Budafok

Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) constructed a palace between its vineyards, the Promontor palace.

• Name — Budafok • Settlement Type — Neighbourhood in Budapest • Motto — Kisváros a nagyvárosban (Small City in the Big City) • Named For — Buda-fok (Buda cape) • Pushpin Map — Budapest • Pushpin Map Caption — Location within Budapest • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Hungary • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Central Hungary • Subdivision Type3 — City • Subdivision Name3 — Budapest • Subdivision Type4 — District • Subdivision Name4 — XXII. Budafok-Tétény • Established Title — Established • Established Date — 1739 (Promontor) • Established Title2 — Gaining current name • Established Date2 — 1886 • Established Title3 — Becoming a city • Established Date3 — 1926 • Established Title4 — Becoming part of Budapest • Established Date4 — 1950 1 1 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Ferenc Karsay • Leader Party — Fidesz-KDNP • Unit Pref — Metric • Postal Code Type — Postal code(s) • Postal Code — 1221-1223 • Population As Of — 2012 • Population Total — 26782 • Population Density Km2 — 2831 • Demographics Type1 — Ethnicity (estimated) • Demographics1 Title1 — Hungarian • Demographics1 Info1 — 93.7% • Demographics1 Title2 — German • Demographics1 Info2 — 1.5% • Demographics1 Title3 — Romani • Demographics1 Info3 — 0.4% • Area Total Km2 — 11.35 • Area Land Km2 — 9.46 • Area Water Km2 — 1.89 • Elevation M — 106 • Illustration — Budafok's Catholic church • Illustration — Budafok housing estate Budafok (Promontor; literally "Promontory near Buda, or Buda Point") is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It is situated in the southwestern part of Buda, near the Danube, and belongs to District XXII. Budafok was an independent municipality before 1950. The village was known for wine and champagne making. Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) constructed a palace between its vineyards, the Promontor palace.

Budafok was for many years known as ‘Promontor’ from the Latin Promontorium, meaning headland, but in 1886, the name was changed to its Hungarian equivalent, Budafok, meaning ‘Buda cape’. In 1950 Budafok was merged into Budapest together with Nagytétény and Budatétény, forming Budapest's district XXII. Budafok-Tétény is the official name of the district which covers 43 square kilometers and contains Budafok proper.

The borders of Budafok are: Ringló út from Horogszegi határsor - Méhész utca - railway line towards Érd - Hosszúréti patak - the Danube (including the islands) - Háros utca - Vöröskúti határsor - Horogszegi határsor.

Historically, Budafok was ideal for wine production because of the Tétényi plateau and its slopes along the Danube. Budafok was home to what used to be the most important vineyard of the greater Budapest area as well as Central Hungary. In 1880, with increasing commercial wine production underway, a union of wine producing and bottling industries created a cellar network hollowed out of the limestone beneath Budafok. The cellar system, 25 kilometers in length and the largest in all of Europe, is still extant today. As such, Budafok is commonly referred to as "Cellar Town". Today, there is still a huge wine-cellar system with hundred-year old casks; among them the second largest cask in Hungary. The leading historical oenological site in Budafok is the wine cellars of József Törley & Co which can still be visited. Other wine producers still operating there are Hungarovin Rt, Promontorvin Rt and Budafokvin Kft. In 1899, Budafok was electrified by the Tiszántúli Áramszolgáltató Rt. (East-Hungarian Power Supply Company Ltd.).

• Bonn, Deutschland 1300 km • Baraolt, Romania 640 km • Kristianstad, Sweden 1220 km • Warsaw, Poland 680 km • Varna, Bulgaria 1050 km • Wien, Austria 250 km • Koson, Ukraine 323 km

• Imre Menyhay – 23 October 2018, Hungarian-Austrian economist, pedagogue and sociologist.

• Budafok wine-cellars, 220-hectolitres Seybold-cask (Péter Pál utca 39.) • Czuba-Durozier Mansion, Sacellary Mansion, Törley Mansion, György Villa • Saint Leopold Church, St Peter and Paul Chapel, St. Michael Chapel, Budafok • Nagyboldogasszony Parsonage • Törley Champagne Factory Museum (1221 Budapest, Anna utca, Budafok 5–7). • Törley Mausoleum (Sarló utca) • Cave-dwelling Museum (Veréb utca 4) • St. Christoph Jazz Gallery (Kossuth Lajos utca 88.)