Csurgó

Csurgó lies in the wooded country of southern Somogy, not far from the Drava. After the wars of the Ottoman period the settlement was revived under the Festetics family. In 1792 Count György Festetics, a Catholic landowner, provided support for a Reformed grammar school here. Its building was completed in 1796, and his estate administrator János Nagyváthy helped organize and supervise the institution. The school and its growing library gave Csurgó a lasting place in the educational life of the district.