Vasvár

Vasvár lies in the hills south of the Rába, in western Hungary. Its name recalls the old county fortress and the iron that gave the district its name. The town was a medieval ecclesiastical centre, with a collegiate chapter and a Dominican monastery. In August 1664, after the Ottoman army had been defeated at nearby Szentgotthárd, representatives of the Habsburg and Ottoman rulers concluded a peace in the Ottoman camp near Vasvár. The agreement ended the campaign but left many Hungarian nobles dissatisfied with its terms.