Borzavár Explained

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.

History

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Detailed Gazetteer of Hungary . www.ksh.hu . 13 September 2024.
  2. Web site: Census 2022 . Census 2022 . 13 September 2024 . en.
  3. Web site: Nemzeti Választási Iroda - Helyi önkormányzati választások . vtr.valasztas.hu . 13 September 2024 . hu.