3 Sub-regions of Hungarian Highlands
Schildgebirge = Vértes/Vértes-Gebirge
Buchenwald
~ Bakony Mts.
Offener Bergland - refers to the major Swabian villages that form a ring around Budapest, hence its name. Offen is the German name for Buda which is a Bulgarian word for oven and guess what Offen means in German? The Buchenwald is the German word to describe the Bakony Forest region which is a large sprawling region north of Lake Balaton including several counties.
Schildgebirge = Vértes/Vértes-Gebirge - in German Schildgebirge, is a mountain range in northwestern Hungary with heights of up to 500 m, in the region around the cities of Tatabánya and Oroszlány. The mountain range is part of the Hungarian low mountain range, which includes Gerecse (up to 630 m) to the east and Bakony forest to the west.
In the valleys on the southern slope of the Vértes-Gebirges/mountains, a nature reserve has been set up for some rare mountain plants. In the Esterházy Höhle/cave on the mountain above the town of Csákvár, prehistoric animal bones and remains of the three-hoofed original horse from around 10 million years ago were found.
In the area there are some rocky tops with castle ruins on their heights. The geological-botanical nature trail between Csákvár and Gánt leads over 3-4 km over the Haraszt mountain and through the Kőlik valley. The red, lifeless bottom of the bauxite mine is remarkable. Old farmhouses can be visited in nearby Vérteskozma .
Fejer County
Buchenwald
~ Bakony Mts.
Veszprém County lies in
western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the northern shore of Lake Balaton.
Veszprém County was an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and the Principality of Transylvania. The county was established along the Maros river in the 11th or the 12th century, but its first head, or ispán, was only mentioned in 1214. Its territory is now in western Romania and south-eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Veszprém. "Veszprém County, Hungary", Wikipedia, 20 Oct 2016
It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér, Somogy and Zala. The capital of Veszprém county is Veszprém. The river Marcal runs along part of its western border. Its area is 4613 km.
shared borders with the Hungarian counties Vas, Sopron, Győr, Komárom, Fejér, Tolna,
Somogy and Zala. It covered the Bakony hills, the eastern tip of Lake Balaton and the region southeast of the lake. The river Marcal formed its western border. Its area was 3953 km around 1910.
Komárom county (in Latin: comitatus Comaromiensis, in Hungarian: Komárom (vár)megye, in Slovak: Komárňanský komitát / Komárňanská stolica / Komárňanská upa, in German: Komorner Gespanschaft / Komitat Komorn) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary that lay in the present-day southern Slovakia (1/2) and north-western Hungary (1/2) on both sides of the Danube river.
Komárom County shared borders with the counties of Győr, Pozsony, Nyitra, Bars, Esztergom, Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Fejér and Veszprém. The rivers Danube Vág and Nyitra ran through the county. It also covered the eastern part of the island between the Danube and the Little Danube (Slovak itný ostrov translates as English: Rye Island, Hungarian: Csallóköz). Around 1910 its area was 2,834 km2 (1,094 sq mi).
The capital of the county was the Komárom Castle and later the town of Komárom (the town was divided into Komárom-Komárno).
In 1920 the Treaty of Trianon assigned the part of Komárom county north of the Danube to Czechoslovakia (Komárno region). The southern part stayed in Hungary and merged with the southern part of Esztergom county to form Komárom-Esztergom county.
In 1938, the Czechoslovak part became part of Hungary by the First Vienna Award. Komárom county was recreated, which included, besides the territory of pre-1920 Komárom County, most of the Rye Island. After World War II, the pre-war situation was reestablished, except that the name of the Hungarian part became Komárom County again. This county was renamed to Komárom-Esztergom County in 1992. The part of the former county north of the river Danube is now in Slovakia, is part of the Nitra region and is largely identical with the Komárno district.
Offener Bergland - refers to the major Swabian villages that form a ring around Budapest, hence its name. Offen is the German name for Buda which is a Bulgarian word for oven and guess what Offen means in German? The Buchenwald is the German word to describe the Bakony Forest region which is a large sprawling region north of Lake Balaton including several counties.