NIGHT LABYRINTH IN THE STARRY PATH 2024
Our NIGHT LABIRINTUS programme continues at the Star Trail Labyrinth in Ópusztaszer. The Star Trail Adventure Park is a great choice for anyone looking for new adventures. Europe's largest hedge maze is made even more exciting by the interesting, playful way of learning about Hungarian history, geography and wildlife. The labyrinth, made of fence elements, is an unforgettable experience for those who want to get lost. It offers a world of mazes, logic puzzles, folk and children's games for the youngest children to the active elderly.
Schedule
TIME POINTS:
21 September 2024.
26 October 2024.
2 November 2024.
The Star Trail Experience Park is a great choice for anyone looking for a new adventure. Europe's largest hedge maze is made even more exciting by the interesting and playful way it introduces Hungarian history, geography and wildlife. The labyrinth, made of fence elements, is an unforgettable experience for those who want to get lost. It offers a world of mazes, logic puzzles, folk and children's games for the youngest children to the active elderly.
The labyrinth is not lit at night, so everyone can provide a lighting device to suit their needs.
If you want to try the logic, folk and skill games, come before dark.
Closing at 23:00, but no later than when everyone has figured out the mazes!
Ópusztaszer
The name Ópusztaszer was first mentioned in a document around 1200 as Scerii. In 1233 it was called Zerr, in 1266 Scer, in 1283 Zeer.
According to Anonymus, the conquering Hungarians arrived at Körtvélytó (Curtueltou), and after 34 days in the forest called Gyümölcsény, Árpád and his nobles held a meeting where they laid down the laws of the land, 'taking stock' of the affairs of the country. In memory of the meeting, the place was named Szer.
According to historian Györffy György György, the historical value of Anonymus' data is doubtful: the source may be merely a posthumous explanation of the name. However, the more credible is the information that the chief Ond and his son Ete, from whom the Bar-Kalan clan descended, settled here at the time of the conquest. The clan later built a monastery here, which was one of the most important churches, as is evident from the fact that the king fixed its salt content at 1,000 stone.
In 1318 it was the residence of King Charles Robert.
The name of the hedge house was first mentioned in 1348 in a charter as Suenhaz. It may have been named after its patchwork houses made of hedges.
It was a prosperous village until the end of the Turkish occupation, and a charter from the 15th century refers to it as a field town.
In 1553, when the Turkish defters census was taken, there were still 92 houses in the village and a parish church, the ruins of which were still visible in the early 20th century 800 m southeast of the ruins of the Ser monastery, on the edge of the forest of Kapolna. Later, however, the village became deserted.
After the Turkish occupation, the area was the property of the Chamber of Commerce.
In 1803, Count Leopoldina Zichy, the widow of János Károly Pallavicini, bought the manor of Mindszent-Algyő and started tobacco growing there, installing tobacco gardeners on the estate.
In 1930, more than one and a half thousand people were living on 300-500 farms in the surrounding smallholding leases. The population of Sövényháza, including Baks and Dóc, was already 6872, but the area did not yet have a village. In the 1800s, the castle was built in the so-called centre of the village, near the so-called centre of the scattered farms, and the village hall was built in the vicinity; 1 km from the castle, the Lower Puszta or central major was built, and the Catholic church was built in 1925, 1 km from the central major.
The village of Sövényháza developed on plots of land parcelled out after 1945. Residents of the surrounding farms began to move to the village in droves from the mid-1970s. In 1974 the village was renamed Ópusztaszer.
