Velemér

Velemér

Coat of arms
Velemér

Location of Velemér in Hungary

Coordinates: 46°44′15.83″N 16°22′40.08″E / 46.7377306°N 16.3778000°E / 46.7377306; 16.3778000
Country Hungary
Region Western Transdanubia
County Vas
Subregion Őriszentpéteri
Rank Village
KSH code 18430[1]
Area[2]
  Total 9.55 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2008)[3]
  Total 89
  Density 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 9946
Area code +36 94
Website www.velemer.hu

Velemér (Slovene: Velemer) is a village in Vas county, Hungary.

Parochial church

Old mural painting in the Velemér church: the artist was Johannes Aquila. Detail from the cover of the field work book about this landscape.

The beautiful building can be found in the forest at the end of the village. Its murals of late Árpád-age was painted by Aquila János. It was destroyed by fire in the late 19th century. Earlier it was measured and described by Rómer Flóris, member of the Hungarian Academy of Science. The artist also painted Nagytótlak rotunda in this region.

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Coordinates: 46°44′N 16°23′E / 46.733°N 16.383°E / 46.733; 16.383

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