Hungary
Western Transdanubia
Zala County

Lake Hévíz

Lake Hévíz is located in , , near the western end of , 8 kilometres from . It is the largest swimmable thermal lake in the world, and is the second largest thermal lake in general, second to only the in New Zealand, which is too hot for swimming.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Hévíz, Zala County, Hungary
  • Also known as: “Lake Heviz”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mary Magdalene church in Egregy and Church of the Holy Spirit Hévíz.

Church
Photo: Kaboldy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cave
Photo: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hévíz and Keszthely.

Photo: HTME, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a spa town in the region of , about 8 km from .

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of 20,895 inhabitants located on the western shore of . It is the second largest city by the lake and one of the more important cultural, educational and economic hubs in the region.

Lake Hévíz

Latitude
46.7869° or 46° 47′ 13″ north
Longitude
17.1929° or 17° 11′ 35″ east
Open location code
8FRVQ5PV+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 10418191
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Wiki­data ID
Q249992
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Hévíz from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lake Hévíz” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة هيفيز”
  • Armenian: “Հևիզ լիճ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Heviz gölü”
  • Basque: “Hévíz lakua”
  • Belarusian: “Возера Хевіз”
  • Belarusian: “Хевіз”
  • Belarusian: “Хэвіз”
  • Chinese: “黑維茲湖”
  • Chuvash: “Хевиз”
  • Croatian: “Hévíz”
  • Czech: “Hévíz”
  • Dutch: “Lake Hévíz”
  • Esperanto: “Hévíz”
  • Estonian: “Hévízi järv”
  • French: “lac Heviz”
  • French: “lac Hévíz”
  • French: “Lac Hévíz”
  • Georgian: “ჰევიზი”
  • German: “Hévíz-See”
  • Hungarian: “Hévízi-gyógytó”
  • Hungarian: “Hévízi-tó”
  • Italian: “lago di Hévíz”
  • Italian: “Lago di Hévíz”
  • Japanese: “Lake Heviz”
  • Japanese: “ヘーヴィーズ湖”
  • Korean: “Lake Heviz”
  • Korean: “헤비즈호”
  • Korean: “호수 헤비스”
  • Korean: “호수 헤비츠”
  • Latvian: “Hēvīzas ezers”
  • Lithuanian: “Hevizas”
  • Macedonian: “Хевиз”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hévízsjøen”
  • Persian: “دریاچه هویز”
  • Polish: “Hévíz”
  • Russian: “Хевиз (озеро)”
  • Russian: “Хевиз”
  • Serbian: “Хевиз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hévíz”
  • Slovak: “Hévíz”
  • Turkish: “Hévíz Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Хевіз”
  • Vietnamese: “Hồ Hévíz”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Egregy and Kertváros.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hévízi-forrásbarlang and A Hévízi-tó forráskrátere.

Zala County: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Nagykanizsa, Zalaegerszeg, Lenti, and Letenye.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Hévíz”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.