Buda Mountains
The Buda Mountains ( Hungarian Budai-hegység ), formerly Ofner Bergland , are the mountainous and fertile surrounding areas in the west of the Hungarian capital Budapest . It is part of the Hungarian Central Uplands in Transdanubia .
geography
Only the boundary to the east is clearly defined by the Danube. In the northwest, its mountain ranges run to Pilisvörösvár (German: Werischwar), in the west the area extends roughly to Budajenö (German: Jeine) and Páty , but sometimes even further to Zsámbék (German: Schambeck), and in the southwest to the area around Budaörs (German: Wudersch) and Etyek .
history
After the Turkish wars with the siege of Ofen and the successful recapture of the city and fortress Buda (German: Ofen) in 1686, the repopulation of the deserted and almost deserted area was systematically promoted by the Habsburgs, mainly from German countries, and carried out in several Swabian platoons.
In addition to the imperial family, other magnates also promoted the settlement, for example the Counts Zichy in the communities of Budaörs , Budakeszi , Solymár and Békásmegyer . As in Ofen itself, German remained the predominant language of the majority of the population in this area for a long time, so that the Ofner Bergland developed like a linguistic island. Towards the end of the 19th century, nationalist currents also received a stronger impetus in Hungary. Most of the German population was expelled after the end of the Second World War.
Economy and trade
For longer than in other European capitals, the area near the city remained predominantly rural and rural. Only after the 3 neighboring cities of Ofen / Buda , Altofen / Óbuda and Pest - the latter also means "oven" in the original Slavic sense of the word - were combined to form the capital Budapest , did the economy of the surrounding area develop in the wake of the rapid development of the metropolis to services, commerce and trade. The fruit and especially the viticulture in the Ofner area was important, its wines enjoyed an excellent reputation in earlier times, until the phylloxera phylloxera in the second half of the 19th century forced radical cuts. The Etyek - Buda wine-growing region is now again designated with around 1700 hectares.
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Bibliography
- Ofen and Ofner Bergland. A sketchbook by Josef de Ponte. Munich 1982. ISBN 3-88356-026-X
