Bükkzsérc is a village in
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county,
Hungary
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. It is the southern border of
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 ...
.
History
The settlement was first mentioned in 1248, as property of the bishopric of
Eger
Eger ( , ; ; also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights, Eger is best known for Castle of Eger, its ...
.
Estate of the
Carthusian
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order in 1457. In 1552 the town was ransacked by the Turks.
Sights
*Its
Catholic
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church (1776) is a monument.
*In its
Calvinist
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church (1828) there are several extraordinary inner woodcarvings.
*About 30 peasant houses enjoy local protection.
*The exhibition of the Panish Memorial Hall shows the folk life on old photo replicas.
*The first wood carvings of the country picked by a panel of experts are of ancient monument character, we can see them in the Pelyhe Cellar Museum.
*We also have to mention the world war monuments,
*the private hunt trophy collections and
*the horseshoe shaped rocky (natural) formation in the Hódos hill with a diameter of 100 m.
*Within its boundaries we can find the best ground cycling track in the area.
Main events
* Whit Saturday's Wine Competition
* Village Days in summer
Gallery
File:Bükkzsérc2.JPG, Catholic Church
File:Lanszki Elfrun Szüretel a család.jpg, Carvings in a cellar
File:Bükkzsérc cellar.jpg, Wine cellars in Bükkzsérc
References
External links
Street map
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Old photos from Bükkzsérc
Populated places in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
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