Körmend ( Prekmurje Slovene: Karmadén, ) is a town in Vas county , Western Hungary. Places of interest The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyány family, one of the most important aristocrat families of Hungary. Blessed Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931), a famous ophthalmologist who was beatified by the Catholic Church, lived in the castle with his family for nearly 10 years. He turned one of the wings of the castle into an ophthalmology clinic where he treated poor patients for free. Today, the castle belongs to the Hungarian state. Sport Körmendi FC, association football club BC Körmend, basketball club Notable people Prince Edmund Batthyany-Strattmann (1826–1914), nobleman László Batthyány-Strattmann (1870–1931), doctor and nobleman Sándor Bejczy (1920–2004), politician Imre Sinkovits (1928–2001), actor of the National Theatre Péter Besenyei (born 1956), aerobatic pilot Soulwave (formed 2007), alternative rock band Krisztián Pars (born 1982), hammer thrower Twin towns – sister cities Körmend is twinned with: Heinävesi, Finland Fürstenfeld, Austria Kranenburg, Germany Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic Yuzhne, Ukraine References External links in Hungarian and German Street map of Körmend Körmend in wiki.utikonyvem.hu Populated places in Vas County