Zsira
Zsira is a small border town located right next to Locsmánd in Austria. It is surrounded by excellent natural resources, fresh air and a peaceful and tranquil environment, and is becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination.
Zsira is situated in the Alpine valley, 35 km from Sopron, 15 km from Kőszeg and 29 km from Szombathely.
The spring and autumn months offer excellent weather for cycling enthusiasts. There are well-maintained cycle paths from Zsira to Bükfürdő, Locsmand or, for those who prefer the more difficult and hilly route, to Kőszeg. In the summer months, the wellness and adventure baths in Locsmád, the thermal and spa baths in Sárvár and Bük are among the favourite recreational destinations for tourists, where people of all ages can find the most suitable place to relax.
Those who love active tourism should visit this area to discover the possibilities of the landscape, as there are plenty of opportunities for sports or even relaxation in this perfect sunny landscape with its birdlife.
The municipality covers an area of 14.73 km2 and has 853 inhabitants.
Route planning
It has an internal area of one hundred and six hectares, surrounded by grainfields and three hundred and fifty hectares of forest. The area is covered by a layer of sediment deposited in the Pliocene period, the foundations of which were laid down by the Kőszeg crystalline Ős-Répce. The highest point of Zsira is in the forest to the north-west of the village (225 m), from which the landscape slopes gently down towards the village. The village itself lies at an altitude of only 100 metres, on the basin of the ancient Ős-Répce (the Répce, which originates in the Rozália Mountains, splits into two branches at Locsmánd, the branch that flows through the village is called Répce and the other Újárok.)
Rain is most often brought by the southerly winds from the Írottkő. Oak and shrub are the native tree species on the gravelly soils of the area, but black pine is also common. Among the maple, hawthorn and birch shrubs, numerous rare plants and fungi species can be found, and the surrounding forests are rich in small and large game and special, rare insects.
Today's Zsira was created in 1931 by the merger of three small villages, the eponymous village, Gyülevíz to the south and the neighbouring Salamonfa.
Zsira is one of the oldest settlements in Hungary. It is mentioned as 'Syra' in 1225, and its houses were inhabited by the serfs of Locsmánd castle. The name Salamonfa first appears in a German-language document in 1412, and Gyülevíz has been known since 1466.
Zsira was inhabited by the serfs of the Győr bishopric until 1848, but Salamonfa and Gyülevíz were inhabited by an increasing number of small and medium-sized landowners, 'single nobles', especially from the 17th century onwards: their new economy was based on the agricultural boom of the Turkish wars. Later on, the noble estates were increasingly in the hands of the same people. From the early 17th century, the landlord of Salamonfa was the Rátkay family, whose members bought up the estates of the poor nobles of Gyülevíz and established a modern beaver farm in the area by 1650.
The manor house was built by their grandson, Antal Rimanóczy, the "Honourable Agent of the Hungarian Court Chancellery", on the road from Zsira to Salamonfa, in an exceptionally beautiful natural environment. The castle is still surrounded by a fence: the one-storey main building stands in a park, and to the north-east of it two former ground-floor, now two-storey 'guardhouses' frame the main road leading to the main façade. Further afield, the former farmstead was almost completely rebuilt in the present century.
The earliest archaeological remains - two dwelling pits - were found in the neighbouring Répcevis: one from the early Iron Age in the 800-500 BC, the other from the Avar-Slavic period 750-950 AD. The occupying Hungarians found a mixed group of people here.
Zsira, which was established after the conquest, was connected to the Locsmánd castle, which was established during the foundation of the state. In the 12th century, Zsira was inhabited by Locsmánd castle serfs. Although the charter of 1186, which describes the social status of the courtiers in Locsmand, does not mention Zsira, the fact that the free courtiers mentioned in the charter include inhabitants of neighbouring Zsira is confirmed by the fact that the town of Zsira was also mentioned in the charter of 1186. Béla's charter of 1265 testifies to the fact that 23 years after the Tartar invasion, the free nobles of the village of Zsira near Locsmand appeared before Béla IV and presented him with the charter of privilege of Béla III for confirmation. Zsira was first mentioned in 1225, Salamonfa in 1412 and Gyülevíz in 1466.
Zsira was acquired by the Bishop of Győr when the Locsmánd castle lands were donated. The clan village became a serf village. The church of the village was built in honour of Saint Lőrinc. The prosperity of the parish of Zsira and the central role of the village among the surrounding small settlements came to an end with the expansion of the Turks and the rise of Protestantism. The last parish priest of Zsira was István Birhány, who saw it more expedient to move his residence to Vis also because of the Salamonon landlord Rátkys, who had converted to Protestantism and had a great influence in the county. Together with its parishes, it became a branch of Káptalanvis for centuries, and remained the religious centre of Gyüleviz, Salamonfa and even Gyalóka.
From the second half of the 16th century, agricultural commodity production boomed, and the importance of landlord farming increased accordingly. This process was particularly marked in Gyülevíz and Salamonfa, where the serfs were replaced to a greater extent by serfs. The serfs with plots only remained in Zsira, the estate of the bishopric of Győr, until 1848, the year of the serf liberation. The count family of Salamonfa, who had owned Salamonfa since the beginning of the 15th century, acquired the neighbouring Gereblén and part of Und, and later Gyüleviz, after the Battle of Mohács, settled in Salamonfa and built a castle in the centre of the estate. As Salamonfa grew in importance, Zsira's importance declined, especially after it ceased to be a parish seat. Around 1570, the landlords removed the serfs from Salamonfa and turned the vacant plots into a majort. Salamonfá was then inhabited only by serf families. In 1598 both Menyhért Rátky and János Szelestey owned 7-7 tenant houses in Salamonfa. Salamonfa was, after its landlords, a Lutheran village in the first half of the 17th century.
Imre Bezerédi became a supporter of Ferenc Rákóczi in Salamonfá.On 9 October 1705 he was married in Salamonfa to Anna Botka, one of the children of György Rátky and Zsuzsanna Balog of Bér, the widow of Ferenc Rátky, who owned the estate in Salamonfa. The imperial garrison of Sopron took notice of this and led 200 horsemen and 100 infantrymen to attack the Kuruks at the wedding, but they did not get further than Füles. In 1709, most of Transdanubia fell into Laban hands, and the nobles with Kuruc sympathies who had conquered the area around Csepreg laid down their arms at Salamonfa. In 1710, Adam Balogh again attempted to recapture the Danube region, and on 29 July the Kuruks again occupied the castle of Salamonfa, which had been evacuated by the Laban, and began to dismantle the strong wall around it, but they were unable to finish the job because Ferenc Nádasdy attacked them, and they were forced to retreat towards Hegyfalu. During the Rákóczi War of Independence, the young landlord of Salamonfa, György Rátky, also became Rákóczi's captain, and of all the Rátky's he gained the greatest fame.
After the Rátkys, Baron Jakab Meskó became the owner of Salamonfa by purchase, and from then on the Zichy-Meskó barons owned most of the Salamonfa border. In the village of Gyülevíz, a similar process to the development in Salamonfa took place. Here, too, the noble estates were brought under one roof and the serfs' plots were replaced by the serfs' farms. The Rátkys of Salamonfa began to buy up the estates of the poor peasants and gradually turned them into a 200-acre farm. Antal Rimanóczy was probably the builder of the Gyülevíz castle in 1739. After the Rimanóczy family died out in Gyülevíz, the Pejachevichs owned the castle for about a decade and a half, and their coat of arms was placed on the façade above the castle's one-century-old main entrance. After a short period of ownership, the castle and the whole village passed into the hands of the Jankovich family. By the end of the 18th century, there were no nobles or serfs in Gyülevíz, only a few serfs who had been torn off by branches. In the reform era Gyülevíz again belonged to the Pejacheviches. Márkus Pejachevich belonged to the progressive nobility and was a supporter of István Széchenyi. With his wife. After the fire of 1859, the streetscape of Zsira was transformed with fire-walled houses.In 1927, Mária Esterházy - the new owner - moved into the rebuilt Gyülevíz castle with her brothers and sisters, and immediately became involved in the community of Gyülevíz and Zsira. A few years later she marries János Almásy, the owner of the Amber Manor, and sells the castle to the Congregation of the Daughters of the Most Holy Saviour. The sisters' provincial headquarters in Zsira include a new hostel, a kindergarten, a day-care centre and a women's boarding house in the castle.During the Trianon peace treaty, the Austrians claimed Zsira for Austria, but in 1922 Zsira asserted its Hungarian identity before the border adjustment committee. In 1924 a farmers' circle was established in Zsira, in 1929 an industrial circle, and in early 1938 the first electric lamps were lit. A memorial plaque to the victims of World War II was erected in 1985, next to the memorial plaque to the heroes of World War I. Primary school education in Zsira dates back to the 17th century. The kindergarten was founded in 1935 by the monastic order that settled in the village. Among the associations, the "Song Choir" was founded in 1885, and the self-organised fire brigade in 1894. In 1908, the Legionnaire's Association and the Girls' Association were founded, which gave a boost to theatre and drama, while the Levente Association gave a boost to physical education and especially football.
Zsira, once a major settlement in the Répce region, lost its river in 1978: the Répce ceased to flow in its old channel under the gardens of Zsira, and its waters were diverted to the Újárok, which bypasses the village. In order to rebuild the dam that was due in Locsmand, the village authorities did not take any action with the water authorities, allowing the river's original bed to become a dead branch.
In 1986, the village celebrates its 800th anniversary, when an exhibition of paintings by Dr. Zoltán Szabó and Antal Tímár and documents on the history of the village is held. The cultural development of Zsira is served by the culture house established in 1949. Since 1951 the mansion has been the Social Home of the Metropolitan Council.The Gyülevíz mansion, built in 1739, is a monument. It is considered by art historians to be one of the most beautiful Baroque castles in Europe. Today it is known as Pejachevich Castle, although it was only owned by the Pejachevich family from the end of the 18th century, and not even then permanently. The castle is a free-standing, long single-storey building in the park, only the two-storey Baroque building is of Baroque style. The courtyard façade is simpler than the garden façade, which can be explained by the fact that the road from Zsira to Salamonfa led here when the castle was built. The corner buildings, with their high, free-formed semi-pillar head and inverted buckle-like gables, are typical of the Viennese school, probably designed by a pupil of Hillebrand or Fischer von Erlach. The castle is said to have been the hunting lodge of Maria Theresa, who visited Gyüleviz several times. The castle park is adjoined by a 6 hectare English park. The park dates back to the late 1800s. The English park is still characterised by the gardens in front of the castle, followed by a tree-lined area with small and large clearings, giving a good view of the individual groups of trees and the castle itself. The park is dominated by deciduous species in groups. There are groups of tall ash, sycamore, black ash and horse chestnut. Many trees are over 3 metres in circumference and 28-30 metres high. Surprisingly healthy, the sycamore trees here have hardly been damaged by elm blight. The most notable of the trees are the sequoias, but there are also forest pines and spruces.
The Pieta statue from 1725 and the baroque Trinity statue from 1720 in the church square are of monumental character. The statue of St Florian dates from the 18th century. Among the notable tombs in the three cemeteries, the Baroque "Calvary Scene" in the Salamonfa cemetery is also noteworthy. The church of St. Joseph in Salamonfa was built in 1882, the church of St. Lawrence in Zsira in 1885 using parts of the burnt church, and the neo-Romanesque Östör chapel in 1922. The Baroque decoration of St. Lawrence Church is nationally renowned. On the wall of the church is a memorial plaque to the victims of the First and Second World Wars. In 1987, a memorial stone was erected next to the church fence to commemorate the 800-year-old village. In 1989, a memorial site was created to commemorate the former "Iron Curtain" with a high observer installed there.
Rimanóczy Castle
Rimanóczy Castle is the most important built heritage of the village. The Baroque castle was built in 1739 by Antal Rimanóczy. The slightly protruding central part of the building is highlighted by the mansard roof. The wide chimneys are accentuated by the articulated roof. The building is richly decorated not only on the outside but also on the inside. The building has had several owners over the centuries. From 1771 it was owned by the Draskovich and Jankovich families, and from 1800 by the Pejacsevich family. In 1922, Princess Maria Esterházy bought the castle, which had deteriorated by then, and had it modernised and restored between 1923-25. The restoration of the 6-hectare English park - now protected - was planned by the chief gardener of Eszterháza (now Fertőd). It is now a Social Home.
Church of St. Lawrence
Zsira is one of our earliest villages with a church. Although the church was rebuilt several times, in 1848 the church burnt to the ground, but in the same year the church was rebuilt with the help of the local people. Two side aisles were added and the church was consecrated in 1885. The church was built in 1885 and decorated in baroque style. The nave has a four-bay nave with a dome arch and side drawers. The side aisles open onto the nave with arcades. The main nave of the sanctuary has a bell-shaped nave with three sides of an octagon.
Nature alley Treasury
In summer 2012, the private collection, treasure house and exhibition space of Zsira opened its doors. The owners and storytellers of the treasure trove are a couple of geologists who have been welcoming visitors and customers to Zsira since summer 2012 at Locsmándi u. 8, 800 metres from the Sonnentherme spa. The owners are nature lovers, so not only the geological wonders they describe below await visitors, but also the many interesting and mysterious aspects of biology: the world of animals, plants and fungi.
Accommodation in Zsira:
Sunflower House
This farmhouse-style accommodation is the ideal place for active rural recreation and intimate family and friends' events. Its seven guest units can accommodate 29 guests. The Sonnentherme spa in Locsmánd, also known as a paradise for babies, is within easy reach. The Sunflower House also offers bicycle rental, sauna and barbecue facilities.
Tel: 06 20/919-1950
savaria.agentura@gmail.com
Zsira, Salamonfai u. 30.
www.napviraghaz.hu
Rudolf Fogadó
Cycle through blossoming peach trees, blue-frank grape vineyards and fertile fields to discover the beautiful villages of the area, and relax in the nearby Locsmánd or Bük spa.
Tel: 06 30/959-4201
schunck@t-online.hu
Zsira, Salamonfai u. 5.
www.rudolfsfogado.hu
Határ Vendégház
The rustic character of the building can be felt in its architectural style, the porch entrance and the arches make it a welcoming building that really fits in with its surroundings.
Tel: 06 30/942-7051
info@hatarmenti-vendeghaz.hu
Zsira, Fő u. 55.
www.hatarmenti-vendeghaz.hu
Zöld Apartmanház
Double apartments with extra beds and cooking facilities for the comfort of our guests.
Tel.: 06 30/563-6012
kobor.gyongyi64@gmail.com
Zsira, Locsmándi u. 38.
www.zoldhaz.atw.hu
Zsira is situated in the Alpine valley, 35 km from Sopron, 15 km from Kőszeg and 29 km from Szombathely.
The spring and autumn months offer excellent weather for cycling enthusiasts. There are well-maintained cycle paths from Zsira to Bükfürdő, Locsmand or, for those who prefer the more difficult and hilly route, to Kőszeg. In the summer months, the wellness and adventure baths in Locsmád, the thermal and spa baths in Sárvár and Bük are among the favourite recreational destinations for tourists, where people of all ages can find the most suitable place to relax.
Those who love active tourism should visit this area to discover the possibilities of the landscape, as there are plenty of opportunities for sports or even relaxation in this perfect sunny landscape with its birdlife.
The municipality covers an area of 14.73 km2 and has 853 inhabitants.
Route planning
It has an internal area of one hundred and six hectares, surrounded by grainfields and three hundred and fifty hectares of forest. The area is covered by a layer of sediment deposited in the Pliocene period, the foundations of which were laid down by the Kőszeg crystalline Ős-Répce. The highest point of Zsira is in the forest to the north-west of the village (225 m), from which the landscape slopes gently down towards the village. The village itself lies at an altitude of only 100 metres, on the basin of the ancient Ős-Répce (the Répce, which originates in the Rozália Mountains, splits into two branches at Locsmánd, the branch that flows through the village is called Répce and the other Újárok.)
Rain is most often brought by the southerly winds from the Írottkő. Oak and shrub are the native tree species on the gravelly soils of the area, but black pine is also common. Among the maple, hawthorn and birch shrubs, numerous rare plants and fungi species can be found, and the surrounding forests are rich in small and large game and special, rare insects.
Today's Zsira was created in 1931 by the merger of three small villages, the eponymous village, Gyülevíz to the south and the neighbouring Salamonfa.
Zsira is one of the oldest settlements in Hungary. It is mentioned as 'Syra' in 1225, and its houses were inhabited by the serfs of Locsmánd castle. The name Salamonfa first appears in a German-language document in 1412, and Gyülevíz has been known since 1466.
Zsira was inhabited by the serfs of the Győr bishopric until 1848, but Salamonfa and Gyülevíz were inhabited by an increasing number of small and medium-sized landowners, 'single nobles', especially from the 17th century onwards: their new economy was based on the agricultural boom of the Turkish wars. Later on, the noble estates were increasingly in the hands of the same people. From the early 17th century, the landlord of Salamonfa was the Rátkay family, whose members bought up the estates of the poor nobles of Gyülevíz and established a modern beaver farm in the area by 1650.
The manor house was built by their grandson, Antal Rimanóczy, the "Honourable Agent of the Hungarian Court Chancellery", on the road from Zsira to Salamonfa, in an exceptionally beautiful natural environment. The castle is still surrounded by a fence: the one-storey main building stands in a park, and to the north-east of it two former ground-floor, now two-storey 'guardhouses' frame the main road leading to the main façade. Further afield, the former farmstead was almost completely rebuilt in the present century.
The earliest archaeological remains - two dwelling pits - were found in the neighbouring Répcevis: one from the early Iron Age in the 800-500 BC, the other from the Avar-Slavic period 750-950 AD. The occupying Hungarians found a mixed group of people here.
Zsira, which was established after the conquest, was connected to the Locsmánd castle, which was established during the foundation of the state. In the 12th century, Zsira was inhabited by Locsmánd castle serfs. Although the charter of 1186, which describes the social status of the courtiers in Locsmand, does not mention Zsira, the fact that the free courtiers mentioned in the charter include inhabitants of neighbouring Zsira is confirmed by the fact that the town of Zsira was also mentioned in the charter of 1186. Béla's charter of 1265 testifies to the fact that 23 years after the Tartar invasion, the free nobles of the village of Zsira near Locsmand appeared before Béla IV and presented him with the charter of privilege of Béla III for confirmation. Zsira was first mentioned in 1225, Salamonfa in 1412 and Gyülevíz in 1466.
Zsira was acquired by the Bishop of Győr when the Locsmánd castle lands were donated. The clan village became a serf village. The church of the village was built in honour of Saint Lőrinc. The prosperity of the parish of Zsira and the central role of the village among the surrounding small settlements came to an end with the expansion of the Turks and the rise of Protestantism. The last parish priest of Zsira was István Birhány, who saw it more expedient to move his residence to Vis also because of the Salamonon landlord Rátkys, who had converted to Protestantism and had a great influence in the county. Together with its parishes, it became a branch of Káptalanvis for centuries, and remained the religious centre of Gyüleviz, Salamonfa and even Gyalóka.
From the second half of the 16th century, agricultural commodity production boomed, and the importance of landlord farming increased accordingly. This process was particularly marked in Gyülevíz and Salamonfa, where the serfs were replaced to a greater extent by serfs. The serfs with plots only remained in Zsira, the estate of the bishopric of Győr, until 1848, the year of the serf liberation. The count family of Salamonfa, who had owned Salamonfa since the beginning of the 15th century, acquired the neighbouring Gereblén and part of Und, and later Gyüleviz, after the Battle of Mohács, settled in Salamonfa and built a castle in the centre of the estate. As Salamonfa grew in importance, Zsira's importance declined, especially after it ceased to be a parish seat. Around 1570, the landlords removed the serfs from Salamonfa and turned the vacant plots into a majort. Salamonfá was then inhabited only by serf families. In 1598 both Menyhért Rátky and János Szelestey owned 7-7 tenant houses in Salamonfa. Salamonfa was, after its landlords, a Lutheran village in the first half of the 17th century.
Imre Bezerédi became a supporter of Ferenc Rákóczi in Salamonfá.On 9 October 1705 he was married in Salamonfa to Anna Botka, one of the children of György Rátky and Zsuzsanna Balog of Bér, the widow of Ferenc Rátky, who owned the estate in Salamonfa. The imperial garrison of Sopron took notice of this and led 200 horsemen and 100 infantrymen to attack the Kuruks at the wedding, but they did not get further than Füles. In 1709, most of Transdanubia fell into Laban hands, and the nobles with Kuruc sympathies who had conquered the area around Csepreg laid down their arms at Salamonfa. In 1710, Adam Balogh again attempted to recapture the Danube region, and on 29 July the Kuruks again occupied the castle of Salamonfa, which had been evacuated by the Laban, and began to dismantle the strong wall around it, but they were unable to finish the job because Ferenc Nádasdy attacked them, and they were forced to retreat towards Hegyfalu. During the Rákóczi War of Independence, the young landlord of Salamonfa, György Rátky, also became Rákóczi's captain, and of all the Rátky's he gained the greatest fame.
After the Rátkys, Baron Jakab Meskó became the owner of Salamonfa by purchase, and from then on the Zichy-Meskó barons owned most of the Salamonfa border. In the village of Gyülevíz, a similar process to the development in Salamonfa took place. Here, too, the noble estates were brought under one roof and the serfs' plots were replaced by the serfs' farms. The Rátkys of Salamonfa began to buy up the estates of the poor peasants and gradually turned them into a 200-acre farm. Antal Rimanóczy was probably the builder of the Gyülevíz castle in 1739. After the Rimanóczy family died out in Gyülevíz, the Pejachevichs owned the castle for about a decade and a half, and their coat of arms was placed on the façade above the castle's one-century-old main entrance. After a short period of ownership, the castle and the whole village passed into the hands of the Jankovich family. By the end of the 18th century, there were no nobles or serfs in Gyülevíz, only a few serfs who had been torn off by branches. In the reform era Gyülevíz again belonged to the Pejacheviches. Márkus Pejachevich belonged to the progressive nobility and was a supporter of István Széchenyi. With his wife. After the fire of 1859, the streetscape of Zsira was transformed with fire-walled houses.In 1927, Mária Esterházy - the new owner - moved into the rebuilt Gyülevíz castle with her brothers and sisters, and immediately became involved in the community of Gyülevíz and Zsira. A few years later she marries János Almásy, the owner of the Amber Manor, and sells the castle to the Congregation of the Daughters of the Most Holy Saviour. The sisters' provincial headquarters in Zsira include a new hostel, a kindergarten, a day-care centre and a women's boarding house in the castle.During the Trianon peace treaty, the Austrians claimed Zsira for Austria, but in 1922 Zsira asserted its Hungarian identity before the border adjustment committee. In 1924 a farmers' circle was established in Zsira, in 1929 an industrial circle, and in early 1938 the first electric lamps were lit. A memorial plaque to the victims of World War II was erected in 1985, next to the memorial plaque to the heroes of World War I. Primary school education in Zsira dates back to the 17th century. The kindergarten was founded in 1935 by the monastic order that settled in the village. Among the associations, the "Song Choir" was founded in 1885, and the self-organised fire brigade in 1894. In 1908, the Legionnaire's Association and the Girls' Association were founded, which gave a boost to theatre and drama, while the Levente Association gave a boost to physical education and especially football.
Zsira, once a major settlement in the Répce region, lost its river in 1978: the Répce ceased to flow in its old channel under the gardens of Zsira, and its waters were diverted to the Újárok, which bypasses the village. In order to rebuild the dam that was due in Locsmand, the village authorities did not take any action with the water authorities, allowing the river's original bed to become a dead branch.
In 1986, the village celebrates its 800th anniversary, when an exhibition of paintings by Dr. Zoltán Szabó and Antal Tímár and documents on the history of the village is held. The cultural development of Zsira is served by the culture house established in 1949. Since 1951 the mansion has been the Social Home of the Metropolitan Council.The Gyülevíz mansion, built in 1739, is a monument. It is considered by art historians to be one of the most beautiful Baroque castles in Europe. Today it is known as Pejachevich Castle, although it was only owned by the Pejachevich family from the end of the 18th century, and not even then permanently. The castle is a free-standing, long single-storey building in the park, only the two-storey Baroque building is of Baroque style. The courtyard façade is simpler than the garden façade, which can be explained by the fact that the road from Zsira to Salamonfa led here when the castle was built. The corner buildings, with their high, free-formed semi-pillar head and inverted buckle-like gables, are typical of the Viennese school, probably designed by a pupil of Hillebrand or Fischer von Erlach. The castle is said to have been the hunting lodge of Maria Theresa, who visited Gyüleviz several times. The castle park is adjoined by a 6 hectare English park. The park dates back to the late 1800s. The English park is still characterised by the gardens in front of the castle, followed by a tree-lined area with small and large clearings, giving a good view of the individual groups of trees and the castle itself. The park is dominated by deciduous species in groups. There are groups of tall ash, sycamore, black ash and horse chestnut. Many trees are over 3 metres in circumference and 28-30 metres high. Surprisingly healthy, the sycamore trees here have hardly been damaged by elm blight. The most notable of the trees are the sequoias, but there are also forest pines and spruces.
The Pieta statue from 1725 and the baroque Trinity statue from 1720 in the church square are of monumental character. The statue of St Florian dates from the 18th century. Among the notable tombs in the three cemeteries, the Baroque "Calvary Scene" in the Salamonfa cemetery is also noteworthy. The church of St. Joseph in Salamonfa was built in 1882, the church of St. Lawrence in Zsira in 1885 using parts of the burnt church, and the neo-Romanesque Östör chapel in 1922. The Baroque decoration of St. Lawrence Church is nationally renowned. On the wall of the church is a memorial plaque to the victims of the First and Second World Wars. In 1987, a memorial stone was erected next to the church fence to commemorate the 800-year-old village. In 1989, a memorial site was created to commemorate the former "Iron Curtain" with a high observer installed there.
Rimanóczy Castle
Rimanóczy Castle is the most important built heritage of the village. The Baroque castle was built in 1739 by Antal Rimanóczy. The slightly protruding central part of the building is highlighted by the mansard roof. The wide chimneys are accentuated by the articulated roof. The building is richly decorated not only on the outside but also on the inside. The building has had several owners over the centuries. From 1771 it was owned by the Draskovich and Jankovich families, and from 1800 by the Pejacsevich family. In 1922, Princess Maria Esterházy bought the castle, which had deteriorated by then, and had it modernised and restored between 1923-25. The restoration of the 6-hectare English park - now protected - was planned by the chief gardener of Eszterháza (now Fertőd). It is now a Social Home.
Church of St. Lawrence
Zsira is one of our earliest villages with a church. Although the church was rebuilt several times, in 1848 the church burnt to the ground, but in the same year the church was rebuilt with the help of the local people. Two side aisles were added and the church was consecrated in 1885. The church was built in 1885 and decorated in baroque style. The nave has a four-bay nave with a dome arch and side drawers. The side aisles open onto the nave with arcades. The main nave of the sanctuary has a bell-shaped nave with three sides of an octagon.
Nature alley Treasury
In summer 2012, the private collection, treasure house and exhibition space of Zsira opened its doors. The owners and storytellers of the treasure trove are a couple of geologists who have been welcoming visitors and customers to Zsira since summer 2012 at Locsmándi u. 8, 800 metres from the Sonnentherme spa. The owners are nature lovers, so not only the geological wonders they describe below await visitors, but also the many interesting and mysterious aspects of biology: the world of animals, plants and fungi.
Accommodation in Zsira:
Sunflower House
This farmhouse-style accommodation is the ideal place for active rural recreation and intimate family and friends' events. Its seven guest units can accommodate 29 guests. The Sonnentherme spa in Locsmánd, also known as a paradise for babies, is within easy reach. The Sunflower House also offers bicycle rental, sauna and barbecue facilities.
Tel: 06 20/919-1950
savaria.agentura@gmail.com
Zsira, Salamonfai u. 30.
www.napviraghaz.hu
Rudolf Fogadó
Cycle through blossoming peach trees, blue-frank grape vineyards and fertile fields to discover the beautiful villages of the area, and relax in the nearby Locsmánd or Bük spa.
Tel: 06 30/959-4201
schunck@t-online.hu
Zsira, Salamonfai u. 5.
www.rudolfsfogado.hu
Határ Vendégház
The rustic character of the building can be felt in its architectural style, the porch entrance and the arches make it a welcoming building that really fits in with its surroundings.
Tel: 06 30/942-7051
info@hatarmenti-vendeghaz.hu
Zsira, Fő u. 55.
www.hatarmenti-vendeghaz.hu
Zöld Apartmanház
Double apartments with extra beds and cooking facilities for the comfort of our guests.
Tel.: 06 30/563-6012
kobor.gyongyi64@gmail.com
Zsira, Locsmándi u. 38.
www.zoldhaz.atw.hu