Badacsonytomaj
The greatest sight in the village is that of the hill itself, with its spectacular 60−70 m high basalt organs. The region around the town is well known for its high quality Hungarian wines.
The town's name was recently used in a viral promotion by Sony to promote a new feature in their PlayStation 3 Home Service. The viral campaign consisted of billboards being placed around Europe with various letters on them. Players had to piece together the letters and use the resulting word as a code.
As a municipality, it includes the smaller villages of Badacsonyörs and Badacsony as well as the town center of Badacsonytomaj.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1910 56 Jews lived in the village, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust. The community had a Jewish cemetery.
Demography
The majority ethnic group in the village is Hungarian (97.34%), followed by German (2.04%). The majority of residents are Roman Catholic (55.15%), 9% have no religion (6.19%). A significant number of residents' religions' are not known.
References
- ^ Badacsonytomaj, KSH
- ^ Hungarian Jewish census
- ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
- ^ Badacsonytomajs Jewish cemetery
- ^ "Componența etnică a județului Veszprém pe sate și orașe" [The ethnic composition of the county Veszprém on villages and towns]. Biroul Central de Statistică al Ungariei. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Componența confesională a județului Veszprém pe sate și orașe" [Composition confessional Veszprém county in villages and towns]. Biroul Central de Statistică al Ungariei. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
External links
- Home page (in Hungarian)
- Street map (in Hungarian)
- Laposa.hu (in Hungarian)
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The port of Badacsonytomaj
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View of Badacsonytomaj from the lake
46°48′N 17°31′E / 46.800°N 17.517°E