Balatonlelle is a resort town located in Hungary on the southern shore of
Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton () is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and th ...
, about 35 km west of
Siófok
Siófok (; german: Fock; la, Fuk) is a town in Somogy County, Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest municipality in Somogy County and the seat of Siófok District. It covers an area of about 124.66 km2 (48.1 ...
. It is known for its numerous tourist attractions, some of those being a 3 km long beach, an aqua park, a go-cart course, and an annual wine festival. It is reachable from Budapest by train (approximately 2.5 hours). It is a family-oriented tourist resort during the summer season. Some other attractions also include a public grass beach and bars located around the town. The wine festival is often held in the first week of
August
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in ...
.
The settlement is part of the
Balatonboglár wine region
The Balatonboglár wine region, also known as the South Balaton wine region, is the only one wine region in Somogy County, Hungary. The area consists of 37 settlements, mainly located on the southern shore of Lake Balaton, but also some near Kapo ...
.
A Balatonboglári borvidék hegyközségi tanácsának alapszabálya (PDF)
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Between 1979 and 1991 Balatonlelle formed a single settlement together with Balatonboglár
Balatonboglár is a resort town situated on the south shore of Lake Balaton in Somogy County, Hungary. It is the official centre of the Balatonboglár wine region, and is often called the "town of grapes and wine."
Between 1979 and 1991 Balatonbo ...
under the name Boglárlelle
Boglárlelle was a resort town in Somogy County, Hungary, on the south shore of Lake Balaton. It was created on December 31, 1978, by merging the villages of Balatonboglár and Balatonlelle. On January 1, 1984, it was elevated to "village with town ...
.
Sport
*Balatonlelle SE
Balatonlelle Sportegyesület is a professional football club based in Balatonlelle, Somogy County, Hungary, that competes in the Somogy county league.
Name changes
*1924–?: Balatonlelle
*?-1948: Balatonlellei Barátság
*1948–?: Balatonlelle ...
, association football team
Gallery
File:"Megmaradásunkért" wooden sculpture in Balatonlelle.jpg, Wooden sculpture
File:Plaque of Béla Iványi Grünwald in Balatonlelle.jpg, Plaque of Béla Iványi-Grünwald
Béla Iványi-Grünwald (6 May 1867 – 24 September 1940) was a Hungarian painter, a leading member of the Nagybánya artists' colony and founder of the Kecskemét artists' colony.
Life
Born in Som, Iványi-Grünwald began his artistic ...
File:Obelisk for the rights of children in Balatonlelle.jpg, Obelisk for the rights of children
Twin towns — sister cities
Balatonlelle is twinned with:
* Vlăhița
Vlăhița () ( hu, Szentegyháza, , until 1899 ''Szentegyházas-Oláhfalu'') is a town in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.
The town administers two villages: Băile Homorod ...
, Romania
* Ramstein-Miesenbach
Ramstein-Miesenbach is a town in the district of Kaiserslautern in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, adjacent to the U.S. Ramstein Air Base.
History
As a result of the State of Rheinland-Pfalz administrative reform, Ramstein-Miesenbach, which h ...
, Germany
External links
Balatonlfamily-orientated
Street map
References
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Populated places in Somogy County