The town is the economic, commercial and cultural centre for the surrounding settlements, in a 20 km wide area. At present, more than 15000 people live here. Mor has always come into view, compared to other towns with the same magnitude, thanks to its favourable geographical situation and to the diligence of its Hungarian- and German-speaking inhabitants.
The one thousand-year-old settlement is proud of its history and we can say without any bias: it can be proud of its present too.
We don't know much about the history of Mor and its direct environs before the Hungarian conquest and the foundation of the state. The first effectively known vestiges date back to modern age, when a smaller settlement was built by Celts in Mor-ditch.
The origin of the name of Mor cannot be etymologized. The most probable reason for its name is that the Family Mori founded the town, and it was called after them. The settlement was first a royal land; from 1080 it became a bishop land for approximately 250 years.
Today's prospect of the local wine region evolved in the second half of the 19th. century. Not only latifundiums, but also smallholdings were used to clump vine plants. Furthermore, vineyards' interest was safeguarded by the constituted authorities. It was not allowed to deliver strange wine into Mor, while the local wine was put into circulation as ""the wine of Mor"".
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