Rába

The Rába is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, a sea or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water...

 in southeastern Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...

 and western Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...

 and a tributary of the Danube

Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg rivers which join at the German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows...

. Its source is in Austria, some kilometres east of Bruck an der Mur

Bruck an der Mur

Bruck an der Mur is a city of some 13,500 people located in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located at the confluence of the Mur and Mürz Rivers. Its manufactures include metal products and paper; Bruck is an important rail junction in the region located on the Graz to Vienna main...

. It flows through the Austrian states of Styria

Styria (state)

Styria is a state or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area, it is the second largest of the nine Austrian states, covering 16,388 km². It borders Slovenia as well as the other Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgenland, and Carinthia. The...

 and Burgenland

Burgenland

Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities...

, and the Hungarian counties of Vas

Vas

Vas is the name of an administrative county in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary.-Vas county:...

 and Győr-Moson-Sopron

Gyor-Moson-Sopron

Győr-Moson-Sopron is the name of an administrative county in north-western Hungary, on the border with Slovakia and Austria. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Komárom-Esztergom, Veszprém and Vas. The capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county is Győr.-History:Győr-Moson-Sopron county was...

. It flows into a tributary of the Danube (Mosoni-Duna) in northwestern Hungary, in the city of Győr

Gyor

Győr is the most important city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county, and lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe, halfway between Budapest and Vienna. The city is the sixth largest in Hungary, and one of the seven main regional centres of the...

. Towns along the Rába include Gleisdorf

Gleisdorf

Gleisdorf is a small town in "East Styria" , about 25 km east of Graz. It is situated in the valley of the Raab in the district Weiz.-sister cities:* Winterbach im Remstal * Nagykanizsa...

, Feldbach

Feldbach, Austria

Feldbach is a town in the southeast of the Austrian state of Styria, near the Slovenian and Hungarian border. It is located in the valley around the river Raab.- History :...

 (both in Austria), and Szentgotthárd

Szentgotthárd

Szentgotthárd is the westernmost town of Hungary. It is situated on the Rába near the Austrian border, and is home to much of Hungary's small Slovene ethnic minority....

 and Körmend

Körmend

Körmend is a town in Vas county , Western Hungary.-Places of interest:The town is especially well known for its castle which used to belong to the Batthyany family, one of the most important aristocrat families of Hungary...

 (in Hungary).

The northernmost ethnic group of approximately 3,000 Hungarian Slovenes

Hungarian Slovenes

Hungarian Slovenes also known as Rába Slovenes are an autochthonous ethnic and linguistic Slovene minority living in western Hungary between the town of Szentgotthard and the borders with Slovenia and Austria.-History:...

who live in Raba region are called the Raba Slovenes due to their proximity to the river.