Budafok (german: Promontor; literally "Promontory near Buda, or Buda Point") is a neighbourhood in

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. It is situated in the southwestern part of

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, near the

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, and belongs to District XXII. Budafok was an independent municipality before 1950. The village was known for

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and

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making.

Name

Budafok was for many years known as ‘Promontor’ from the

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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

together with Nagytétény and Budatétény, forming Budapest’s district XXII.

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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

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because of the Tétényi plateau and its slopes along the

. Budafok was home to what used to be the most important

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of the greater

area as well as Central

. In 1880, with increasing commercial wine production underway, a union of wine producing and bottling industries created a cellar network hollowed out of the

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beneath Budafok. The cellar system, 25 kilometers in length and the largest in all of

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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

. The leading historical

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site in Budafok is the wine cellars of József Törley & Co which can still be visited. Other wine producers still operating there are Hungarovin Rt, Promontorvin Rt and Budafokvin Kft. In 1899, Budafok was electrified by the Tiszántúli Áramszolgáltató Rt. (East-Hungarian Power Supply Company Ltd.).

Sister cities

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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, sociologist, and psychologist of economics. His fields of research are pedagogy, economic psychology and economic sociology deve ...

(1931–2018), Hungarian-Austrian economist, pedagogue and sociologist.

Landmarks

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 muni ...

, 220-hectolitres Seybold-cask ( Péter Pál utca 39.) * Czuba-Durozier Mansion, Sacellary Mansion,

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 Törl ...

, György Villa * Saint Leopold Church, St Peter and Paul Chapel, St. Michael Chapel * Nagyboldogasszony Parsonage * Törley Champagne Factory Museum (1221 Budapest, Anna utca 5-7). * Törley Mausoleum ( Sarló utca) * Cave-dwelling Museum ( Veréb utca 4) * St. Christoph Jazz Gallery ( Kossuth Lajos utca 88.)

References

External links

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