From Mikota to the Kőkíp Multi-Cache

This is a 3 stages geocache:
1. You can create the coordinates of the second stage from the numbers you can find on the information board at the bicycle rest area.
2. A half litre bottle with the coordinates of the cache.
3. Traditional geocache with a logbook and souvenirs.

The village of Darnózseli is not abound with sights but there are a few interesting, nice places worthy to visit and it's a really good starting point for trekking in Szigetköz as it is in the heart of it.

Approach: From Győr it is 28 km on Road 1401 or 35 km on Road 1 through Kimle. From Mosonmagyaróvár it is 16 km on Road 1401. You start on the northern part of the village. From start to finish it is 5 km (another 3 km to go back), so you can walk, but the stages can also be accessed by car. However, I recommend a bicycle tour, especially as the village lays along the Eurovelo 6 bicycle road.

Parking: Near the first stage, at the northern end of the village. You turn towards "Horgony tanya". If you come by bicycle you can not miss the bicycle rest area on the brink of the village.

History of the village:
There was a settlement near the village (in Parázsszeg) already in the Iron Age, but the first written remarks about it only came from 1443, in one of the charters of the count of Hédervár. The two parts of the village was called Darnow and Selew or Seli. The names are probably of slavic origin and presumably imply on the occupations of the villagers. Darnow means soddy, grassy and Selew means cabbage, cabbage patch. The villagers were probably shepherds and cabbage growers. Grand Prince Géza (father of Saint Stephen I) gave Szigetköz to two brothers, Héder and Wolfger as a fiefdom. The settlement of Szigetköz was due to this. Darnó and Zseli was founded around the 12th century. In the 16-17th centuries the marauding turkish troops sacked and ravaged the villages. Until 1788 the village belonged to the parish churh of Hédervár. Darnózseli came to existence in 1934 when Mosndarnó and Zseli joined together.

Stage 1: Jewish cemetery and Lake Mikota.
Jews lived in Darnózseli from the middle 19th century until 1944-45, when the germans deportated them. The village was a small central for the jewish population in the region. They had a tabernacle and a cemetery here. The tablernacle was situated on the main street, but it was demolished after 1945. The cemetery was opened in 1883. The last funeral held here was in 1943. The youth of the village tidied it up and look after it since then. A memorial wall was erected directly after the finishing of the work in May of 1985 in remembrance of the deportations from Darnózseli and Szigetköz.
Mikota lake:
Near to the cemetery is the angler lake with orderly surroundings. A nice park and an inn give relaxation next to it. A footpath leads to the lake, there are information boards that introduce you the wildlife of Szigetköz. We will use the info boards at the bicycle rest area to get the coordinates of the second stage.

Coordinates of the second stage:
N 47° 51,ABC'
E 17° 25,DAC'
Answer the following questions and substitute the letters to get the above coordinates:
A: What is the number of the bicycle tour that is 30.7 km long?
B: Substract one from the fourth digit of the date the church of Darnózseli was built.
C: The second digit of the land area in hectares of the park of the castle of Hédervár, that is planted with rare plants.
D: The second digit of the lenght of the 7th bicycle tour in kms.

Stage 2: The Horse Chestnut Tunnel
Coordinates are in stage 1.
Road 1404, that connects Darnózseli with Lipót is fringed with lines of horse chestnut trees planted in the 1930s. The beautyful alley is protected since 1982 and streches as far as the edge of Lipót. The road has only one traffic lane, there are small bays to by-pass the opposing traffic. If you come by car, you can leave it in the first bay on the right side of the road.
The bottle is in a delve on a branch of a tree, in the height of about 180 cms. You can find the coordinates of the second stage in the bottle.

Stage 3: The French Stone Memorial
Coordinates are in the second stage.
If you come by car, you can park it at the entrance of the farmer's cooperative buildings. You cross the road here, turn left onto the bicycle road and walk 200m to the memorial.

The French Stone Memorial: In 1809 Napoleon attacked the Habsburg Monarchy again, and issued a proclamation to the hungarian nobilitiy to join him. Dispite their discontent they stood by their emperor and they fought a battle against Napoleon at Gyõr. Darnozseli laid on the war roads. There might have been a friendly relation between the parish priest of Darnózseli and the french captain. We don't know if the captain is identical with the polish officier George Rilovit, who was shot dead in a minor battle. His wife erected this memorial stone.
To stage three you have to go further from the memorial on a small path. Turn immediately to the left. In this bushy area you will find a proliferous tree-stump. Behind the memorial meanders the Hidegkúti-ér (brook of Hidegkút), which separates the area from the forest of Zseli. 'Kőkíp' is a transdanubian dialect version of the word 'Stone Memorial' or 'Kő emlékmű' or 'Kőkép'.