Saint George's Hill
In Szent György-hegy—German: Sankt-Georgs-Berg—once stood one of the Balaton Uplands’ characteristic “witness hills,” known for immense basalt columns on its slopes. The name came from the Szent György-kápolna that used to stand at the foot, and local legends also braided Saint George together with the dragon story. Geologically, the hill’s bedrock traced back to the Pannon Sea: between 3 and 4 million years ago, repeated volcanic eruptions laid down basalt and basalt-tuff layers. As surrounding Pannon sediments wore away, the basalt cap protected the core, leaving the former height—its highest point reached 415 metres—standing above the older surface. The vegetation tells another chapter. …
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