47°52′N 19°59′E / 47.867°N 19.983°E / 47.867; 19.983
Mátraháza is a resort area within the town of Gyöngyös in Heves County, Hungary, situated in the Mátra mountain range. Mátraháza has its own postal code, 3233, and is located 14.4 km from the center of Gyöngyös. The highest peak in Hungary, Kékes, is 3.7 km from Mátraháza. As of the 2022 census, the population of Mátraháza is 80.
History
As the first step in the development of the resort, the Mátra Association created a marked trail in the Kalló Valley in 1888, at the end of which Pál Klimó established a forest rest area. In 1907, the construction of the road connecting Gyöngyös with Parád was completed, and the workers' house was acquired by the Mátra Association, led by Kolos Hanák [hu], and converted into a hostel. Between 1927 and 1930, the Mátra Association built the Kékesalja Hostel. The lung sanatorium and the road leading to Kékes were completed in 1932, and a ski slope was created from Kékes to the Kékesalja Hostel. The military resort was built in 1933.
The Patrona Hungariae chapel was built in 1942, and its wooden relief door was created in 1999 by the sculptor István Hegedűs. The Kékesalja Hostel became a trade union resort in 1949 and was renamed the Sports Hotel. In 1958, the Vörösmarty Hostel was built, named after the poet Mihály Vörösmarty, the first known tourist of Mátra, who wrote a travel report in 1829 about his hike. The Hanák Kolos Hostel was demolished in 1960 and replaced by a sports field and a training camp. A ski jumping hill was also created in 1960, with a jump record of 83.5 meters, but the facility became unusable by 1980.
After 1990, the Sports Hotel closed, then reopened as Hotel Pagoda, but later closed again. The Vörösmarty Hostel and the bus station are stamping places for the National Blue Trail.
See also
References
- "Gyöngyös". ksh.hu. Hungarian Central Statistical Office. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- Berki, Zoltán (2015). The resort places of the mountain range: Mátraháza. In.: Mátra turistakalauz (in Hungarian). Budapest: Cartographia. pp. 19–20, 24. ISBN 978-963-353-143-3.
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