Budafok (german: Promontor; literally "Promontory near Buda, or Buda Point") is a neighbourhood in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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. It is situated in the southwestern part of
Buda
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, near the
Danube
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, and belongs to District XXII. Budafok was an independent municipality before 1950. The village was known for
wine
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and
champagne
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making.
Name
Budafok was for many years known as ‘Promontor’ from the
Latin
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''Promontorium'', meaning headland, but in 1886, the name was changed to its Hungarian equivalent, ''Budafok'', meaning ‘Buda cape’. In 1950 Budafok was merged into
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
Budafok-Tétény
Budafok-Tétény the 22nd district of Budapest, Hungary.
List of mayors
Twin towns - twin cities
* Bonn – Germany
* Baraolt – Romania
* Kristianstad – Sweden
* Biaoleka (Varsaw) – Poland
* Bolzano – Italy
* Varna – Bulgar ...
is the official name of the district which covers 43 square kilometers and contains Budafok proper.
Location
The borders of Budafok are: Ringló út from Horogszegi határsor - Méhész utca - railway line towards Érd - Hosszúréti patak - the Danube (including the islands) - Háros utca - Vöröskúti határsor - Horogszegi határsor.
History
Historically, Budafok was ideal for
wine production
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Danube
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. Budafok was home to what used to be the most important
vineyard
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of the greater
Budapest
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area as well as Central
Hungary
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. In 1880, with increasing commercial wine production underway, a union of wine producing and bottling industries created a cellar network hollowed out of the
limestone
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beneath Budafok. The cellar system, 25 kilometers in length and the largest in all of
Europe
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, is still extant today. As such, Budafok is commonly referred to as “Cellar Town.” Today, there is still a huge wine-cellar system with hundred-year old casks; among them the second largest cask in
Hungary
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. The leading historical
oenological
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Kristianstad
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, Sweden
Notable people
*
Imre Menyhay
Imre (Emmerich) Menyhay (12 May 1931, in Budafok – 23 October 2018) was a Hungarian- Austrian economist, pedagogue
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(1931–2018), Hungarian-Austrian economist, pedagogue and sociologist.
Landmarks
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Budafok wine-cellars
Budafok (german: Promontor; literally "Promontory near Buda, or Buda Point") is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It is situated in the southwestern part of Buda, near the Danube, and belongs to District XXII. Budafok was an independent munic ...
Törley Mansion
Törley is the leading sparkling wine producer in Hungary. It was founded by József Törley in 1882 in Budafok and over the course of the following years became one of the leading sparkling wine producers in Europe.
History
József Törley h ...
,
György Villa
György () is a Hungarian version of the name '' George''. Some notable people with this given name:
* György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician
* György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of Lászl ...