Lake Öreg (meaning "old lake") ( hu, Öreg-tó) is a lake near
Tata,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...
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Location
The lake is situated in the middle of the town of
Tata. Adjoining the South-east quarter of the lake is a wooded area. It is fed by the Által-brook ( hu, Által-ér) from the south-east, which then leaves it in a Northerly direction through the town until it eventually reaches the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , p ...
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On the lake's shores lie
Tata Castle
Tata Castle, built at the mid 14th-century on the northern tip of Lake Öreg (Old Lake), is one of the jewels of Tata, Hungary. Its blooming can be dated to the reign of Sigismund of Luxembourg (r. 1433–1437) and Mátyás Hunyadi (r. 1458– ...
and the Esterházy Palace.
References
External links
National Geographic
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