Radó Dezső: Parks and Forests - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1992)

west side of Sváb Hill facing Budakeszi, is the site of a hiking lodge and a beautiful church. This Roman Catholic church was commissioned by Miklós Zrínyi for the Trinitarians in the 18th century. The name Makkos- mária (Acorn Mary) relates to the surrounding oak forests.

Budakeszi

The forest of Budakeszi consists mainly of oak forest with some beech and planted pine woods, and occupies some 500 hectares between Budakeszi, Csillebérc, Normafa and János Hill. The area is divided by valleys of different size with intervening heights such as Ingovány, Meredek Hill, Diófás Hill, and Magas-kő. A forest arboretum was established at one of the most scenic spots in the Virág Valley.

The city of Budapest recognized the importance of the forest and purchased the property from the crown in 1893 thus preventing the trees from being cut and cleared. Today, when the environment has deteriorated almost irreversibly, the role of forests is clearly more than simply to expand by 3-4 percent per year. The forest, together with the wildlife from birds to soil bacteria, is an irreplaceable element of the ecological equiliYoung beech trees at Normafa

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