Szentbékkálla

	Szentbékkálla
	Szentbékkálla
	Szentbékkálla
Basic data
State :	Hungary
Region :	Central Transdanubia
County :	Veszprém
Small area until December 31, 2012 :	Tapolca
District since 1.1.2013 :	Tapolca
Coordinates :	46 ° 53 ' N , 17 ° 34' E Coordinates: 46 ° 53 '15 " N , 17 ° 33' 49" E
Height :	170 m
Area :	10.7 km²
Residents :	185 (Jan 1, 2011)
Population density :	17 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+36) 87
Postal code :	8281
KSH kódja:	07092
Structure and administration (as of 2020)
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Csaba Sárvári (Magyar Vállalkozók és Munkaadók Pártja)
Postal address :	Kossuth Lajos u. 11 ; 8281 Szentbékkálla
Website :	www.szentbekkalla.hu
	(Source: A Magyar Köztársaság helységnévkönyve 2011. január 1st at Központi statisztikai hivatal )

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Szentbékkálla is a Hungarian community in the district Tapolca in Veszprém County .

history

The Romans discovered early on that the province of Pannonia was a very popular country. After the Great Migration, one of the leaders of the conquering Hungarians, Kál Horka, settled here with his tribe in the nineties. Since then there has been a permanent Hungarian successor. In the Middle Ages there was a Benedictine monastery in the village.

This also explains the name of the village, which used to be Szentbenedekkál: it is made up of Szentbenedek ( Saint Benedict ) and the name of the chief Kál . The village, first mentioned in old documents in the 13th century, consists essentially of houses from the 18th and 19th centuries. In summer 2012 all houses were connected to a central sewer system.

nature

The potash basin has been a nature reserve since 1984, an archaic land almost untouched by the damage of modern times. Here are figs , almonds , chestnuts , lavender and rosemary home. Stone junipers and heather thrive here with the sub-Mediterranean vegetation. The meeting of alpine and Atlantic vegetation is interesting. Wild ducks and geese, black storks , spoonbills and various herons also feel at home here. The “Stone Sea” is located very close to Szentbékkálla . Stones and rocks lie as if they had been scattered by a giant. It is a mystery where the boulders, some of which are the size of a house, lying over a layer of sand eight meters thick, come from.

economy

The inhabitants cultivate wine, fruit and agriculture or run small pensions. Great importance is attached to viticulture in particular . Almost every house has its own wine cellar and a bunch of grapes is depicted on the coat of arms of the village.