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The northernmost region of Hungary - which is also the sec- tional context. The county has 3 national parks (Hortobágy,
ond largest county of Hungary - was created in 1950 by merg- Bükk, and Aggtelek National Parks), 6 landscape protection
ing the historic counties Borsod-Gömör, Abaúj, and Zemp- districts, and 17 nature conservation areas. 3 of Hungary’s
lén, including one district of the former Gömör-Kishont 8 World Heritage Sites are located in the county: the Tokaj

historic county. Archaeological finds prove that Bodrogköz Historical Wine Region, the Aggtelek Karst and the caves of

was one of the fi rst settlements of the conquering Hungarian the Slovak Karst, as well as the Hortobágy National Park - Th e
tribes in the Carpathian Basin. Grassland. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County has 7 Hungari-
Many cultural and historical events and famous people are cums, and each of them embodies many of the characteristics

connected to our county. Th e first complete Hungarian trans- of the Hungarians.

lation of the Bible was made here, and Francis Rákóczi II, Fe- Its main tourist attraction lies in its enchanting natural values,
renc Kazinczy, Lajos Kossuth, Sándor Puhl, Júlia Sebestyén, in the built environment which shows a slice of our histori-

and Ferenc Demjén were born here; the Battle of Muhi also cal past, the diverse spiritual and cultural heritage, and our
took place here, and Ferenc Móra was “carefree and happy revolutionary gastronomic tastes.
for the last time” here. Now let me show you some of the miracles, without being
Th e significant size of the protected areas shows the great exhaustive!

number of natural and cultural historical values, even in a na-

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