-century dwelling tower and the...

. There was a ground fortress in the village neighbor: Világos. In 1910 the village had 640 Hungarian inhabitants.

Landmarks

The village has a beautiful church from the Árpád age. It was built in the 13th century, on the basis of architectural style elements. However, the church was mentioned in charter in 1430. In the 15th century the landowner was the Meszlényi family. In 1592 the church became the property of the Reformed Church. It was also the place of the county council and local parliament in 1598 and 1599. In the 18th century the Roman Catholic Church took back the church.

External links

• Homepage of Meszlen
• The Meszlen Evangelic Church
• Street map (Hungarian)