Őrség

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Őrség is a scenic, sparsely populated region in western Hungary known for its traditional villages, rolling landscapes, and preserved natural and cultural heritage.

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Őrség canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
region
borderWith Austria
Slovenia
climate temperate continental climate
containsProtectedArea Őrség National Park
containsSettlement Ispánk
Kondorfa
Magyarszombatfa
Nagyrákos NERFINISHED
Pankasz
Szalafő
Szentgyörgyvölgy
Velemér
Őriszentpéter
country Hungary
hasCenter Őriszentpéter
hasCharacteristic dispersed settlement pattern
hilly landscape
preserved cultural heritage
preserved natural heritage
rolling landscapes
scenic
sparsely populated
traditional villages
hasCulturalRegion Vendvidék
hasEtymology name derived from Hungarian word for guard (őr)
hasEvent Őrség Pumpkin Festival
hasHistoricalFunction border-guard region of the Kingdom of Hungary
hasLandUse meadows and pastures
mixed forests
small-scale farming
hasMinorityCulture Slovene minority culture
hasProduct pumpkin seed oil
knownFor Romanesque churches
agritourism
folk traditions
rural tourism
traditional architecture
wooden belfries
languageUsed Hungarian
locatedIn northwestern Hungary
surface form: western Hungary
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Vas County
locatedInRiverBasin Rába River
surface form: Rába River basin
partOf Pannonian Basin cultural landscape
Transdanubia
tourismType eco-tourism
heritage tourism

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