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Sopron (pronounced "shop-ron"; German: Ödenburg, Croatian: Šopron, Latin: Scarbantia) is a city in Hungary, close to the Austrian border, with a population of about 62,000 (2017). The town is officially bilingual, and its historical German language name is Ödenburg.

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History

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View from the Fire tower, main square with Goat Church

When this area was the Pannonia Superior province of the Roman Empire, the city's name was Scarbantia. Its main square was then the forum. During the period of mass migration the once prosperous Scarbantia declined to become a lifeless city of ruins; a new settlement was created here only after the Hungarians took over the territory. Hungarians strengthened the old Roman city walls and built a castle. The town was named in Hungarian after a castle steward named Suprun. In 1273 King Otakar II of Bohemia occupied the castle. Even though he took the children of Sopron's nobility with him as hostages, the city opened its gates when the armies of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary arrived. The king rewarded Sopron by elevating it to the rank of free royal town. In 1529 the Turks devastated the city, but it did not fall under Turkish domination. Many Hungarians fled from the occupied areas to Sopron, and the city's importance grew.

While the Ottomans occupied most of central Europe, the region north of lake Balaton remained in the Kingdom of Hungary (1538–1867). In 1676 Sopron was destroyed by a fire. The modern-day city was born in the next few decades, when Baroque buildings were built to replace the destroyed medieval ones. Sopron became the seat of the comitatus Sopron. Until 1918, the town (bilingual names Oedenburg - Sopron) was part of the Austrian monarchy, province of Hungary; in Transleithania after the compromise of 1867 in the Kingdom of Hungary. Following the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, after local unrest, Sopron's status as part of Hungary (along with that of the surrounding eight villages) was decided by a controversial, local plebiscite held on December 14, 1921, with 65% voting for Hungary. Since then Sopron has been called Civitas Fidelissima ("The Most Loyal Town"), and the anniversary of the plebiscite is a city holiday. Sopron suffered greatly during World War II and it was bombed several times. The Soviet Red Army captured the city on April 1, 1945. On August 19, 1989 the "Pan-European Picnic" took place near Sopron, when the "Iron Curtain" between Austria and Hungary was lifted for a few hours, allowing some hundred East German citizens to cross the border.

Orientation

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Sopron birdview
  • After being suppressed during the Cold War, Sopron's German-speaking culture and heritage are now recognized again. As a consequence, many of the city's street-and traffic-signs are written in both Hungarian and German making it an officially bilingual city due to its proximity to the Austrian frontier.

Get in

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By plane

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By car

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  • From Vienna, Austria on A2 until the Traiskirchen intersection, then on A3 until the Eisenstadt intersection, and on B16 to Sopron.

By bus

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  • 1 Bus Station (Autóbusz-állomás), Lackner Kristóf utca 9 (NW 200m from Downtown), ☏ +36 99 311040, . Workdays: 07:00-12:15 & 12:45-15:30, 1st-6th days of each month: M-F 06:00-16:00, Sa 07:00-13:00.. The local service provider is the ÉNYKK Ltd. Bus to Kőszeg (daily five-six direct, 1-1½ hour), Szombathely (daily five-seven direct, 1½-2 hour), Győr (weekday daily 17, weekend 11 per day, around 2 hours (updated Apr 2018), to Budapest no direct bus (first you must to go Székesfehérvár or Veszprém or with a longer detour to Hévíz or Szombathely 5-7 hours, train is much better).

By train

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Sopron is located within the Vienna regional tariff union, so if you have a ticket or travelcard covering the entire network, you can use it to travel to Sopron (but not other Hungarian towns served by suburban trains).

  • 2 Train Station (Vasútállomás), Állomás u. 2. (S half km), ☏ +36 1 4444499. Daily 03:00-23:00. Connected to Vienna by suburban trains every hour, departure from Wien Meidling at xx:38. Travel takes 70 minutes. Trains to Győr (hourly until 20:00, 1½ hour), Szombathely (12 per day, 50 mins), Budapest (around thirty per day but just six direct!, 2½-6 hours, Ft 4200-5650, 2nd cl.) Toward Austria see: ÖBB. Services include: disabled toilet, international cash desk (Open M-F 05:30-19:00 Sa 06:00-13:30), bicycle parking 
    • Domestic Győr–Sopron–Ebenfurth Railway (GYSEV), ☏ +36 99 517212. 07:15-12:15, 12:35-16:15, 16:35-19:00. service area information 
    • International information, ☏ +36 99 517156. M-W, F Sa 08:00-19:20; Th 08:00-20:00. 
    • Left luggage office, ☏ +36 99 517212. open 03:00-23:00. 

Get around

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Map
Map of Sopron
  • The city isn't large, so you can walk or buy a ticket to ride the public bus lines. Prices (2014). Tickets: Ft 320 in advance, from driver Ft 390. Passes: Ft 6900 per month, Ft 4,300 semimonthly, Ft 2250 per seven-day, Ft 780 per a daily ticket. Local season ticket and single tickets can buy at Volan Tourist Travel Agency (address: Lackner Kristóf utca) or without queuing, 24/7, from a ticket vending machine, (located in the city ten points.)
  • 1 TOURINFORM - Sopron, Liszt Ferenc utca 1 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 517560, +36 1 4388080 (Tourinform Call Center), fax: +36 99 517527, . M-F 09:00-17:00, Sa 09:00-13:00, Su 09:00-13:00 (May to Sep). 
  • Sopron parking based on three zones. Parking map here. Paying with cash, chipcard or mobile. City center closed for cars (except with special permisson).
  • Sopron taxis list here.
  • Rent a car, Martiny Frigyes utca. 2/B, ☏ +36 70 3200888. from Ft 4500 per day. 
  • Getting around the city centre by bike.

See

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Downtown street by street

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Main Square

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Plaque on the Main square, remembering that Roman Scarbantia was an important post of the 'Amber Road'
  • 1 Firewatch Tower (Tűztorony, Ger.:Feuerturm), Fö tér 1 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 311-327, . Jan-Mar: daily 09:00-17:00, Apr: daily 10:00-18:00; May-Aug: M-F 10:00-20:00, Sep-Oct daily 10:00-18:00; Nov: daily 09:00-17:00; Dec: daily 09:00-17:00. Landmark of the city is the "fire tower", with a museum of history of the city. 61 m high, there is a wonderful panoramic view from the top. Its cylindrical lower part was built on the remains of the Roman town wall, and served as the north tower of the city from the 13th century onwards. Also on top of the tower is a double-headed eagle, that was a gift from King Ferdinánd II and Queen Eleonóra for the parliamentary session and queen's coronation, both held in Sopron in 1622. Ft 1150. 
  • 2 City Hall (Városháza), Fő tér 1 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 515100. by appointment. The eclectic style building in the year of the millennium (1989) was completed by Hinträger Móric és Károly plans. On the barock main square. Also in December there is a Christmas market on the square (must see!) Richly decorated (applied arts) interior design and furnishings. Protected Monument. 
  • 3 Storno House museum (Storno-gyűjtemény), Fő tér 8 (Opposite City hall), ☏ +36 99 311327, . Jan-Mar: Tu-Su 10:00-16:00, Apr-Oct: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00. Nov: Tu-Su 09:00-17:00, Dec Tu-Su 09:00-17:00. A Baroque corner house with Renaissance elements. The building are the closed, round, two-storey corner balcony with its rich ornamentation, the basket-arched gate with the Festetics family’s coat of arms between the two Tuscan half pillars, and the door knockers with their pelican motifs. Here is the Local History Exhibition. The authentic documents and relics collected since 1867 Ft 1000. 
  • 4 Gate of Faith (Hűség Kapu), Fő tér/ Tűztorony utca. This was made in memory of the referendum of 1921. In this referendum Sopron and eight neighbouring villages expressed their wish to remain part of Hungary. 
  • 5 Kossow-House (Kossow ház), Fő tér, 4 (Downtown). Rebuilt in the Baroque era, then established a large residential lobby in the floor above the doorway. Now there is a wine bar 
  • 6 Fabricius-House (Fabricius-ház), Fő tér, 6 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 311327, . Apr-Sep Tu-Su 10:00-18:00 or by appointment. From the 14th century with interior from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Gothic hall is a wonderful piece of architecture, but the two story loggia with open staircase in the courtyard and the Gothic and Baroque cellars of the rear building also deserve special attention. The owners of the building were always rich citizens and traders with high ranking social positions. The house is named after one of the owners, mayor and magistrate Endre Fabricius, who purchased the house in 1806. There is a medieval cellar hall with a Roman Lapidary. Here is the former Roman Capitol decorating Trias sculpture group. Three exhibits: Roman Lapidary, "Three thousand years along the Amber Road" archaeological exhibition and 17th and 18th. century bourgeois interior furnishing. Protected Monument Adult/reduced tickets: History of Sopron and its Surroundings Ft 700/350, Archaeological Exhibition - Roman Lapidary Ft 700/350, Town Residences Ft 800/400 (2014). 
  • 7 Pharmacy Museum (Patika-ház), Fő tér 2 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 311327, fax: +36 99 311347, . Apr-Sep: Tu-Su 10:00-14:00. Built in 15th–16th centuries. The former Angel Pharmacy operated in this house from the middle of the 17th century. Reconstructed in 1850, when the Gensel family extended the house by bricking up the arcades and the corridor. The house was pronounced the first national monument in Hungary by Louis II of Hungary in 1525. Protected Monument Adult/reduced Ft 500/250. 
  • 8 Gambrinus - House (Gambrinus - Ház), Fő tér 3 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 311327. Only outside. Protected monument. Gothic origin. It was expanded in the late Renaissance style, the facade made in Baroque style. The interior rebuilt in the 18th century. There are frescoes from the 18th century in the rooms upstairs. Protected Monument 
  • 9 Former County Hall (Vármegyeháza), Fő tér 5. (Downtown). Built in 1896. Protected Monument 
  • 10 Holy Trinity Column (Szentháromság-szobor), Fő tér (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 515100. 24/7. One of the best-known attractions of the square. A masterpiece of the Hungarian Baroque (1701). Protected Monument Free. 
  • 11 General and Lackner House (Tábornok-és Lackner-ház), Fő tér 7 (Downtown). Here was the residence of the mayor dr. Lackner Kristóf (1571-1631). Protected Monument 

Széchenyi Square

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Ceiling of St. Jude Thaddeus Dominican Church
  • 12 St. Jude Thaddeus Dominican Church and the former Dominican Monastery (Szent Júdás Tádé Templom (Domonkos Templom), Domonkos kolostor), Széchenyi tér 3-4 (Southern rim of Downtown), ☏ +36 99 508985, fax: +36 99 508986, . Daily 10:00-18:00. Baroque church with two towers built between 1719 and 1725, it is still without a tower, they only later, in the 1740s raised. The Dominican Monastery is now a school, built in Baroque, 1745-1750. The dining room decorated with whitewashed frescoes and richly curved wooden panelling, Baroque, around 1750. 
  • 13 Former Széchényi Mansion (Széchényi Ferenc ház), Széchenyi tér 1 (Southern rim of Downtown). Just outside. Dwelling house, former Széchenyi Palace, the 18th century origin, Classicist style, rebuilt in 1827-1851. Count Ferenc Széchenyi held in here his valuable medal, book and map collection. 
  • 14 Post Palace (Main Post office.Postapalota), Széchenyi tér 7-10 (Southern Downtown). Outstanding masterpiece of the Hungarian Art Nouveau. Carved in stone, above the main entrance, the Hungarian decorative coat of arms. Remained in the Art Nouveau style furniture too. Protected Monument. Architects: Ambrus Orth & Emil Somló, 1913 
  • 15 Decorative garden with Széchényi Monument (Dísz tér a Széchényi emlékművel), Széchenyi tér (southern edge of Downtown). 24/7. Full figure bronze statue. It was made by Matra Lajos, in 1896. Free. 
  • 16 Liszt Ferenc Cultural Centre (Liszt Ferenc Kulturális és Konferencia Központ), Széchenyi tér 1 (Downtown). Former Casino. A five-storey building with conference, theater, dance, concerts, session and exhibition halls. The piano virtuoso, composer, conductor and teacher Franz Liszt was born in Doborján (Raiding), in former Sopron County. The house where he was born is a memorial museum today. Today the new Conference and Cultural Centre, a choir, and the town's symphony orchestra bear the name of the Maestro. One of the most beautiful buildings in the city centre. 
  • 17 Flag of Loyalty (Hűségzászló), Széchenyi tér (Downtown). 24/7. Free. 
  • 18 Dwelling houses on Széchenyi square (lakóházak a Széchenyi téren), Széchenyi tér (Downtown). Only from outside. Protected Monuments #5 (Classicist, 1855-1861. Modified 1879), #14 (early romantic, 1849), #17-18. (Romantic, circa 1860), #19 (Romantic 1856 Designed by Handler Nándor), #20 (Romantic, 1855) 
  • 19 Berzsenyi Lutheran High School (Berzsenyi Gimnázium), Széchenyi tér 11. (Downtown). Just outside. Protected Monument. Classicist, 1825. Modified in eclectic style in 1894. 
  • 20 Győr–Sopron–Ebenfurt Railways Headquarters (GYSEV Székház), Mátyás király utca 19 (near Széchenyi tér), ☏ +36 99 517101. A monument building. 

New (Új) Street

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Old Synagogue with a collection of Jewish religion
  • 21 Old Synagogue (Ó-Zsinagóga), Új utca 22 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 311327, fax: +36 99 311347, . Apr-Oct: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00. Built at end of 13th century in Gothic style. This is a unique piece of Jewish architecture in Eastern Europe. A corridor from the entrance leads to the main hall. Its main door is decorated with a tympanum, and two side consoles date from 1300, the time of construction. The two focal points of the synagogue are the Aaron alcove and the pulpit. There is a collection of Jewish religion and customs. Adult/student+pensioners Ft 800/400. 
  • 22 Synagogue (Zsinagóga), Új utca 11 (Downtown). A dwelling house with medieval details. Built in Baroque style, 18th century. The courtyard wing of the house is a synagogue, now a museum, Built in Gothic, circa 1350. Modified in the second half of the 15th century. 
  • 23 Civic Apartment houses (Polgári lakóházak), Új utca (Downtown). Just outside. #4 (Baroque, 1710th Modified in the middle of the 19th century. Now office), #5 (18th-century origin. Received its present form in 1841), #7 (details of medieval, mostly Baroque style, 18th century), #9 (Gothic style, 15th century. Modified in Renaissance and Baroque styles in the 17-18th centuries. Upstairs room decorated with stucco ornaments, Baroque, first half of the 18th century.), #13 (medieval, baroque, 18th century), #15 (medieval, Baroque, second half of 17th century), #17 (Baroque, about 1720), #18 (medieval baroque origin 1748. Upstairs areas with frescoes, baroque, 1770-1780), #19 (Baroque, late 17th century), #20 (Baroque, 18th century), #21(medieval, late Renaissance , around 1650. Two first-floor rooms with carved beam ceilings, made in the mid 17th century), #24 (medieval, baroque, 18th century), #26 (details of medieval age, baroque 18th century — its Romantic facade made in circa 1860), #28. (medieval, baroque, 18th century, partly modified). 

Church (Templom) Street

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Mining Museum in Palais Esterhazy
  • 24 Chapter Hall (Káptalan Terem), Templom utca 1 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 523768, . Apr-Oct: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00, Nov-Mar: daily 10:00-16:00. Public Exhibition Room. Gothic origins at the end of the 13th century, renovated in the beginning of the 14-15th centuries. Ornamental and figurative painting remains, from the 14th century 
  • 25 Mining Museum in Palais Esterhazy (Central Mining Museum, Központi Bányászati Múzeum), Templom utca 2 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 312667, fax: +36 99 312667, . Nov-Mar: Tu-Su 10:00-16:00; Apr-Oct: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00. Baroque building. This is the largest and most comprehensive mining collection] of Hungary. The most interesting part of the exhibition is a life-size mineshaFt from the beginning of the 20th century. This museum offering an unforgettable experience to Hungarian and foreign tourists, with signs in German, English and Slovakian. Ft 700/400. 
  • 26 Bezerédj house (Bezerédj ház), Templom utca 6 (Downtown). Just outside. A baroque building based on medieval foundations, was built around 1710. One of the most beautiful rococo palaces in Sopron. 
  • 27 Forestry Collection (Erdészeti Gyűjtemény), Templom utca 4 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 338870, fax: +36 99 523419, . Th-Tu 10:00-17:00. Multi-million-year old fossilized fragments of silicified trees, map from 1656, documents from the late 1800s, insect collections made ​​in 1870, wooden household and user devices from the last century, machine models, maquettes. Hidvégi Béla's Hunting collection or 'National treasures: the forest' exhibitions Ft 800/500 (each), Ft 1300/700 (combined). 
Great Lutheran Church, the third biggest in Hungary
  • 28 Great Lutheran Church (nagy evangélikus templom), Templom utca 19 (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 523002, fax: +36 99 523003, . Masses: Sundays at 08:00 and 10:00 (Hungarian), at 09:00 (German), at 09:00 (for children's in the Great Hall). Open during Church Service or by prior appointment. Parish official hours: weekdays 08:00-12:00. 1783. Evangelic Collection. The third largest Lutheran church in Hungary. A hall church, which was divided into three vessels with eight huge Tuscan columns. The middle nave is wider and higher than the side aisles. A two-level choir built over the side of the naves. 
Goat Catholic Church, provided a venue for coronations and parliamentary sessions.
  • 29 Goat Catholic Church (Szent Benedek Rend Nagyboldogasszony Temploma (Bencés /Kecske/ Templom)), Templom u. 1 (Downtown, on the southern side of the Firewatch Tower), ☏ +36 99 523766. The city's main Roman Catholic church also provided a venue for coronations and parliamentary sessions. Main sights are the frescoes, the lancet windows, and the unique Capistran pulpit. 
  • 30 Former Benedictine convent and the Chapter House (Bencés kolostor), Templom u. 1 (next to the Goat church). A late Baroque door on the south side of leads to the Chapter House. There are unveiled Gothic pillars, beautifully crafted corbels and parts of medieval frescos. The distorted animal figures below brackets symbolize the medieval seven deadly sins: crouching monkey (arrogance), shrimp (inconstancy) winged devil or griffin - Infidelity, sleeping man and bat (sloth), animal-bodied man and woman (lust), female legs and hoofed creature grinning monster bent (envy) and bear (gluttony). The keystone represents: angel with trumpet (Last Judgment), pelican with blood feeding its sons (Christ), Eagle with sentence ribbon (St. John the Evangelist), angel figurine with sentence ribbon (St. Matthew the Evangelist), winged lion (St. Mark the Evangelist), winged ox (St. Luke the Evangelist). 
  • 31 Former Priests House (Evangélikus paplakok), Templom utca 17 (downtown). Just outside. Baroque, 17th-century origins, its present form was built in the 1710s. 
  • 32 Houses in Baroque style (barokkstílusú lakóházak), Templom utca 5-28 (downtown). #5 (medieval origin, Baroque and 18th century. One upstairs room 'kváder' pavement and painted interior room, 15th century), #6 (medieval base. Baroque rebuilding around 1710. Courtyard wings rebuilt in the late Classical style in 1850), #7 (built on medieval foundations. mostly Baroque elements; in the 16-19th centuries rebuilt several times.), #9 (Gothic, 14-15th centuries. Modified from the 16th and 18th centuries and in the second half of the 19th century), #11 ( late Renaissance elements. Medieval foundations, 1650s), # 12 (Medieval details. Baroque, 1767th), #13 (Medieval details, Baroque, 18th century), #14 (Gothic, 15th century. Modified in late Renaissance style in the 1680s), #15 (Baroque, 1782), #16 (medieval origin, Baroque, 18. Modified 1837), #17 (Baroque, 17th century, in the form of origin, today was built in the 1710s), #18 (Baroque, 1723), #19 (Baroque, early 18th century), #20 (Baroque 1720s. Modified neoclassical style in the 1830s), #21 (Baroque origin, rebuilt in eclectic style around 1870), #22 (Baroque, around 1720. Current facade received in 1876, eclectic style), #25 (Romantic style, 1860.), #27 (Romantic, around 1870.) 
  • 33 Lutheran Church Collection (Evangélikus Egyházközség Gyűjteménye), Templom utca 12 (downtown), ☏ +36 99 510651, fax: +36 99 523003, . Former Priests Residence. More in Hungarian 
  • 34 Széchenyi István High School (Széchenyi István Gimnázium), Templom u. 26 (downtown). Just outside. Monument. Romantic style, 1858 
  • 35 Green House (Ház), Templom utca 3 (downtown). Just outside. Cultural heritage monument. Eclectic, 1872 
  • 36 Baroque House, Templom u. 18 (downtown). Just outside. Protected monument. Baroque, 1723 
  • 37 Töpler House (Töpler-ház), Templom utca 22 (downtown). Two-storey baroque building. Substantially reconstucted in the second half of the 19th century. 

Monastery (Kolostor) Street

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  • 38 Kolostor street's palaces (Kolostor utca palotái), Kolostor utca (downtown). Just outside. East side of the street are decorated town houses and noble palaces. #1, 3, 5, 7, 9 
  • 39 Former Zichy-Meskó Palace (Zichy-Meskó palota), Kolostor u. 11. (downtown). Two-storey enclosed balcony. Arched doorways leading into the courtyard. Staircase with beautiful wrought iron gates and with baroque stone sculptures. The female figures placed in niches could be made around 1770. There are allegorical sculptures of Luck, Force, Truth and Science (1725). Ceremonial Hall with baroque ceiling paintings from the 18th century. Receiving Room with the two Panno figures, around 1740, Van Roy works. Here is also some nice wood panelling made in the mid-18th century.) 
  • 40 Monument Mansions (Polgárházak), Vary. - Kolostor u. (Downtown). Only from outside. #1 (Gothic, Baroque, built in 1776. Richly decorated stucco ceiling (on the second floor), first half of 18th century), #3 (medieval details, late Baroque, 18th century), #5 (with Gothic and Renaissance details mainly Baroque, 17-18th centuries. The facade: Late Gothic and late Renaissance painting remains of 16th century. Doors and windows: mostly made in 18th century, with baroque fittings), #7 (Gothic origin, 14-15 centuries. Rebuilt in neoclassical style in the first half of the 19th century. Interiors with 'kváder' room painting from the 15th century), #9 (Gothic, baroque, mid-18th century), #13 (medieval, renaissance late, 1628. Now there are offices.) 

Ursuline (Orsolya) square

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Former Ursuline Church and convent
  • 41 Former Ursuline Church and convent (Immaculate Conception Church, Szeplőtelen Fogantatás Templom, Orsolyita-templom, volt Orsolyita zárda), Orsolya tér 2-3 (downtown), ☏ +36 99 525030, fax: +36 99 523511. Daily 10:00-18:00. Holy Mass: Su 09:00 and 10:30, M-F 07:15, Sa 17:00. The fiesta on every December 8. Adoration: the week of March 19 on Tuesday and feast day the Heart of Jesus is.. Roman Catholic. Romantic style with neo-gothic markings (1864). One of the most impressive architectural monuments of the past century. Replaced the former small convent church of the Holy Cross (1770s). Full romantically decorated, made around 1860. Sacristy cabinet, made around 1780. Baroque sculptures, made around 1740. The Ursuline convent was built using two baroque buildings, Romantic style in 1864. Designer: Ferdinand Handler. Now it is a grade school. 
Mary's Well
  • 42 Mary's Well (Mária-kút), Orsolya tér (right before Ursuline Church). 24/7. 18th century. Maria Immaculata sculpture staying on an indoor pool imitating base. Free. 
  • 43 Legged-House (Lábas-ház), Orsolya tér 5 (downtown), ☏ +36 99 311327, . Daily 10:00-14:00. Built around 1570, the ground floor has ever lined butcher. Temporary exhibitions. Ft 500/250 (2014). 
  • 44 Caesar-House (Caesar-ház, Soproni Horváth József Gyűjtemény), Orsolya tér, Hátsókapu u. 2. (downtown), ☏ +36 99 312 326. Th-Su 10:00-13:00, Sa 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00, or by appointment. A corner house. Baroque building with late Renaissance details, built in the 17th and 18th centuries. The second-floor hall made ​​around 1700, early baroque, ornamental stucco ceiling. József Horváth Painter Memorial Exhibition. Adults: Ft 600, student, senior: Ft 300. 

St. George (Szent György) street

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Erdődy palace, Szent György Street
  • 45 Medieval shop window and door on a building (Középkori üzlet bejárata , German:Neugebaude), Szent György utca 1. (downtown). 
  • 46 Church of St. George (Szent György-templom), Szent György utca (Downtown), ☏ +36 99 525030, fax: +36 99 525031, . Daily 10:00-17:45. Masses: Su 09:00, 19:30 (guitar), M-Sa 18:00 (with organ). Built between 1380-1430 as a Gothic church with single nave. The arched nave closures decorated with stucco. Both side are chapels. It has got a lively, Italianate facade of the 18th century. The eclectic tower was built in 1882. Next to the sanctuary in the baptisms chapel is some medieval fresco fragment. Furniture of 18th century. The stucco ornaments made ​​between 1705-1706 and its Pietro Antonio Conti's work. (updated Apr 2022)
  • 47 Eggenberg House (Eggenberg-ház), Szent György utca 12 (Downtown). 17th century, late Renaissance building. There is the Branderburg coat of arms, over the gate, and the Hohenzollern coat of arms, in courtyard with balcony, can be seen. 
  • 48 Forum of Scarbantia, Iron House (Vasaló-ház, Fórum Kiállítás), Szent György u. 2 / Új u. 1. (downtown), ☏ +36 20 3642263, . Apr-Sep: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00, Oct-Mar: Tu-Su 10:00-14:00. Scarbantia (the Roman name of Sopron) was one of the border stations of the Province of Pannonia in the former Roman Empire. It was a part of the Amber Road, an important commercial route. The center of the Roman City was the Forum. Built of 'Lajta' limestone delivered here from the Fertőrákos (around 10 km away) quarry. During the excavations between 1960 and 1970 the pedestals of three bronze equestrian statues were found on the southern part of the square. Altars to different gods were discovered on the sides of the Forum. The temples of the three main gods – Jupiter, Juno and Minerva - were situated at the highest point of the town. Adults/Students Ft 300/150 (2011). 
  • 49 Szent György street monument houses (Műemlék lakóházak), Szent György utca (downtown). Dwelling houses: #8 (Medieval origin, rebuilt in Baroque, 18th century. Partly converted into the romantic style in the second half of the 19th century), #10 (Baroque, 18th century. Highly modified), #15 (Medieval origin, baroque, 17th century), #19 (Baroque, 18th century), #22 (Gothic, late Renaissance, 1648. There is on the first and second floors one-one 17th-century carved wood-beamed room.), #24 (Romantic, 1860). Other buildings: #1 Neugebäude, #5 Provost House, #7: Chapter House, #9 was a Benedictine high school, now the School of Forestry, #11th Lenk gateway, #14 Lutheran house of Convention (Gothic 15th century. Modified in Baroque style in the 18th century), #16 Former Erdődy Palace (Baroque, around 1740). 
  • 50 Lenck Passage (Lenk gateway Lenck-átjáró), Szent György utca 11. (downtown). On the facade the "Amazing fishing" relief and the Lenck family signboard can be see. The Szent György street connects with the Várkerület via Lenck Passage. Free. 
  • 51 Former Chapter House (Káptalan-ház, Kanonok Ház), Szent György utca 7 (downtown). Just outside. A magnificent two-story late-Renaissance palace erected around 1650. Health Training Institute. 
  • 52 Former Boarding school (Internátus), Szent György u.13. (downtown). Just from outside. Medieval origin, rebuilt in Baroque in the 17th century. Modified in the 18th and 19th centuries. Now Forestry secondary school.) 
  • 53 Former Jesuit konviktus; dwelling house (Jezsuita konviktus; lakóház), Szent György u. 5. (downtown). Just from outside. Late Renaissance, 1644. The second floor was built around 1680. 

Várkerület

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Castle of Sopron ruins, Large Round Bastion or Barbican
  • Loyalty Fountain (Hűségkút), Várkerület. The fountain of three full-length bronze statues symbolize the city's history main events. 
  • 54 Mary's column. (Mária-oszlop), Várkerület ~16 (Near to Loyalty Fountain). 24/7. Baroque, 1745. The reliefs depict scenes from the life of Mary (Annunciation, Mary and Elizabeth meeting, Adoration of the Shepherds, Presentation of Jesus in the Temple). Free. 
  • 55 Pannónia Gallery (Pannónia Galéria), Várkerület 75 (downtown), ☏ +36 99 312180. Daily 09:00-17:00. Monthly a new exhibition can be seen in the gallery. Services: café, buffet, toilet/WC, cloak-room Free. 
  • 56 Castle of Sopron remains (Vármaradvány), Várkerület ~96. Roman walls remains can be see here several metrers above the ground (concrete shell protected against the weather). City walls: The town core was surrounding with triple protection ring now only the outer ring wall sections remained. The most impressive part of the Barbican or The large Round Bastion. The large Round Bastion, in the castle district doubles side part of Sopron inner walls. Here, the closed row of houses is broken and a fairly long section of the city walls can be seen. Photos 
  • 57 Rejpal House (Rejpal Ház), Várkerület #7 (N of downtown; at the corner of Festő-köz (Painter Alley)). Museum. Medieval details. Renaissance, around 1560. Expanded in the 1790s. The ceilings of the second floor painted, carved, wood-beamed also there is some decorative wall painting, 16th century. The two-level dwelling house medieval predecessor was raised Roman building remains. Its present shape formed in the second half of the 16th century Renaissance style, although significant medieval details - such as the Gothic staircase - is preserved. Yard wings expanded the 16th and 17th centuries. At one time it was owned by tradesmen (blacksmiths, butchers, confectioners). In front of the house is the statue of the painter Jozef Horvath. 
A typical Baroque Dwelling House with eclectic facade, 18th century
  • 58 Rococo building (Rokokó lakóház), Várkerület 9 (corner of Festő köz). Two-storey rococo building received its present form in 1750-60. On the right side a cross-vaulted doorway give direct access to the courtyard. The upstairs living room decorated with stucco. In another room there is a Renaissance wooden ceiling. 
  • 59 Dwelling House with eclectic facade (Lakóház), Várkerület 11 (N of Downtown). Just outside. Baroque, 18th century. Interiors of carved wood-beamed ceilings. 
  • 60 Catholic Collection (Katolikus Gyűjtemény), Várkerület 25 (right out of downtown), ☏ +36 99 312221, . May-Oct: Tu 14:00-16:00, Th 09:00-11:00. Adult Ft 80, student or pensioner Ft 400. 
  • 61 Dwelling House (Lakóház, Patikaház), Hátsókapu u. 3./ Várkerület 108. Just outside. Baroque, 1773 
  • 62 Dwelling House (Lakóház), Várkerület 19 (N of downtown). Just outside. Medieval foundations. Rebuilt in Rococo style, in 1757. At the right wing of the building is a Renaissance door frame in the wall, 16th century. 
  • 63 Dwelling house (Lakóház), Várkerület 59. Just outside. 
  • 64 Dwelling house (Lakóház), Várkerület 77 (E of downtown). Just outside. Classicist, eclectic styles, 1868. 
  • 65 Arany Angyal Inn (Arany Angyal vendégfogadó; lakóház), Várkerület 51. Just from outside. It was the Golden Angel Inn. Baroque style around 1800. Modified in the second half of the 19th century. 
  • 66 Former Fehérló Inn (Fehérló vendégfogadó; lakóház), Várkerület 55. Just from outside. It was the White Horse Inn Medieval origin. Then baroque reconstruction, 18. Classicist transformation. 
  • 67 Füredi house (Füredi-ház), Várkerület 67 (E of downtown). Copf style, 1778. 
  • Dwelling houses (Lakóházak), Várkerület. #2 (Baroque, 1770), #5 (Baroque, 18th century), #8 (Baroque, 18th century), #9 (Baroque 1750s. Upstairs great room with rich stucco ceilings, 18th century), #10 (eclectic, romantic, 1851. There is wooden ceiling of the 18th century), #11 (Baroque, 18th century, the facade is eclectic: carved beamed wood ceilings, 18th century), #13 (Rococo, circa 1750), #15 (Eclectic, 1870s. The courtyard wing made in Baroque style, 18th century), #17 (Rococo , circa 1750), #19 (Medieval foundations. Rebuilt in rococo, 1757. Renaissance door frame, 16 century.), #20 (current form got with an additional floors in 1846), #21 (17th century origin. Rebuilt in Baroque in the 1780s. Facade is eclectic, 1881. Modified in 1885.), #22 (late Baroque, around 1800. Partly modified), #23 (late Romantic, circa 1870), #24 (early Classicist, circa 1800), #25 (baroque, 1733-1735. There is a Maria Immaculata fresco in upstairs loggia, circa 1750. Repainted Storno Kalman, 1925), #27 (baroque, 18th-century origin. transformed into the romantic style. The facade made in around 1870), #29 (Baroque, circa 1720.), #30 (romantic, circa 1860), #31 (Baroque, 17th century. Current facade added around 1730), #33 (late Classical and early eclectic, mid 19th century.), #35 (late Classical, middle 19th century), #37 (now Post Office, built in Baroque, 18th century. Rebuilt in eclectic style in 1896), #39 (Baroque, 18th century), #43 (Baroque, 18th century origin. Modified), #47 (Baroque, 18th century origin. Modified), #49 (Romantic style, around 1850), #53 (Baroque, 18th century origin. Substantially rebuilt), #54 (eclectic, 1885), #56 (romantic, 1861), # 57 (Rococo, circa 1750), #62 (Romantic, 1862. Rebuilt in 1883.), #63 (Baroque, 18th century. Modified in the 19 century), #65 (Eclectic, 1883), #70 (Classicist, 1815. - Designed by Jakab Handler), #72 (Romantic, 1862 - Second floor finished in 1883), #74 (Romantic, 1859), #77 (Classicist and eclectic details, 1868), #79 (late Classical, circa 1840), #85 (Romantic style, circa 1860), #88 (Classicist, 1814-1816), #92 (late Baroque, circa 1800. Partly modified, rear wing facade decorated with a St John of Nepomuk Statue from 1790s), #94 (early Eclectic, around 1870), #104 (Baroque, around 1770. Modified and expanded with second floor in the second half of the 19th century), #106 (romantic, 1860), #108 (Romantic, circa 1860), #110 (Classicist, 1814 Built by Handler Jakab). 
  • 68 Formerly Hungarian King restaurants (Magyar Király vendéglő; iskola és diákotthon), Várkerület 73 (E of Downtown). Classicist origin. Transforming in the second half of the 19th century. Now school and dormitory. 
  • 69 Old casino (Régi kaszinó), Petőfi tér 3. (downtown). Built in 1789. 

Front gate (Előkapu) Street

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  • 70 Dwelling houses (Műemlék Lakóházak), Előkapu utca (downtown). #3 (baroque, 1768. Modified 1837), #5 (Baroque, early 1770. The eclectic facade, made in the second half of the 19th century), #7 (Copf style, 1784-1794), #9 (late Baroque, 1770), #11 (Baroque, built in 1770, is replaced by a 16th-century castle part). 

Armoury (Fegyvertár) Street

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  • 71 Dwelling houses (Műemlék Lakóházak), Fegyvertár utca (downtown). Only from outside. # 1 (now General School, a former residential building, Baroque, around 1760.) #2-2A here was the former Town Armory in the 16-19th Centuries. (Medieval renaissance details. Rebuilt romantic style of the second half of the 19th century. In the cellar of the #2 /A house some Roman (Amber Road) pavement remains. In the courtyard is a relief made in Classicist style, circa 1815), #3 (early Baroque facade, circa 1710. Rebuilt in 1959. ) 

Back gate (Hátsókapu) Street

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Hátsókapu Street's Listed house
  • 72 Dwelling houses (Műemlék Lakóházak), Hátsókapu utca (downtown). #1 (late Classical, 1823-1825. Designed by Hasenauer Martin), #2 (Apartment building, galleries and restaurants. There are late-medieval and Renaissance Baroque details. There are two rooms with ornamental stucco ceiling on the second floor, made in early Baroque, around 1700), #3 (former pharmacy house, Baroque, 1773), #6 (built in late Classicist, circa 1840), #8 (late Classicist, circa 1840). 

Deák Square

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Bauhaus building on the corner of Deák square and Pázmány street
  • 73 Former Röttig-Romwalter printing house (Röttig-Romwalter nyomda), Deák tér 56 (S 200 m from downtown). 
  • 74 Former Evangelical Theology Building (Evangélikus Teológia épülete), Deák tér 78 (S 300 m from downtown). Built in 1931, designed by Sandy Gyula. 
  • 75 Lenk Villa - Franz Liszt Museum (Lenk-villa – Liszt Ferenc Múzeum), Deák tér 1 (S 200 m from downtown). The Lenk merchant family erected in 1890, eclectic style by architect Otto Hofer. In front of the main entrance are two stone statues: symbolic representations of the truth. The main entrance decorated with columns and a tympanum. A park situated around the museum. In the park can be seen rare plants, Baroque sculptures and old tombs from the Lutheran cemetery, also here is the 'Baker cross' dating from 1484. 
  • 76 Reformed Church (Református templom), Deák tér 2, ☏ +36 99 523308. 
  • 77 Tenement Building (Bérházépület), Deák tér 9 (S of downtown). A monument 
  • 78 Town house with highground floor (Igényes magasföldszintes polgárház), Deák tér 25 (S of downtown). Only from outside. A monument. 
  • 79 One-storey urban civil house (Neoreneszánsz egyemeletes városi polgárház), Deák tér 17 (S of Downtown). Only from outside. Neo-Renaissance. 
  • 80 Two storey Dwelling House (Egyemeletes Műemlék Lakóház), Ógabona tér 18 (west downtown). Only from outside. Copf, circa 1790. 

Out of Downtown

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Balfi Road

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  • 81 Resting Cross (Pihenő kereszt), Balfi út ~138 (E one km of the downtown), ☏ +36 99 311327, . 24/7. Open Air Monument. The tabernacle 17th century. Free. 
  • 82 Zettl-Langer collection (Zettl-Langer Gyűjtemény), Balfi utca 11 (NE 100 m), ☏ +36 99 311136. Daily 10:00-12:00 for groups by appointment. A local history collection. http://www.museum.hu/museum/index_hu.php?ID=380 More in Hungarian Ft 800. 
  • 83 Lutheran cemetery (Evangélikus temető), Margitbányai utca 24 / Balfi utca ~135-141 (E 1 km). Opened in 1886. There is Greek-style mortuary (around 1900). A domed mortuary built in Art Nouveau style in 1905. On the western part can be see the Lenk family mausoleum (1887). 
  • 84 Ikva Bridge (Ikvahíd), Ikvahíd utca (Bécsi külváros (Vienna suburb) district, near to Balfi utca). 24/7. Contrary to the name this is not a bridge, but a street. The Ikva is a stream. There are two bridges. The western made in 1828 and its name is Ispotály (Hospital) bridge. The eastern bridge built in Middle Ages. Later the houses and the road were built onto the two bridge. Free. 

Rákóczi Ferenc Street

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Dwelling House, Rákóczi Ferenc Street
  • 85 Former Army Officer's Girls boarding school (Egykori Honvéd Tiszti Leánynevelő Intézet), II. Rákóczi Ferenc utca 8. (SW 150 m of downtown). 
  • 86 Three floor Dwelling House (lakóház), Rákóczi u. 37-39. (SW of Downtown). 
  • 87 Dwelling houses (Műemlék Lakóházak), II. Rákóczi Ferenc utca (W 200 m of downtown). Only from outside. #5 (early historical), #6 (one storey), #10 (late classicist, 1850.), #12 (romantic, circa 1860), # 29 (early classicist, 1815. Designed by Jakab Handler), #47 (neoclassical, 1815. Designed by Jakab Handler), #49 (romantic, circa 1860), #51 (romantic, circa 1860). 

Rose (Rózsa) Street

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  • 88 Dwelling house (Műemlék Lakóház), Rózsa utca (downtown). Only from outside. #1 (A 16th-century house. Built over Roman ruins. Today Baroque facade emerged around 1750. The walls are large buttresses strengthen against the flooding stream Ikva.), #3 (baroque, 18th century), #4 (Baroque, 1760), #5 (Former Nap /Sun/ Inn. Built in baroque, 1726. Later partially modified.), #6 (Gothic, Baroque, early 18th century), #10 (Baroque, 18th century), #12 (Baroque, No. 18. Adapted floor and extended in the 20th century), #13 (Baroque, late 17th century), #16 (Baroque, 17. partly transformed in the 20th century.) 

Bécsi Street

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Scarbantia Archaeological Park
  • 89 Amphitheater (Amfiteátrum, Scarbantia Archaeological Park Scarbantia Régészeti Park), Bécsi utca ~93/Virágvölgyi út (North of Downtown, near to Virágvölgyi út, Between the Ikva and Rák streams), ☏ +36 99 311327, . A Roman ruin garden with 3.5 meter wide Roman city walls. Later here was the rampart of the 'ispán' castle (11th century) - an Árpád-era fortress, (Latin: Castrum Suprun). Historical Garden. More 
  • 90 Baker House Museum (Pék-Ház), Bécsi utca 5 (N 200 m of downtown), ☏ +36 99 311327, . From 1686 to 1970, the owners of the house were bakers. After that, the City Council decided to open an exhibition in the building, keeping the entire interior untouched. More in Hungarian. 
  • 91 St. John the Baptist Church (Keresztelő Szent János Templom), Bécsi utca ~7 (north of downtown), ☏ +36 99 508080. rigin of 13th century, Gothic, late 15th century. Vault 1519-1521, radically restored in 1890, based jr. Franz Storno plans. There are murals and inscriptions from 1519, located at gallery of organ. 
Holy Spirit Parish Church
  • 92 Holy Spirit Parish Church (Szentlélek-plébániatemplom), Szentlélek utca 2 (100 m N of Downtown), ☏ +36 99 508080, fax: +36 99 508079. M 12:00-18:00, Tu-Su 10:00-18:00. Masses M 08:00, Tu-Sa 17:00, Su 11:30, 17:00. Roman Catholic. Built in the 14th century, late Gothic church. (Construction of the end of the 1300s probable) Interior space was rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century. 
  • 93 József Horváth Art School (Horváth József Alapfokú Művészetoktatási Intézmény,), Szélmalom utca 17 (N 500 m near Bécsi út), ☏ +36 99 505392. Built in 2003 with the reconstruction and extension of a 17th-century Jesuit monastery. 

Hátulsó Street

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  • 94 Dwelling house (Lakóház), Hátulsó utca 11 (SW 100 m of downtown). Baroque, 17th-18th centuries. Modified. 
  • 95 Dwelling house (Lakóház), Hátulsó utca 9 (SW 100 m of downtown). Only from outside. 

St. Michael (Szent Mihály) road

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Church of St Michael
  • 96 St. Michael Church with tower (Szent Mihály templom), Szent Mihály út (NE 500 m of downtown), ☏ +36 99 508080, . Gothic, Built in the second half of 13th century and beginning of the 14th century. Modified in the 15th-16th centuries and between 1859-1866. Paintings and fragments (15th century) are renewed. One of the main sight is the wooden Madonna statue, circa 1460-1470. 
  • 97 St. James Chapel and the old cemetery (Szent Jakab-kápolna és a régi temető), Szent Mihály út (Next to St. Michael Church). Monument. 
"Two Moors" House, 18th century, baroque
  • 98 "Two Moors" House (Két mór-ház), Szent Mihály u. 9 (NE of downtown). Only from outside. 18th century, baroque. The most beautiful farmer house of which is ornate Baroque gate kept twisted columns decorated with "Moorish" servants. 

Southwest

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  • 99 Saint Margaret of the Árpád dynasty (Juliáneum) Church (Árpád Házi Szent Margit (Juliáneum)), Szent Margit u. 4. (SW one km), ☏ +36 99 523648, fax: +36 99 523649, . Holy Masses: M 07:00, W Th F 17:45, Sa 16:00 ('squirming' for kids) only during the school year, 17:45; Su 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 17:00 (Apr to Oct at the Villa Street's John of Nepomuk Chapel ). Founded by Cardinal Vilmos Apor. A chapel and a parish constructed in 1945 used a house (from 1910). More in Hungarian 
  • 99 Ligneum Visitor Center (Ligneum Látogatóközpont), Bajcsy-Zsilinszky utca 4 (Sw 1 km downtown. Inside University of West Hungary area), ☏ +36 99 518777, . M-Sa 09:00-16:30, Su closed. Ecotourism Visitor and Education Center, art museum, exhibition hall, art collection. 0-3 years free, children, students, retired, disabled: Ft 500, adult: Ft 900 (2014). 

Lőverek

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Carmelite monastery