Badacsony
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| height | 437.4 m | |
| location | Hungary | |
| Mountains | Hungarian Central Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 48 ′ 13 " N , 17 ° 29 ′ 45" E | |
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Badacsony [ ˈbɒdɒʧoɲ ] is a Hungarian table mountain of volcanic origin on the western north shore of Lake Balaton with a circumference of 11 kilometers and a height of 437 meters. It also gives its name to the surrounding wine-growing region .
geography
A marked hiking trail leads from the south to the summit of Badacsony. A lookout tower was built here in 2011, which allows a panoramic view of the lake and the hinterland.
The place Badacsony / Badacsonytomaj , which stretches between lake and mountain, is a popular tourist destination with a long mile of wine and fish bars. The place is easily accessible by boat from the Fonyód train station opposite .
Find of Badacsony-Lábdihegy
By chance a sandstone sculpture was found in Lábdihegy, the date of which is not certain. Their stylistic character points to Celtic tradition, but Roman stone sculptures with a similar style have also been found in Pannonia .
The sculpture represents an anthropomorphic figure with two heads. One of the heads is mutilated - apparently due to a mistake by the artist. The (sometimes unsuccessful) processing of the sandstone is reminiscent of that of wooden figures. The mask-like, stylized facial features with a triangular nose and oval mouth, the elongated head shape and the iconographically interesting closed eyes are Celtic . The two heads are separated by a braid, as is known from the Celtic coins from Hungary, type "braid rider". The neck of the whole head has a torc (neck ring) on it.
The find is now in the Balaton Museum in Keszthely .
wine growing
The most important grape variety in the region is the Welschriesling . This wine is generally bottled after a year so that it retains its bitter almond aroma.
Other grape varieties grown in the region are the Szürkebarát grape ("gray monk"), a descendant of the French Pinot Gris grape, as well as the old and now rare grape variety Blaustengler . The green Silvaner and Muskateller are also grown .
Badacsony mountain on Lake Balaton
Panorama from Badacsony
Lookout tower on the Badacsony
Sunset in Badacsony
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Miklós Szabo: A Celtic Double Head from Badacsony-Lábdi. Acta Archaeologica 17, 1965; P. 233 ff. In: Susanne Sievers / Otto Helmut Urban / Peter C. Ramsl: Lexicon for Celtic Archeology. A-K ; Announcements of the prehistoric commission in the publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-7001-6765-5 , p. 101.