Szentgotthárd is the westernmost town of Hungary.
Sights
- Church of the Assumption (Szentgotthárd) (former Cystic abbey)
- Baroque garden
- Wolfgot hammers of Szentgotthárd Mowing Factory (industrial monument)
- Páug Ágoston Museum
- Theater (former Granary Church)
- Cemetery chapel
- All Saints Parish Church (Kethely district)
- St. Florian’s Chapel (Szentgotthárd-Rábatótfalu)
- Apron belfry (Szentgotthárd-Farkasfa)
- Lake Hársas
- Reformed Church
- Evangelical church
- Brenner Chapel
- St.Gotthard Spa & Wellness – Outdoor swimming-pool
Economy
The decisive factor in his economic life was the industrialization that began in the second half of the 19th century . Among his craftsmen we mention in the first place the millers, tanners, shoemakers, blacksmiths and bognars.
At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries , the city’s economy began to develop dynamically, and a number of new plants began to operate:
- Hungarian Royal Tobacco Factory, 1894. (now a Social Home operates in its building)
- First Hungarian Clock Factory Limited Liability Company, 1896. (Rehabilitation Hospital currently operates in its building)
- Brick factory, 1896 (liquidated at the end of the 20th century)
- Bujatti’s Silk Weaving Factory, 1899 (still in operation today)
- Szentgotthárd First Hungarian Mowing and Sick Factory, 1902 (its successor company is currently in liquidation)
After the First World War , its development came to a halt, with many villages coming to Austria and Yugoslavia , from which a significant proportion of the number of workers in the factories came. The villages of the former Muraszombat district that remained in Hungary were also connected to the area of the district .
After the Second World War , after the communist takeover, the redevelopment of the city began, which was justified by the proximity of the Austrian and Yugoslav borders. The border strip and the technical lock installed on the borders almost completely isolated the city from the outside world. Of the larger industrial plants, only the Silk Factory (the Hungarian Silk Industry Company’s Szentgotthárd Weaving Mill) and the Kaszagyár (the Rába MMG factory unit) continued to operate, although they lost their former independence due to the “socialist” industrial organization. To them, the local plant of the West Hungarian Timber Combine (later Falco) joined the ranks of larger employers.
After the change of regime, the structure of the economy changed significantly again. Following the privatization of the silk factory, the textile industry is still in operation today ( Lurotex , Sariana), but its importance has fallen sharply. The mower factory and Falco closed their doors. In the 1990s, the beginning of new factories settled in the city. The most important of these is General Motors Powertrain-Magyarország Kft., Which is the largest employer in the micro-region (711 people in 2007). In addition, Vossen Hungaria and Trefilarbed Hungary (a member of the Arcelor-Mittal group) are also among the larger companies in the industrial park, and in addition to the above, several smaller companies operate here. The weight of industry in the city’s economy is currently approx. 60%.
