Gödöll?i TK - Duna-Ipoly NP (sitios de interés)
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| Gödöll?i Dombvidék (hills) Landscape Protection Area Territory of the protected area: 11 996 hectares, of which 3 128 hectares are under increased protection. Location: The protected areas largely located to the east of Gödöll? stretch from Erd?kertes to Pécel. Visitors: Freely accessible for visitors. Management: Directorate of the Danube–Ipoly National Park. The hill-country of northwest-southeast direction of the Gödöll?i-dombvidék stretches from Vác and from the southwest border of the Cserhát as far as Albertirsa, to the Tápió-vidék. The specialty of the hill-country is that it works as a watershed of east-west direction, in the west of it watercourses flow into the Danube, while in the east of it they flow into the Tisza. Diversified superficial forms can be observed on the loess hills – they are characterized by steep hillsides and deep, narrow valleys, flat hill ridges at other places divided by wide valleys, sandy, steppe habitats and marshy, moorish valleys. The orientation of the areas can be fairly varied, there are vast hillsides of northerly exposure, as well as wider valleys of east-west exposure, ranges of hills of north-south direction and narrow, cool valleys open to the north. Owing to this unparalleled diversity the hill-country provides varied conditions for habitats, although concerning its height it is relatively uniform as it is constituted of one to two hundred metre high hills.  The survival of the rich and variegated flora and fauna, the little evocative inner valleys, the heart-warming places with stagnant water is due to the fact that the area being close to the capital has been recreation area and hunting-ground of those in power for centuries. This area was already a game preserve in the King Mátyás era, later together with the Gödöll? palace it became the property of King Ferenc József, and even recently it was reserved for government officials. The characteristic rare forest association of warmer hillsides and valleys is the thermophilous oak forests mixed with lime trees with rare species of orchids, bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum), stonecrop wall germander (Teucrium chamaedrys) and hundreds of yellow adonises in springtime in the undergrowth. The characteristic plant association of the unwooded sides, valleys open to the south and the east and the sandy ridges stretching into the hills is the sandy steppe lawn. In the southeast of the hill-country – in the neighbourhood of Isaszeg and Pécel – besides thermophilous patches of oaks, marshy, watery meadows and alder-marshes stretch. The yellow iris blooms in wet associations (e.g. Babat, Feketepuszta) of the moors in areas without an outlet. The fauna of the government hunting ground closed for a long time – certain areas are still fenced – is very rich, too. Besides the outstandingly valuable stock of big game - roe-deer, deer, wild-boar – wild cats, otters, pine-martens and beech martens also live in the area. The avifauna is also rich: the bee-eater, the black woodpecker, the green woodpecker are common to hatch, but the kingfisher, the honey buzzard, the hobby also hatch and the saker falcon can also be sighted. The value of the avifauna is further increased by the fact that nesting of the very rare scarlet grosbeak is also proved. The cultural, historical significance of the Gödöll?i Dombvidék situated centrally in the Carpathian basin is also outstanding. There are Sarmatian, Scythian and Avar relics at several places in the forests of the region: remains of burial places, earthworks, earth fortifications (in the vicinity of Valkó, Szada, Pécel) and traces of the famous trench of Csörsz is also recognizable. One of the largest place of pilgrimage, the church of shrine in Máriabesny? ( the row of picture-trees decorated with sacred images which line the way leading to the church is a folklore sight). http://www.foek.hu/zsibongo/termve/tk/angtk/godollo.htm |