Want a castle in Hungary? There are five you can purchase right now
Hungary is one of the longest-standing countries in Europe and with those years come many historical buildings. Some of them are more famous than others, for example the Chain Bridge or Buda Castle, but there are some small castles and mansions around the country that await their new owner.
Ingatlan.com is one of the oldest Hungarian websites and they deemed it their duty to help people find the perfect home of their lives. In order to help customers with their decision, the website aims to gather all available offers from all real estate agencies in Hungary.
In a recent article, Ingatlan.com has compiled a list of fascinating Hungarian mansions and small castles that could be yours, so you can truly live like a king or queen, Hungarian style.
Veres Pálné Kúria (Mansion)
- Cost: HUF 99.9 million (EUR 277,500)
- Footprint: 242 m2
- Plot of land: 29,208 m2
- Rooms: 5
According to the real estate website, this mansion is a piece of living history. This classicist mansion was built around the early 19th century and has been renovated 22 years ago using contemporary postcard images.
The Mansion is located at the border of Pest and Nógrád counties in Vanyarc in Northern-Hungary, it has almost three hectares worth of land fully enclosed with fences and with its own forest, the website says. The description also highlights that it is bordering a hunting area.
Demesne of Hédervár
- Cost: HUF 120 million (EUR 333,333)
- Footprint: 600 m2
- Plot of land: 2,500 m2
- Rooms: 10
According to the description, the history of the town of Hédervár is intertwined with the Héderváry, Viczay, Khuen-Héderváry families and counts, who have played an important role in the Hungarian history.
Located 50 kilometres from Pozsony and 100 kilometres from Bécs, the castle is easily accessible internationally due to the proximity of airports. This demesne, or majorság in Hungarian, must have been built at the beginning of the 18th century or even earlier.
Between the end of the 1970s and 1999, it was abandoned and neglected. Since then it has been partially reconstructed, but according to the description, there is still room for improvement. The land also houses a Hungarian shadoof and a horse stable.
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Romantic castle near Pápa
- Cost: HUF 130 million (EUR 333,333)
- Footprint: 363 m2
- Plot of land: 95,570 m2
- Rooms: 6
According to Ingatlan.com, this castle was built in 1855 by one of the noble families of the Komárom vármegye (similar administrative unit to county). The listing says it has a large drawing room, two bedrooms, kitchen, dining room, bar, bathroom and restrooms as well as a beautifully adorned cigar room.
Ingatlan.com writes that it also has a card room, which was frequently visited by János Kádár, General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Worker’s Party between 1956 and 1988.
On top of that, the listing also highlights that the castle is surrounded by an almost 4-hectare park, while it also boasts another 5 hectares of garden and a horse stable that can accommodate up to six horses. The castle is located just a few kilometres away from Győr.
Wine lovers’ paradise
- Cost: HUF 361.71 million (EUR 1 million)
- Footprint: 400 m2
- Plot of land: 2,386 m2
- Rooms: 4
Located in Tarcal, this mansion is the best choice for people who love Hungarian wine. Tarcal is just in the neighbourhood of the famous Hungarian Tokaj region, and it is perfect for cultivating almost any type of local grapes.
Additionally, Tarcal is home to the mesmerizingly coloured quarry lake, as well as an 8.5-metre-tall statue of the blessing Jesus.
The listing says that this one-storey, fully renovated castle has an L-shaped veranda, as well as a large maturing cellar, which is 23 metres long and 5-6 metres wide. You can fit plenty of barrels and racks of bottles of fine wine in there. They also built a 109 m2 building capable of hosting wine tastings for 20 people.
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Hunting castle of Esterházy
- Cost: HUF 390 million (EUR 1.08 million)
- Footprint: 1,320 m2
- Plot of land: 7,090 m2
- Rooms: 23
Ingatlan.com writes that this particular castle was built by one of the members of the famous Hungarian noble family, Prince Miklós Esterházy way back in 1770. Hence, this building is a true piece of Hungarian history.
This mesmerising castle is situated only about 40 kilometres from Siófok, close to Balaton in Tolna county’s Tamási. The close proximity makes the trip to the beautiful tourist destination an easy drive.
The listing highlights that the property is located just 100 metres away from the town’s famous thermal bath and there are several small lakes around the area ideal for fishing enthusiasts. They also added that there is a peaceful inner garden enclosed by trees. Built according to 18th-century architecture, most rooms open from one another. The castle also has a cellar and attics that can be converted into living areas.
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Source: Ingatlan.com
In no way can the Veres Pálné Maria building be called a castle, likewise the Tarca building. Houses, yes, castles no. The accepted definition of a castle is the following: ‘A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble.’
A man’s home is his castle—
None of these are castles, dumb clickbait…. Also that’s nota mansion, that’s a manor…. Duma all around
In Scotland, which has an extraordinary number of castles (real ones, unlike some of the above) given the size of the country, there are quite a few owned by women. But hey, don’t let a casual bit of sexism get in the way of a tired old cliché.
Dear @TM, you are right. Women can also own castles. We did not mean to imply anything sexist, the “live like a king” phrase was just a bit ‘careless’ figure of speech. The text has been corrected to “live like a king or queen”. 🙂
Dear Eleanor, @TM means that my comment was a response to TM. It is how we respond to other commentators directly in the English speaking world, I was not commenting upon the editorial in this instance. My comment under the name Pevsner (as in Nikolaus Pevsner, a world renowned architectural historian) was the comment that was critical of the editorial due it inaccurately calling humdrum houses ‘castles’ – a point picked up by commentator Peterzons. The DNH has a lot to learn, it seems.
Dear Pevsner, I have probably overlooked the ‘@’.
Eleonora Jobst – you are not having a easy time articles of late printed that your name appears responding to
commentators – who correct and challenge you – the style & contents of these articles.
Remember bit like correctness in the use of the English language that commentators – Educated you – in past weeks what a Boom – in English word usage & application – it’s correct use and placement of the word.
Elenora you exhibit a high degree of fiesteness in the way or style you respond to criticism that for you, moving forward with your journalistic career, doesn’t impede the goals and aspirations you may seek as a journalist.
Queens Council college of mine in recent years – asked a question that required an answer from a Legalistic perspective, and he replied :
” I know nothing of this subject and because I know nothing of it, I don’t have an opinion”.
Elenora – this may assist you in writing articles in the future and the “Style” you undertake – responding to people in life, when you decide that you are being Criticized.
Respect gained in Life – earned in Life never forget the POWER of Human Respect.
One of my favourite castles is Castle Goring, owned by Lady Collin Campbell. I watch her YouTube offerings every other evening (here in N S Canada) along with Neil Sean’s and that of “just chattin Sue Me” and “River YouTube royals” who is such a charming young man who has impeccable language skills, as does Lady C. In all of these there are background photos of castles and their owners and life issues. I am planning to move back home to Hungary in 4 years and also to spend at least 6 months on England & Scotland. So I am immersing myself in the cultures. I don’t want to be one of those tourists who comment on things that I only have extremely superficial background info on.
I also like a few of the above architecture….would do them up very differently though. There is only 1 that I could afford to pay cash for so I will not put forth any offers. I’d love a nice small church to do over though since building, renovating is how I have employed myself. A real castle needs a large staff just like any company since we no loner have serfs in society. One can dream of a big lotto win though.