The Puszta is a region in Hungary. Next to the Balaton it is one of the most famous Hungarian regions. The Puszta with its steppe-like vegetation pattern and the typical draw wells has always attracted travelers of all kinds. Since 1973 she has worked with the Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park the first and at the same time the largest contiguous national park in Hungary, which became the World heritage belongs to UNESCO. Here the Puszta can still be found in its typical appearance as a steppe, while in other regions it has become unrecognizable through agricultural use.
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- The 110 km² Bugac-Puszta at Kecskemét (Unesco a World Bioreserve).
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The Puszta is one of the oldest cultural landscapes in Europe with a settlement history of over 6000 years. This was the place where livestock was kept, which reached its peak in the 13th century. It ultimately contributed to the desertification of the lowlands. Cattle breeding shaped life. The equestrian games and typical dishes of the shepherds can still be found in everyday life. The famous gulyas (also goulash), the soup of the cattle herders, takes its name from Gulyas the shepherd. This was after Csikós, the horse herdsman, the second highest rank of shepherd in the Puszta.
The Puszta has a barren, sandy soil, which, however, has a high groundwater level and thus, in addition to the typical draw wells, also enables the irrigation of extensive areas that make up large parts of the Puszta today. The original Puszta is mainly preserved in the two national parks Bugac-Puszta near Kecskemét and Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park.
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Like large parts of Hungary, the Puszta is subject to the continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.
