Gyor << juhr >> (pop. 127,599) is a major commercial and industrial city in northwestern Hungary. It lies where the Raba River and a branch of the Danube River meet.
Gyor serves as a commercial center for the surrounding region, which is linked to the city by railroads and highways. The city’s chief manufactured products are machines and textiles. Gyor has a cathedral that dates from the 1100’s and several houses built in the Baroque style of architecture. Roman soldiers established a camp on the site of what is now Gyor in about A.D. 50. During the Middle Ages, the community gained importance because of its strategic location on the route between Vienna, Austria, and what is now Budapest, Hungary. It became a commercial, intellectual, and religious center for western Hungary. Gyor’s industrial development began during the mid-1800’s and has been especially rapid since World War II ended in 1945.
