Körmend ( Prekmurje Slovene: Karmadén, ) is a town in Vas county , Western Hungary.
Places of interest
The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyány family, one of the most important aristocrat families of Hungary. Blessed Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931), a famous ophthalmologist who was beatified by the Catholic Church, lived in the castle with his family for nearly 10 years. He turned one of the wings of the castle into an ophthalmology clinic where he treated poor patients for free.
Today, the castle belongs to the Hungarian state.
Sport
Körmendi FC, association football club
BC Körmend, basketball club
Notable people
Prince Edmund Batthyany-Strattmann (1826–1914), nobleman
László Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931), doctor and nobleman
Sándor Bejczy (1920–2004), politician
Imre Sinkovits (1928–2001), actor of the National Theatre
Péter Besenyei (born 1956), aerobatic pilot
Soulwave (formed 2007), alternative rock band
Krisztián Pars (born 1982), hammer thrower
Twin towns – sister cities
Körmend is twinned with: Heinävesi, Finland Fürstenfeld, Austria