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Hárshegy
Historic train on the Nagy-Hárs-hegyi section of the children's railway near Hárs-hegy railway station
Etymology: Linden Hill
Coordinates: 47°32′01″N 18°57′19″E / 47.5336°N 18.9552°E / 47.5336; 18.9552
Country	Hungary
City	Budapest
Population
• Total	654 (2,001)

Hárshegy (English:Linden Hill, German: Lindenberg) is a part of Budapest's 2nd district. Its entire area is made up of Nagy-Hárs Hill [hu] (Great Linden Hill) and Kis-Hárs Hill [hu] (Little Linden Hill), from which there are sweeping views of Budapest. The area is a popular place for recreation, and the Hárs-hegy railway station [hu] of the Children's Railway 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 Middle Ages, Bathory Cave, on the southeastern slope of Nagy-Hárs-hegy, was mined for iron ore.

In the saddle between Hárshegy and János Hill is Szépjuhászné (Beautiful shepherdess), the site of the monastery where the Pauline Order founded their first priory. 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 Bátorhegy, however, the mirror translation Hárshegy, took hold instead.

The area is a popular place for recreation, including camping and hiking. Visitors frequent the Károly Kaán Lookout Tower [hu] at the top of Nagy-Hárs-hegy named after Károly Kaán [hu], who oversaw the reforestation of the Great Hungarian Plain after the Treaty of Trianon. The Imre Makovecz observation tower [hu] on Kis-Hárs Hill offers commanding views of the Buda Hills, Castle Hill, and the Citadella.

Scouting

The 1928 Scouting World Conference was held in Budapest, 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 Budapest, 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) 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

• View from Hárshegy of Budapest
• View of Kis-Hárs Hill
• Observation tower on Kis-Hárs Hill
• Bátori Cave
• Károly Kaán observation tower
• Map of Hárshegy Training Park (The Hungarian Gilwell Park 1927–1948)

References

1. "Hárshegy (II.)". MAGYARORSZÁG HELYSÉGNÉVTÁRA. 2012.
2. Gábor, Mezősi (2016). The Physical Geography of Hungary. Springer. p. 21. ISBN 9783319451831.
3. Phillips, Adrian; Scotchmer, Jo (2009). Budapest – City Guide. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 285. ISBN 9781841621852.
4. Vegh, Andras (2016). Nagy, Balazs (ed.). Buda-Pest 1300 – Buda-Pest 1400. Two Topographical Snapshots. Leiden: Brill. p. 187. ISBN 978-90-04-30768-1. LCCN 2016014148. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
5. ^ "Hiking around Hárs-hegy (Linden/Basswood Hill) with two lookout towers". Explore Hungary. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
6. "Balázs Géza – A budai dűlőkeresztelő" [Géza Balázs – The Vineyard Baptist of Buda] (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
7. "Go Beyond in Budapest: the Hárs Hill forest". We Love Budapest. 2016-09-27.
8. Baden-Powell, Robert (June 1928). "World Conference". The Scouter.
9. "Timely Letters from Overseas". Boys' Life: 45. April 1933.

Further reading

• Ráday, Mihály; Mészáros, György; Buza, Péter (1998). Budapest teljes utcanévlexikona [The complete street name lexicon of Budapest]. Budapest: Dinasztia Kiadó – Gemini Kiadó. ISBN 9636571767. OCLC 500239527.

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