Subdivision Type: | Country |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Pushpin Map: | Hungary |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Borzavár |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 275px |
Official Name: | Borzavár |
Mapsize: | 275px |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Veszprém |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 13 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 750 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Government Footnotes: | [3] |
Leader Name: | Skobrák Viktória |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Party: | Independent |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 8428 |
Area Code: | 88 |
Coordinates: | 47.2925°N 17.8336°W |
Borzavár is a village in Veszprém county in Hungary in Zirc District near the town of Zirc (5 km west) in the High Bakony Mountains. From the village and the surrounding countryside, the twin caps of the Koris-hill (709 m or 2326 ft) and the Kék-hill (661 m or 2168 ft) can be seen.
Borzavár's distance to major locations is 30 minutes from the city of Veszprém, 40 minutes from Lake Balaton, 45 minutes from Győr, called the city of three streams, 1 and a half hours from Budapest and Bratislava and 2 hours from Vienna.
The village has 750 inhabitants (200ww census), nearly all of them are Hungarian. Neighbouring settlements are Csesznek and Porva villages, and Zirc town.The territory of the settlement has been inhabited since the Stone Age. The village was founded by Daniel Esterházy in 1761. The village was settled by Slovaks, Hungarians and Germans. In 1910 Borzavár was a village in the Zirc district of Veszprém County. Number of its inhabitants in 1910: 1120; 1118 (99,8%) Hungarian and 2 (0,2%) other by mother tongue, 1097 (97,9%) Roman Catholic, 12 (1,1%) Calvinist, 6 (0,5%) Jew and 5 (0,5%) Lutheran by religion.