Kálmán-Hegyi Prés-És Pincemúzeum Wine Press Museum


Address:
Magyarország, Tótszentmárton, Zala, Hungary, 8865

Incorrect data? Please notify us at hi@itinari.com.

Travel Tips For Tótszentmárton

Get personalized advice based on this article from AI assistant Maya
Get the most authentic experience. Check out these guided tours and skip-the-line tickets around Tótszentmárton.
If you use the above links, you pay the same price and we get a small commission - thanks for your support!

Tótszentmárton closed garden: The closed garden belonging to Tótszentmárton is situated in the eastern border of the village Kálmán-hegy and Nagymező. It has an area of ​​nearly 60 hectares, with orchards, vineyards, hay meadows and cultures. The number of press houses and wine cellars is nearly 150. In the present state of the closed garden, the mosaic production approaches are most evident, in addition to fruit, grapes, meadow and cultivated areas, afforested and deserted areas also appear. On Kálmán Hill on the closed hill and Nagymező street streets there are cellars and press houses where there is an asphalt road. The closed garden is supplied with fixed drinking water, electricity is also introduced. Virtually with the cultivation of vines from the Middle Ages, this is the site, although according to the sources, the vineyards of Muramenti produced bad, shady and degrading wine. The special arrangement of vineyards in the region dates back to the 13th century. During the transformation of the ownership relations, the vineyard could be regarded as the owner of the grape, it was free to give it, to buy it, to inherit it. In a vineyard, residents of distant villages also had their holdings. Many of them crossed the Mura Center, because there were very few sloping hillsides. Such a method of vineyards also had an effect on the closed-frame construction, the press-house construction was widespread. The buildings served not only for wine storage, but also for processing grapes and occasional accommodations. The XIX. At the end of the 19th century, phylloxera (rooted) as a wildfire swirled along the vineyards, two-thirds of Zala's vineyards were destroyed and many areas were not replanted. At this time, the characteristic mosaic structure was won by the vineyards of small settlements. In addition to the grapes, fruit and meadow belonged to the vineyard.


In the heart of Kálmán-hegy close to Lake Balaton, in a 4512 m2 area, the XX. The medieval façade of the historic cellar built at the beginning of the 18th century is different from the wine cellars in its surroundings, with a press over eighty-five years old.


The building was renovated in 2015 within the framework of a tourist tender. Within the project to preserve architectural values ​​of the Kálmán Hill, the exterior and interior of the building were renewed and an underground cellar was enlarged. Internal division: 1 reception room, 3 showrooms, 1 wine storage room, wet block.


The facility, currently serving as a press and wine cellar, is open all year round, in the building you can see the objects of art used in the vineyards of the Muramenti Croats, visual information on local and surrounding construction, dress and cultural habits.   The current owner of the site is the project of the Mura and Rural Public Nonprofit Ltd. with several development ideas, including an active tourism (boating, water and cycling) end point, the development of a rural heritage site - wine-growing ecopoints. In addition to these infrastructural developments, there is also an important goal to revitalize the area for production purposes (indigenous grapes, planting of berries and fruit trees).



Want to plan a trip here? Talk to AI travel assistant Maya.

Travel stories around Kálmán-Hegyi Prés-És Pincemúzeum Wine Press Museum

Places to visit around Kálmán-Hegyi Prés-És Pincemúzeum Wine Press Museum