Hárshegy (English:Linden Hill, German: Lindenberg) is a part of

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's 2nd district. Its entire area is made up of (Great Linden Hill) and (Little Linden Hill), from which there are sweeping views of Budapest. The area is a popular place for recreation, and the of the

Children's Railway A children's railway or pioneer railway is an extracurricular educational institution, where children interested in rail transport can learn railway professions. This phenomenon originated in the USSR and was greatly developed in Soviet times. T ...

is located in there. The name of the area " Linden Hill" alludes to the geologic history of the area. The Hárshegy Sandstone Formation is named after the region.

Background

During the

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, Bathory Cave, on the southeastern slope of Nagy-Hárs-hegy, was mined for

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. In the saddle between Hárshegy and János Hill is

Szépjuhászné Szépjuhászné () ( ''from 1945 to 1992 Ságvári-liget '') is a small clearing in the 2nd district of Budapest, in the saddle between Hárshegy and János-hegy. Background It is accessible by the of the Budapest Children's Railway. It is t ...

(Beautiful shepherdess), the site of the

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where the Pauline Order founded their first

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. Bathory Cave was the hermitage of Pauline monk László Báthory, who left the monastic life at the nearby priory to live in the cave for 20 years. In 1847, Gábor Döbrentei proposed a new name for the Germanic "Lindenberg" given to the area. He proposed , however, the mirror translation Hárshegy, took hold instead. The area is a popular place for recreation, including camping and hiking. Visitors frequent the at the top of Nagy-Hárs-hegy named after , who oversaw the

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of the

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after the

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. The on Kis-Hárs Hill offers commanding views of the

Buda Hills The Buda Hills ( Hungarian: ''Budai-hegység'') are a low mountain range of numerous hills which dot the Buda side of Budapest, capital of Hungary. The most famous ones located within city limits are Gellért Hill, Castle Hill, Rózsadomb, , ...

, Castle Hill, and the

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Scouting

The 1928 Scouting World Conference was held in

, with a May 6 rally at the Hárshegy Training Park attended by 9,647 Scouts. The Chief Scout, Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell visited in

, from May 5–8, 1928. On May 7, he visited at the Hárshegy Training Park, and left his footprint on the sand. The Hungarian scouts made the B-P's Footprint statue in the Harshegy Training Park. The Hárshegy Training Park was located on Ferenc hill, and the street address of the HQ was Hárshegy út 7. From 1927 and 1948 it was the central leader training park (the Hungarian

Gilwell Park Gilwell Park is The Scout Association's principal camp site and Scout Activity Centre, activity centre in the United Kingdom. It is a site, located in Essex in the Sewardstonebury area of Waltham Abbey within Epping Forest near the border with ...

) of the Hungarian Scout Association. In 1948, the communist regime destroyed the scout park, and banned the scout movement. The Council Rock is still there.

Gallery

File:MakoveczFotoThalerTamas11.jpg, View from Hárshegy of Budapest File:Kis-Hárs-hegy.jpg, View of Kis-Hárs Hill File:Kis-hárs_hegyi_kilátó.JPG, Observation tower on Kis-Hárs Hill File:Bátori-barlang bejárat. Horusitzky Henrik 1938.jpg, Bátori Cave File:Kaán_Károly-kilátó.JPG, Károly Kaán observation tower File:Map of Hárshegy Training Park.jpg, Map of Hárshegy Training Park (The Hungarian Gilwell Park 1927–1948)

Background

Scouting

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