Agfalva (Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hungary)

Ágfalva Község, Agendorf

Last modified: 2003-04-26 by dov gutterman
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by Istvan Molnar, 26 September 2001

• Overview

See also:

• Hungary
• Gyor-Moson-Sopron County

Overview

�gfalva is a village in Gy�r-Moson-Sopron county. Photo taken by me on 17th August 2001 at "General County Meeting" in Gy�r. �gfalva, in German Agendorf, was a village in the formerly Sopron county. The Treaty of Trianon annexed to Austria. It was returned in 1922. The Coat of Arms and the description are from the Gy�r-Moson-Sopron County Atlas; HISZI-Map, 1998: "It was part of the D�gi domain. It was acquired by the Cistercian order in 1195. The village was called Agendorf by German settlers in the thirteenth century. It was a serf village of the town of Sopron until the nineteenth century. The mine in Brennberg was opened in 1785 which provided employment for many inhabitants. The village was named �gfalva in 1906. Tha village has a population of 1947 persons."
Istvan Molnar, 6 September 2001 and 26 September 2001