The Park of Kende-maison Traditional Geocache
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The park is freely visitable. In case of storm it’s forbidden to stay there.
The maison park can be found in an eastern-hungarian village, called Cégénydányád.
This settlement is consisted of originally two smaller villages of Cégény and Dányád. (The name of Cégény turns out in medieval presentments as a place of a monastery played a significant role in the life of the region)
The maison and its park were built and constructed in the early ages of the nineteenth century. This era was the time of the awakening of the hungarian national patriotism and it was pictured in externals too. The English (landscape) gardens were preferred to barroque (geometrical) gardens, as a separation from the Viennese fashion.
The owner Baron, Zsigmond Kende was in close relationship with Ferenc Kölcsey (1790-1838) (poet and politician), who was the writer the hungarian national anthem and stayed here several times.
During the formation of the park, the original vegetation near the Szamos river (grove woods), was partly left. In the first steps they only planted deciduous trees, the evergreen vegetation was only sited later by the grandchild of the founder.
The park lost the biggest parts of its territory under the second World War and the flood of Szamos Valley in 1970. (from 0,5 km2 to 0,16 km2)
Specialities: the coherent Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) vegetation, the presence of the red elderberry and Bottlebrush buckeye, which are unique in this region.
It’s worth to mention that there is a significant woodpecker and raven population in the garden.
I' ve enclosed a map to the description written in hungarian language. This list below could help in the determination of certain species.
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Vérbükk - Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea - Purple European Beech
Szeldelt levelu bodza - Sambucus racemosa - Red elderberry
Lepényfa - Gleditsia triacanthos - Honey locust
Tiszafa - Taxus baccata - Common Yew
Platánfa – Platanus acerifolia - Plane Tree
Páfrányfenyo- Ginkgo biloba – Gingko biloba
Vadgesztenye - Aesculus hippocastanum - Common Horse-chestnut
Kisvirágú vadgesztenye - Aesculus parviflora - Bottlebrush buckeye
Vasfa – Tamarix tetandra – Tamarisk Tree
Szürkenyár – Populus canescens – grey poplar
Tiszafaváltozatok – Common yew diversities
Tulipánfák - Liriodendron tulipifera - Tuliptree
Hamisciprusok - Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - falsecypresses
Lúcfenyo fasor – Picea abies - Norway spruce
Vöröstölgyek - Quercus rubra – Red Oak
Bükkfák – Fagus sylvatica - European Beech
Feketefenyok – Pinus nigra - Black Pine
Törökmogyoró - Corylus colurna - Turkish filbert
Szelídgesztenyék - Castanea sativa - European chestnut
Virginiai boróka - Juniperus virginiana - Eastern redcedar
Vörösfenyok - Larix decidua - European Larch
Simafenyok - Pinus strobus - Eastern white pine
Kocsányos tölgy - Quercus robur - Common Oak
Piramistölgy - Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’ - Columnar English oak
Mocsártölgy - Quercus palustris - Pin oak
Egylevelu koris - Fraxinus excelsior ’Diversifolia’ - One-leaved Ash
Mocsárciprus - Taxodium ascendens - Pondcypress
Szárnyasdió - Pterocarya stenoptera - Chinese wingnut
Feketedió – Juglans nigra - Black Walnut
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Fgnegvat sebz gur fvqr ragenapr, ybbx nsgre n iregvpny cngu gb gur Fmnzbf evire. Gnxr nggragvba va n jbbql cneg bs gur greenva.