Solymár
Solymár () is a
village in northwest of
Budapest metropolitan area, bordering the 3rd and 2nd districts of the city, as well as
Nagykovácsi,
Pilisszentiván,
Pilisvörösvár,
Csobánka,
Pilisborosjenő, and
Üröm. Its picturesque surroundings (hills to the south and east, the highest point is
Zsíroshegy at 424m) and good accessibility the 64, 64A, 64B, 164, 164B, 264, 157 and 964 city buses from
Hűvösvölgy, 218 from
Óbuda, 831 from
Pilisszántó, a train from
Budapest Nyugati and
Esztergom, and coaches from
Árpád-híd made it a desirable destination for affluent city-dwellers moving to suburban homes outside of Budapest from the mid-1990s. Its historical
German-speaking majority was
depopulated following the
Second World War, some
non-compulsively, and a great majority by force in a series of deportations, which is solemnly remembered in a
commemorative monument erected in the village in 1990.
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