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The spot where we are now standing was once the bed of the river Rábca, which is why we are deeper than the surrounding area. Sziget, to the right of us, which still bears the same name as a part of the town, used to be a village, which was annexed to the town on 1 January 1905, and then in 1907-1908 the river was diverted and moved to its present bed, to be replaced by what is Bercsényi grove today. This is the village where the core of the later Győr Jews settled after they were expelled from the city in 1748. Thirty families signed a contract with the landlord of the area, the Bishop of Győr in 1791, which allowed them to build prayer house in Kígyó Street in Győrsziget, gave them housing rights, protection and the right to create a cemetery.
In addition to the poorer Jewish families, entrepreneurial Jews establishing factories on both banks of the river Rábca settled here in the second half of the 19th century, thus developing the area. They started an oil, candy, vinegar, liqueur and biscuit factory among others. These developments helped Győrsziget greatly to modernise even before its merger with the city of Győr.