Bakony
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Bakony (German: Bakonyer Wald) is the largest mountain range in Transdanubia, Hungary and the largest part of the Transdanubian Medium Mountains. It is located north from the Lake Balaton and almost entirely in Veszprém county.
The Bakony divided into two part; to Northern and Southern Bakony by the Várpalota-Veszprém-Ajka-Devecser line. Kőris-hegy (706 m) in the Northern Bakony is the highest peak in the range. Other high mountains are Som-hegy (649 m), Középső-Hajag (646 m), Öreg-Futóné (576 m) in the Northern Bakony, and Kab-hegy (599 m), Üsti-hegy (536 m) and Agár-tető (511 m) in the Southern Bakony.
Zirc often called the Capital of the Bakony because it is located in the deep of the Northern Bakony. Here located the Bakony Museum which introduces the animals, plants and minerals of the mountains.
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