The people of Hirm are aware of their grand past – visitors often associate Hirm mainly with the sugar beets and the pencil factory.
Did you know that the first sugar factory of the Hungarian monarchy was built in Hirm in 1850? Or that the writer Hermann Broch married the daughter of the factory owner and wrote his first social novel here?
Hirm invites you on a cultural-historical journey through time. The search for traces begins at a symbolic train station and tells the story of Hirm, from the establishment of the sugar factory with the highest factory chimney through the sulfur spring, life in the workers' housing, to the Peace Park, which was once the manor garden of the factory owner, where the spirit of Hermann Broch awaits you. At the end, a photo can be taken with the “Working Class heroes” (sugar factory workers), painted by the artist Florian Lang.
The cultural-historical path is accessible year-round and can be visited at any time!