Council · 2026. 09. 10.
Annual public hearing
The council of Szentgyörgyvölgy invites all residents to its annual public hearing. Everyone is welcome.
Western Hungary · On the edge of the Őrség
Szentgyörgyvölgy
If you come in from the hills, the church tower shows itself first, and only then the roofs. That is how our village has greeted every arrival for eight hundred years — and the gate is always open.
Quick links
What most people come here for
Six links that answer the questions we get asked most — from the doctor's hours to the waste calendar.
Our village
What the valley
kept
Our village is named after Saint George the martyr, the knight who, in the legend, defeated the dragon. It is his figure that looks back at you from our coat of arms: an armoured rider on horseback, lance in hand. The first charter to record our name dates from the thirteenth century.
Much has changed since then, but the essentials have stayed: trim farmsteads, a wooden bell tower, and the forest beginning where the gardens end. The houses do not press against one another, because here there has always been room to breathe.
We are still a working village. We have a shop, a library, a doctor's surgery and a home for the elderly — and a community that fills the year together, from the Day of Older People to the lighting of the Advent candles.
The village crest: St George and the dragon,
with the two village churches behind.
- County
- Zala County
- District
- Lenti district
- Postcode
- 8975
- Dialling code
- 92
- Coordinates
- é. sz. 46° 43′ 34″
k. h. 16° 24′ 31″
Latest
News and events
Event
Advent in Szentgyörgyvölgy
Four candles, four evenings together at the Community House and the churches — candle lighting, a nativity play, a shared supper and something for the children.
Council · 2025. 11. 06.
Public hearing and open council meeting
Minutes of the open council meeting and of the annual public hearing are available in the document archive.
What to see
Where the ceiling repays looking up
The best-known building in the village. Inside, a painted wooden coffered ceiling greets you — one of the finest in the Őrség: every panel a small picture of its own, with flowers, stars and tendrils. It is the work of village hands, made with a patience few of us can spare today. Step inside, and you notice the silence first, and only afterwards the colours.
Visiting
The roads here
are in no hurry
Woods, meadows and streams — and lanes where you may not meet a soul all morning. Set out from here on foot or by bike, and after a few kilometres you are already close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders.
Transparency
Latest documents
Contact
Write or call
Szentgyörgyvölgy Község Önkormányzata
8975 Szentgyörgyvölgy, Kossuth Lajos utca 31.
info.szentgyorgyvolgy@gmail.com
Némethné Simon Beáta · Mayor
+36 30 482 33 57