Location

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Borzavár is a village in Veszrpém county in Hungary near to Town of Zirc

Zirc

-Attractions:*Zirc Abbey, a Cistercian abbey*Zirc Arboretum*Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences, situated in the territory of Zirc Abbey-External links:*...

 (5 km west) in the High Bakony Mountains.From the village and the surrounding country side the twin caps of the Koris-hill (709 m or 2326 ft) and the Kék-hill (661 m or 2168 ft) creates a beautiful panoramic view.
By 30 minutes from the beautiful city of Veszprém

Veszprém

Veszprém is one of the oldest urban areas in Hungary, and a city with county rights. It lies approximately north of the Lake Balaton. It is the administrative center of the county of the same name.-Location:...

 , 40 minutes from lake Lake Balaton

Balaton

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, 45 minutes from Gyor, the city of three streams, 1,5 hours from Budapest

Budapest

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 and Bratislava

Bratislava

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 and 2 hours from Vienna

Vienna

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History

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The village has got 743 inhabitants (2008 census), nearly all of them are Hungarian. Neighbouring settlements are Csesznek and Porva

Porva

-Location:Porva is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary. Located in the High Bakony Mountains, 6 km from the city of Zirc and it isaround 400 m above sea level...

villages, and Zirc town.
The territory of the settlement is inhabited from the stone age. The village has been found by Daniel Esterházy in 1761. The village was settled by Slovaks, Hungarians and Germans. In 1910 Borzavár was a village in the Zirc district of Veszprém County. Number of its inhabitants in 1910: 1120; 1118 (99,8%) Hungarian and 2 (0,2%) other by mother tongue, 1097 (97,9%) Roman Catholic, 12 (1,1%) Calvinist, 6 (0,5%) Jew and 5 (0,5%) Lutheran by religion.

External links

http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=30252 Street map (Hungarian)

http://www.borzavar.hu/ http://www.borzavar.hu (Hungarian)