Protected areas of

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

includes 10

national park A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...

s, 35 landscape protection areas and 145 minor nature reserves. The national policy for governing and management of the protected areas is implemented by the

Minister of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

(State Secretary for the Environment). The first national park in Hungary at the

Great Hungarian Plain The Great Hungarian Plain (also known as Alföld or Great Alföld, hu, Alföld or ) is a plain occupying the majority of the modern territory of Hungary. It is the largest part of the wider Pannonian Plain. (However, the Great Hungarian plain ...

Hortobágy National Park Hortobágy () is an 800 km2 national park in eastern Hungary, rich with folklore and cultural history. The park, a part of the Alföld (Great Plain), was designated as a national park in 1973 (the first in Hungary), and elected among the Wor ...

, established in 1973. Types of protected areas: *National Park ( hu, Nemzeti park; abbr. NP) *Protected Landscape Area ( hu, Tájvédelmi körzet; abbr. TK) *National Nature Reserve or nature conservation area ( hu, Természetvédelmi terület; abbr. TT)

National Parks

There are 10 national parks in Hungary (

IUCN Category II IUCN protected area categories, or IUCN protected area management categories, are categories used to classify protected areas in a system developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The enlisting of such areas is part ...

) as of 2014. Image:Hortobagy-ziehbrunnen.jpg, Hortobágy NP Image:Tiszaalpár 045.jpg, Kiskunság NP Image:Okt 14.jpg, Bükk NP Image:Hungary Baradla.jpg, Aggtelek NP Image:Photo at gaense nationalpark neusiedlersee neu.jpg, Fertő-Hanság NP Image:Gemenci táj.jpg, Danube-Drava NP Image:Kettos-Koros-Bekes.jpg, Körös-Maros NP Image:Badacsonytomaj látkép.jpg, Balaton Uplands NP Image:Dunakanyarcivertanlegi1.jpg, Danube-Ipoly NP Image:OrsegiNemzetiPark2.jpg, Őrség NP

Protected Landscape Area

Hungary has 35 Landscape Protection Areas in Hungary (

IUCN Category V The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natur ...

) as of 2014.

National Nature Reserve

Aggtelek Aggtelek (meaning "Old plot" in Hungarian) is a village in the county of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary. It is known for the vast stalactite caverns of the nearby Baradla-Domica cave system, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aggtelek ...

NP (5): **

Abaújkér Abaújkér is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. Jews lived in Abaújkér for many years until they were murdered in the Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during Wor ...

i Sóstói-legelő TT **

Edelény Edelény is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies in the valley of Bódva River, north of the county seat, Miskolc. The historic L'Huillier-Coburg Palace is located there. History The area has been inhabited since ...

i Nőszirmos TT ** Keleméri Mohos-tavak TT ** Long-erdő TT **

Rudabánya Rudabánya is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. The town territory was the location of the discovery of a hominid from 12 million years ago, '' Dryopithecus brancoi'' (1969). International relations Rudabánya is twinned with: ...

i Őshominoidea Lelőhely TT * Balaton Uplands NP (27): ** Atyai-láprét TT ** Bakonygyepesi Zergebogláros TT **

Balatonfüred Balatonfüred (german: Bad Plattensee, sk, Blatenské Teplice) is a resort town in Veszprém county, in Hungary, with a population of 13,000, situated on the northern shore of Lake Balaton. It is considered to be the capital of the Northern lake ...

i-erdő TT ** Balatonkenesei Tátorjános TT ** Darvas-tói Lefejtett Bauxitlencse TT **

Devecser Devecser () is a town in Veszprém County, Hungary. In the Middle Ages there were five villages in the area of today's Devecser: Devecser, Kisdevecser, Szék, Meggyes, and Patony. These villages expanded in the 12th and 13th century. There is an ...

i Széki-erdő TT **

Farkasgyepű Farkasgyepű (german: Wirtshäusl) is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to t ...

i kísérleti erdő TT ** Fenyőfői ősfenyves TT ** Hévízi-tó TT ** Hódoséri ciklámenes TT ** Keszthelyi Kastélypark TT **

Látrány Látrány ( hr, Latran) is a village in Somogy county, Hungary. 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, ...

-puszta TT ** Nagybereki Fehérvíz TT **

Nyirád Nyirád is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to th ...

i Sár-álló TT ** Sárosfői Halastavak TT **

Somlóvásárhely Somlóvásárhely is a village in Veszprém (county), Veszprém county, Hungary. External links Official websiteStreet map (Hungarian)
Populated places in Veszprém County {{Veszprem-geo-stub ...

i Holt-tó TT **

Somogyvár Somogyvár ( hr, Šemudvar) is a village in Somogy County, Hungary. Geography It is situated south from Lengyeltóti, between Lengyeltóti, Öreglak and Somogyvámos. History It is a historical tradition that, after the death of Géza of Hung ...

i Kupavár-hegy TT **

Sümeg Sümeg (german: Schimeck) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. Sümeg is mostly known for Sümeg Castle. It is north of Lake Balaton. Twin towns – sister cities Sümeg is twinned with: * Aichtal, Germany * Sovata Sovata (; hu, Szov� ...

i Fehér kövek TT és erdőrezervátum **

i Mogyorós-domb TT **

Szentgál Szentgál is a village in Veszprém county, 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 north ...

i Tiszafás TT ** Tapolcafői Láprét TT **

Tapolca Tapolca (; german: Toppoltz) is a town in Veszprém County, Hungary, close to Lake Balaton. It is located at around . The town has an outer suburb, Tapolca-Diszel, approximately 5 km to the East. Etymology The origin of ''Tapolca'' is ...

i-Tavasbarlang felszíne ** Úrkúti-Őskarszt TT ** Uzsai Csarabos TT **

Várpalota Várpalota (; German: Burgschloß) is a town in Western Hungary, in the Transdanubian county of Veszprém (county), Veszprém. It was a mining town during the Socialism, Socialist era, but the mines have been closed. Most of the citizens work in t ...

i Homokbánya TT ** Zalakomári Madárrezervátum TT **

Zirc Arboretum The Zirc Arboretum is an arboretum in Zirc, Hungary. The existence of their collection of plants is associated with the arrival of the Cistercian order to Zirc. In the ''Forestry House'' in Bakonybél is an exhibition about the arboretum, enviro ...

References

External links

National Parks of Hungary
at magyarnemzetiparkok.hu
Official Nature Conservation in Hungary
at termeszetvedelem.hu {{Protected-area-stub