Keszthely District
Keszthely is a district in eastern part of Zala County. Keszthely is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Western Transdanubia Statistical Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Hungary (2013-) with 48,300 residents
- Description: district of Hungary
- Also known as: “Keszthelyi Jaras”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Hévíz and Festetics Castle.
Lake Hévíz
Lake
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Lake Hévíz is located in Hévíz, Hungary, near the western end of Lake Balaton, 8 kilometres from Keszthely. It is the largest swimmable thermal lake in the world, and is the second largest thermal lake in general, second to only the Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand, which is too hot for swimming.
Festetics Castle
Museum
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The Festetics Palace is a Baroque palace located in the town of Keszthely, Zala, Hungary. The building now houses the Helikon Palace Museum. The palace's construction, started by Kristóf Festetics in 1745, lasted more than a century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keszthely and Hévíz.
Keszthely
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Keszthely is a Hungarian city of 20,895 inhabitants located on the western shore of Lake Balaton. It is the second largest city by the lake and one of the more important cultural, educational and economic hubs in the region.
Hévíz
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Hévíz is a spa town in the Lake Balaton region of Hungary, about 8 km from Keszthely.
Gyenesdiás
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Gyenesdiás is a lovely resort village only 100 km from the western border of Hungary, in the West Balaton region 15 km from the Hévíz-Balaton Airport. The towns of Keszthely, known for its fascinating Festetics Palace, and Hévíz with its world famous spa are only a few kilometres from here.
Keszthely District
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Keszthely District” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “distritu de Keszthely”
- Asturian: “Keszthely (distritu)”
- Cebuano: “Keszthelyi Járás”
- Chinese: “Keszthely”
- Chinese: “凱斯特海伊區”
- Czech: “Okres Keszthely”
- Dutch: “district Keszthely”
- Dutch: “Keszthely”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Keszthely”
- Estonian: “Keszthelyi kreis”
- French: “district de Keszthely”
- French: “District de Keszthely”
- French: “Keszthely”
- German: “Kreis Keszthely”
- Hungarian: “Keszthelyi járás”
- Hungarian: “Keszthelyi Járás”
- Italian: “Distretto di Keszthely”
- Japanese: “ケストヘイ郡”
- Korean: “케스트헤이구”
- Lombard: “Distret de Keszthely”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Keszthely”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Keszthely distrikt”
- Persian: “ناحیه کستلی”
- Persian: “ناحیه کستهی”
- Polish: “Powiat Keszthely”
- Romanian: “Districtul Keszthely”
- Russian: “Кестхейский яраш”
- Slovak: “Keszthelyský okres”
- Slovenian: “Keszthelyi járás”
- Slovenian: “Okrožje Keszthely”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Keszthely”
- Swedish: “Keszthely”
- Turkish: “Keszthely”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cserszegtomaj and Középsőmalom.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Veréb-hegy and Hévíz Ma Bus Station.
Zala County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Nagykanizsa, Zalaegerszeg, Lenti, and Letenye.
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