City of Győr once was the Roman settlement of Arrabona

Győr / Raab was one of the last outposts in a distance to Vienna during the Turkish wars and therefore had invaluable military significance. After the Battle of Mohács (1526) Raab played a key role in the Turkish defense.
Maria Theresa (1740-1780) raised the city to a royal free city in 1743 and during the Hungarian popular uprising of 1956 Györ played a significant role, too.