Dobogókő

Dobogókő is a popular tourist area near Pilisszentkereszt in Hungary, and the site of the highest point in the Visegrád Hills at 699 meters.^[1] 133 people live here.

Up in the hills lies the , a stone pyramid built in memory of one of great pioneers of Hungarian tourism. In Dobogókő there is a tourist museum and accommodation.^[2] There are hiking possibilities to [hu], [hu], and [hu]. Nearby larger settlements are Dömös and Szentendre.

Dobogókő is also a pilgrimage site for Hungarian neopagans (followers of the revived Táltos faith, that is similar to shamanism) who believe that the place is the "heart chakra" of the earth.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Phillips, Adrian; Scotchmer, Jo (2005). Hungary. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-091-6 – via Google Books.
^ Guides, Rough (1 March 2010). The Rough Guide to Hungary. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-1-4053-8715-6 – via Google Books.
^ Szilárdi, Réka (2013). Neopaganism in Hungary: Under the Spell of Roots. Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. Acumen Publishing. pp. 230–248.
^ Hoppál, Mihály (2008). The first twenty years of the ISSR (International Society for Shamanistic Research). Shamans Unbound. Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 231.
^ Povedák, István (2014). "From Attila to the Heart Chakra: Postmodern Pilgrimages". Acta Ethnographica Hungarica. 59 (2): 371–388. doi:10.1556/AEthn.2013.001.

External links[]

Dobogókői kirándulások képekkel - Dobogókő Hiking page – www.dobogokokirandulas.hu
Dobogókő Ski Centre – www.dobogokosi.hu
Snow forecast for Dobogókő Ski Centre
Dobogókő in Utazgató.hu page
Photos from the air about Dobogókő

Coordinates: 47°43′N 18°54′E / 47.717°N 18.900°E / 47.717; 18.900

[Phillips_2005-1] Phillips, Adrian; Scotchmer, Jo (2005). Hungary. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-091-6 – via Google Books.

[2] Guides, Rough (1 March 2010). The Rough Guide to Hungary. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-1-4053-8715-6 – via Google Books.

[3] Szilárdi, Réka (2013). Neopaganism in Hungary: Under the Spell of Roots. Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe. Acumen Publishing. pp. 230–248.

[4] Hoppál, Mihály (2008). The first twenty years of the ISSR (International Society for Shamanistic Research). Shamans Unbound. Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 231.

[5] Povedák, István (2014). "From Attila to the Heart Chakra: Postmodern Pilgrimages". Acta Ethnographica Hungarica. 59 (2): 371–388. doi:10.1556/AEthn.2013.001.

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