Bükkszentkereszt () is a village and mountain resort in
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County,
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much 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 south, Croatia and ...
.
The village is situated in the
Bükk
The Bükk Mountains () are a section of the North Hungarian Mountains of the Inner Western Carpathians. Much of the area is included in the Bükk National Park.
Geography
Although Kékes, the highest point in Hungary, is not here but in t ...
Mountains, at a height of 520 to 620 m above sea level. The municipality is partially inside
Bükk National Park
Bükk National Park () is a national park in the Bükk Mountains of Northern Hungary, near Miskolc. It was founded in 1977 as the third national park in the country. It contains 431.3 km2 (of which 37.74 km2 is under increased protecti ...
. About 20% of the inhabitants are of
Slovak ethnicity.
History
Bükkszentkereszt was founded in 1755, to provide shelter for the Slovak workers of the glass manufacture (''huta'') built here this time. As another ''huta'' had already existed in a neighbouring village (present-day
Bükkszentlászló), the new village was named ''Újhuta'' (new ''huta''). Glass production ceased in 1796. In the 19th century, inhabitants of Újhuta worked in the state-owned forests of Bükk Mountains. In 1910, Újhuta had 1011 inhabitants. Tourism began in the 1930s. In 1940, the name of the village was changed to Bükkszentkereszt (''Holy Cross of Bükk'').
Sights
*Roman Catholic church (1800–1801)
*Museum of glass manufacturing
*Artesanal lime-kilns
Gallery
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External links
Street map
Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Slovak communities in Hungary
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