PHOTOS, VIDEO: Brand new visitor centre opens in Hungary

An interactive visitor centre will open on the banks of the Örvény backwater. On 17 February, the Lake Tisza Sportfishery presented the plans for Tiszárium to the public. The complex will fundamentally change the way people see Lake Tisza.

Péter Tóth, the designer in charge of the Tiszárium complex, presented the plans for the complex on the banks of the Örvény backwater on 17 February. According to ilovetiszato.hu, the brand new complex would be built around an Árpád-era church.

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Photo: Print Screen from YouTube video/Tisza-tavi Sporthorgász Kft.

Plans for the new visitor centre

The aim was to design a building complex that blends in with the natural environment, based on the traditions and values of the area.

On the shores of the Örvény backwater, the designers Mérmű Stúdió envisioned a visitor centre around the former Árpád-era church. The local museum’s archaeological director, Dr Edit Mester and her team began the excavation project last year.

Photo: Print Screen from YouTube video/Tisza-tavi Sporthorgász Kft.

Other significant improvements would be made as part of the project. They would rebuild the small former Árpád-era church, writes szoljon.hu. In addition, an open-air stage and a bridge over the Örvény backwater would be built on the dam side, providing access to the river.

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An area offering many gems to visitors

Not far away is the Tisza Lake Ecocentre in Poroszló, which from 11 March will welcome nature-loving families and groups with its giant freshwater aquarium, unique in Europe. According to the website, the adult ticket will cost HUF 2,600 (EUR 6.82), and the concession ticket HUF 2,250 (EUR 5.90). Among other things, family tickets are also available.

“It is a real spectacle that presents the natural treasures of Lake Tisza and the Tisza Valley in an entertaining, modern, interactive and playful way, showing the rich fauna of Hungary’s second largest lake.”

said the Chamber at the award ceremony for the Green Economy of Heves County.

Photo: Print Screen from YouTube video/Tisza-tavi Sporthorgász Kft.

Upcoming anniversary

Lake Tisza will celebrate its 50th “birthday” on 16 May 2023. The idea of Lake Tisza was conceived by count István Széchenyi and Pál Vásárhelyi. It was the former who initiated the control of Tisza and the latter who planned the process.

“During one of Széchenyi’s trips abroad, he saw in France that the people living there could produce better quality wheat thanks to water control, which would also serve the needs of the population of the towns there,”

reports ilovetiszato.hu.

Photo: Print Screen from YouTube video/Tisza-tavi Sporthorgász Kft.

The process of controlling Tisza took about 150 years. More than a hundred bends were cut, and embankments were built. The stagnant water on both sides was drained and the resulting land was put under cultivation, while the backwaters were left intact. After Trianon, plans were made to build water steps and hydroelectric power stations to create a safe passage for ships. Irrigation canals constructed at the location could supply the area with much-needed water.

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Photo: Print Screen from YouTube video/Tisza-tavi Sporthorgász Kft.

Source: ilovetiszato.hu, szoljon.hu