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The most diverse county

The northernmost region of Hungary - which is also the protection districts, and 17 nature conservation areas. 3 of
second largest county of Hungary - was created in 1950 Hungary’s 8 World Heritage Sites are located in the coun-
by merging the historic counties Borsod-Gömör, Abaúj, ty: the Tokaj Historical Wine Region, the Aggtelek Karst
and Zemplén, including one part of the former Gömör- and the caves of the Slovak Karst, as well as the Hortobágy
Kishont historic county. National Park - The Grassland. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Many cultural and historical events or famous people are County has 7 Hungaricums, and each of them embodies

connected to our county. Th e first complete Hungarian many of the characteristics of the Hungarians.
translation of the Bible was made here, and Francis II Its main tourist attraction lies in its enchanting natural

Rákóczi, Ferenc Kazinczy, Lajos Kossuth, Sándor Puhl, values, its monuments presenting the historical past, its
Júlia Sebestyén, and Ferenc Demjén were born here. diverse spiritual and cultural heritage, and its unique gas-

Th e significant size of the protected areas shows the great tronomy.
number of natural and cultural historical values, even in a Now let me show you some of the miracles, without be-
national context. The county has 3 national parks (Hor- ing exhaustive!

tobágy, Bükk, and Aggtelek National Parks), 6 landscape

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