Dunamente Turisztikai Térség

County of Komárom-Esztergom

Basic data:

• Region: Central Transdanubia
• Castle county seat: Tatabánya
• Number of rounds: 6
• Number of settlements: 76
• Towns with county rights: Tatabánya, Esztergom
• Number of other cities: 10

Komárom-Esztergom county, between 1950 and 1990 Komárom county, between 1990 and 2022 Komárom-Esztergom county, from January 1, 2023 Komárom-Esztergom county administrative unit in the northwestern part of Hungary, in the Central Transdanubia region. It is bordered by the Danube and Slovakia to the north, Pest county to the east, Fejér to the south, Veszprém to the southwest, and Győr-Moson-Sopron county to the west. Its seat is Tatabánya. It is the smallest county in the country, but the second most densely populated. It has 12 cities, of which 2 are cities with county rights. The proportion of so-called socialist-type housing estates is the highest in the country, nearly 25%.

 Geographical location

The county's landscapes belong to two large landscapes, the Transdanubian Central Mountains and the Little Plain. Among the three large ranges of the Central Transdanubian Mountains, the Bakony, the Vértes-Velencei Mountains and the Dunazug Mountains all affect the county. (From Bakony, the Súri-Bakonyalja, from Vértes, the mountains around Bársonyos, the Által-ér valley, the Vértes plateau and the periphery of Vértes, and from the Dunazug mountains, almost the entire area of Gerecse and some parts of Pilis belong to the county. The entire area of the Almás-Táti-Danube valley, the Győr-Tata terrace area and a significant part of the Igmánd-Kisbéri basin are located in the county, among the small towns of the Little Region. The Danube bend and a part of the Visegrád mountains are also in the county's territory. the highest point of the county is the peak of the Visegrád Mountains, Dobogó-kő (700 m), and the lowest point is located next to the Danube, in the border of Dömös (108 m).

Protected areas:

• the Danube-Ipoly National Park (Strázsa-hegy nature trail),
• the Gerecs Landscape Protection District,
• the Dunaalmás quarries Nature Conservation Area,
• Tata Kalvária Hill Nature Conservation Area,
• the Vértesszőlős Protohuman Settlement Nature Conservation Area.

The county's largest river is the Danube, which is also the national border with a length of 80 km. Other larger rivers: Komáromi-ér, Által-ér, Bajóti-patak, Bakonyér, Bikoli-patak, Concó, Galla-patak, Kenyérmezői-patak, Lábatlani-patak, Rábl-patak, Szentléleki-patak, Únyi-patak.

The most important stagnant waters include Öreg Lake in Tata and Palatinus Lake in Esztergom.

Slovakia

Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic (Slovensko in Slovak, officially Slovenská republika) is an East-Central European country in the northern part of the Carpathian Basin. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Hungary to the south, Ukraine to the east, and Poland to the north. Its capital and largest city is Bratislava (Bratislava). After the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, it gained its independence on January 1, 1993.

It has been a member of the European Union since 2004, and joined the Eurozone in 2009. It is also a member of NATO, the OECD, the WTO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the Visegrad Cooperation and the United Nations, and is part of the Schengen area.

The surface of Slovakia is predominantly mountainous, the Carpathians occupy almost the entire northern half of the country. The highest region of the country is the Tatra mountain group, which in the west-east direction consists of the following parts: Liptói-Havasok or Western Tatras, the real high mountains are the crystalline High Tatras, which are the smallest alpine mountains in the world. Its highest point: the Gerlachfalvi peak (2654.4 m) and the Bélai mountains. From a geological point of view, the Low Tatras are not part of the Tatras.

The southern part of the country is more flat, while the west and east are characterized by hills with wide valleys.

There are three large plains in the country: the Erdőhát lowland lies west of the Little Carpathians, the Danube lowland is the continuation of the Little Lowland north of the Danube, and the Eastern Slovakian lowland is the northern continuation of the Bodrogköz.

Slovakia's borders are 1,652.2 km long, of which 97.8 km are shared with Ukraine, 654.8 km with Hungary, 541.1 km with Poland, 106.7 km with Austria, and 251.8 km with the Czech Republic.

The largest part of the country is the Danube catchment area. Its most important rivers are the Danube itself, then the Vág and the Garam, the Nyitra, the Ipoly, the Hernád and the Bodrog. The waters of Szepesség are collected by the Poprád River and lead to the Dunajec, which is a tributary of the Vistula. Thus, the waters of this area ultimately reach the Baltic Sea.

Most natural lakes are located in the High Tatras (175). Some of them are sea urchins created by the melting of glaciers at the end of the ice age. Examples include: Lake Csorba, Lake Nagy-Hincó, Lake Poprádi, Lake Zöld.

Forests cover 36% of Slovakia's territory.

The official language is Slovak.

People according to the data of the most recent Slovak census of 2011: Slovak 80.7%, Hungarian 8.5%, Gypsy 2.0%, Czech 0.6%, Ruthenian 0.6%, Ukrainian 0.1%, Polish 0 ,1%, Moravian 0.1%, German 0.1%, other 1.3%.

However, according to sociological research and estimates, a significant number of Gypsies were counted as members of the majority nation, as in other countries. Their actual number is therefore significantly higher than the one officially announced, it certainly amounts to more than 300,000 people, according to some estimates it may even reach 500,000 people, which represents 5.7–9.5% of the total population.

Religions: Roman Catholic 62.0%, Lutheran 5.9%, Greek Catholic 3.8%, Reformed 1.8%, Orthodox 0.9%, other 0.3%, non-denominational 13% (2001)

Writing system: Latin alphabet

Natural world heritage

UNESCO has added two landscapes of Slovakia to the list of natural world heritage sites:

• Caves of the Aggteleki Karst and Slovak Karst (shared with Hungary) it falls within the territory of Slovakia:

• Baradla–Domica cave system;
• Wild boar jelly;
• Somodi Cave;
• Gombaszögi cave - Silicei ice cave system;
• Körtvélyesi cave;
• Jászói cave;
• Krasznahorkai cave;
• Martonházi aragonite cave;
• Giant Jellyfish;
• Köves-patak-cave – Kunia-zombolly system;
• Hollow Cave;
• Bell jelly;
• Dobsina ice cave;
• Silicei ice cave.

• Primitives of the Carpathians (shared with Ukraine). In Slovakia, a part of the Polonina National Park belongs to the world heritage area.