Uprising in West Hungary

Uprising in West Hungary
Members of the Rongyos Gárda issuing Leithan travel documents to local residents, 1921
Date 28 August 1921 – 27 July 1922 (10 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) Location West Hungary (Sopron County, Moson County, Vas County) (today part of: Burgenland, Austria and Hungary) Result Hungarian victory Referendum called Territorial changes Sopron and its area remained in Hungary
Belligerents
Austria Hungary Czechoslovakia France	Rongyos Gárda Banate of Leitha Bosniak volunteers Albanian volunteers Supported by: Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Johannes Schober Robert Davy Anton Petzt Rudolf Plenert	Pál Prónay Iván Héjjas Mihály Francia Kiss Antal Sigray György Hir Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek Husein Hilmi Durić
Strength
~500 Austrian police officers and gendarmeries	~500–600
Casualties and losses
12 killed 46 wounded	24 killed

In 1921, Major Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek led a detachment of mounted gendarmes through Sopron in support of the West-Hungarians who were protesting the Trianon Treaty, which would turn over West Hungary to Austria.

According to the Treaty of Trianon, the city of Sopron in western Hungary and its surroundings were assigned to Austria. After an uprising in 1921 in this region, a referendum was held and 65.08% of the votes were in favor of belonging to Hungary. This referendum was accepted by the major powers and the transition of Sopron and its surrounding 8 villages from Austria to Hungary was the only serious territorial revision in the years following the Treaty of Trianon.

In literature

• Gyula Somogyvári („Gyula diák”): És mégis élünk (novel)
• Dr. Jenő Héjjas: A Nyugat-magyarországi felkelés. Budapest, 1929.

See also

• Lajtabánság

Sources

• József Botlik. "A második nyugat-magyarországi felkelés". Vasiszemle.hu. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
• Sándor Sarkady, Jr. "Tüzek a végeken". w3.sopron.hu. Retrieved 30 July 2011.

External links

• Mária Ormos. "A nyugat-magyarországi felkelés". sopron.hu. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
• József Botlik. "A második nyugat-magyarországi felkelés". Vasiszemle.hu. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
• Békés Márton. "A fegyveres revízió útja Nyugat-Magyarországon". vasiszemle.t-online.hu. Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2011.