Siget in der Wart

The village lies on the banks of the Zicken Bach (Szék-patak) and administratively belongs to the neighbouring town of Rotenturm an der Pinka (Hun: Vasvörösvár).

The village was established in the early Middle Ages in the borderzone of the Kingdom of Hungary (gyepű).

It was first mentioned in historical documents in 1352 under the name Zygeth ('sziget' means island in Hungarian).

The population was made up of Hungarian frontier guards (őr), probably related to the Székelys of Transylvania.

In the end of the 19th century Őrisziget was famous for its knife-makers (their products were called őri bicska).

The village remained a small, secluded agricultural community until the end of the 20th century.

There is a Hungarian inscription above the door: "Erős vár nékünk az Isten" (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God).

A lot of old peasant houses survived in the village, all typical examples of the folk-architecture of the Felső-Őrség in the 19th century.