Settlements of Slovenian Rába-co

Szentgotthárd is the cultural centre of the Slovenian Raba-country and the westernmost town of Hungary. It is located in the gate of Örseg where River Raba and River Lapincs meet.

Written memories mentioned the settlement in 1538; the residents had been serfs of the Szentgotthárd Cistercian Abbey. Orfalu used to have 350 residents but by today it had become the smallest Slovenian settlement.

The settlement was recognised by a certificate in 1350 as Zakonyfolva.
In Szakonyfalu passing by the Roman Catholic Church, built in honour of the Sickle Blessed Virgin Mary, a real paradise of nature lovers burst upon our view.

The following stage of the northern valley of Raba-countryside is Alsószölnök which has been home of Slovenians, Germans and Hungarians for many centuries.

Felsőszölnök, the westernmost settlement of Hungary lies at the bottom of the triple-boarder in a picturesque environment.