Tihany

Tihany [ tihɒɲ ] is a place on the peninsula on the northern shore of Lake Balaton in Hungary. The place belongs to Veszprém. The area is rich in historical monuments and natural resources. The most famous sight on the peninsula, which was founded in 1055 Baroque Tihany Abbey, whose two towers symbolic of Tihany today.

Tihany Peninsula

Tihany extends far into the Lake Balaton in and divides it into a little north and a large south. On the peninsula there are the Belső -tó and Külső -tó, two crater lakes, which are higher than the Balaton and millions of years ago by volcanic activity. Discoveries prove that even peoples from the Bronze and Iron Age lived here. The Romans settled here. Since the island is rich in animal and plant species, it has already been explained in 1952 for the first nature reserve in Hungary.

Village of Tihany

Certificate of Incorporation of Tihany is one of the most important documents of the Hungarian language, although written in Latin, as many Hungarian settlements and places find the first time mention. Characterised is the village landscape of the small built of basalt and reed houses.

German sister city of the place is Deidesheim in the Palatinate.

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Gallery

Part of the village with thatched roofs

Paprika house on the market in the village

Aerial view of Tihany

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