About Vasszilvágy:
Vasszilvágy is situated in the North part of County Vas, 15 kms from Szombathely, from road 86 some kms northwards. On the center-north part of the Gyöngyös-sík. The township is posturing the old Hungarian elm-desire space overgrowed (with = plum-trees) is coming from noun. Alsószilvágy and Felsőszilvágy were united in 1935, sooner Kétszilvágy on name, then its name was out. The two village-parts are in the Kőris-patak brushes against willows of the Hosszú-patak's boundary and here the Rátka-brook is originating also.

Ground is faculties
Ballast-beds, loessial lees with adobe overlays surface like a lowlander flat landscape, perpendicular articulation of the surface in inconsiderable, extrinsic forms poor This ballast-bed glacial adobe the landscape covered. on which lower, thicker tilth was forming a covered with pebbles soil-forming covered with The adobe on a rock usually a sour brown forest soils, till that was tapering layer on parts an unfavourable economy of water supplies grounds obtainable. The brooks, in dales next to streams however usually clayey pouring-meadow grounds formed.

Climate
The region next to overweight of the continental character partly on the abstemious mild winter and cooler summer effect its climate also a characteristic. The mean annual temperature 9,5-10°C, conversely in June under 20°C. The yearly sum of the sunshine is 1900-1950 hours, till amount of the yearly average rainfall is between 650-700 mms. The prevailing wind direction because of effect detouring of the Alps is Northerner.

Hydrography
Hydrographically the region is one of drainage basin of the Rába and Gyöngyös. On interior of the settlement the Hosszúvíz-brook is irrigating, its managerial territory the Rátka-brook and the Kőris-patak touch. The recipient of the smaller streams is the Gyöngyös-patak, or the Répce.

Plant-drawing
The landscape-detail plant--graphically the Hungarian flora-province to flora-going of his temporary flora-country, vasi-alpokaljai its part. The szubmontán a bükös in region falling within the competence of a belt naive woodsy-unions hardly happen the sour-soiled oak-yards calcic-costing, Instead of rather on drier parts oak-yards characteristics. That the cseres-kocsánytalan tapered, it is sour-soiled, on habitats the seprűbozótos-társulás opened also going.

His show-places Vintage, gothic Today's form of origin. in honour of Nicholas 1769 after rebuilding that was gaining In front of the church a sculpture Szenvedő Krisztus made in 1732 is standing. History On territory of the township buildings were lain in roman ages. According to witness, where inhabitants were buried, before the conquest, a settlement stood here already. The today's village in 1217 Zyluag by name in 1549 two castles mention here the Szelestey and Zarka at own of FA. In the 16th century to her inhabitant Protestant faith their square first, in 1673 here they were assembling members of lesser nobility of Alsószilvágy a township ex-, Hungarian smallholders live in Felsőszilvágy, Bezerédj Imre in bought it in 1918.

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