Zemplén Mountains () or Tokaj Mountains (; hu, Zempléni-hegység or ''Tokaji-hegység'') is a mountain range in

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 ...

. Its highest peak is the Nagy-Milic at 894 metres above sea level. The range is part of the

North Hungarian Mountains The North Hungarian Mountains ( hu, Északi-középhegység), sometimes also referred to as the Northeast Hungarian Mountains, Northeast Mountains, North Hungarian Highlands, North Hungarian Mid-Mountains or North Hungarian Range, is the norther ...

within the Carpathian Mountains. Its steep peaks are the bases for many medieval stone castles, such as the castle of

Sárospatak Sárospatak (german: Potok am Bodroch; la, Potamopolis; sk, Šarišský Potok or ; ) is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, northern Hungary. It lies northeast from Miskolc, in the Bodrog river valley. The town, often called simply ''Pa ...

and ''Füzéri vár'' (Füzér Castle). Zempléni mese.jpg, Zemplén Mountains Castle of Füzér, view.jpg, ''Füzéri vár'' (Füzér Castle) in the Zemplén Mountains

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- photos and information about Zemplén Mountains (in Czech) Mountain ranges of Hungary Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians {{hungary-geo-stub