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The Nagykovácsi-puszta heritage site

The fences of the Fülöp Kecskefarm (Fülöp’s Goat Farm – named after the owner) hide a large and complex heritage site. It is composed of the ruins of a medieval church and manorial buildings, the remains of a medieval water management system, and traces of historical land-use. The rest of the buildings were constructed in various parts of the twentieth century: storage buildings, barns, and a house recently renovated as the dwelling of the present owner who purchased the territory in 2007.

Though the site is situated in the strictly protected Duna-Ipoly National Park, traces of its inadequate use in the Socialist period pepper the modern landscape. After the Second World War, it was incorporated into the local agricultural cooperative, and later it was transformed into the depot site of the largest state-owned pharmatrade company. Workshops and depot buildings were erected in the area, the former meadow and ploughland areas started to be overgrown by low-quality woodland vegetation. After the political changes in 1989 the manor was sold, but it remained without a proper function. Illegal waste deposits appeared in the sub-urban areas and close to the villages.

Traditional land-use and bio-farming

The concept of the farm is bio-production based on a complex interaction of woodland and agricultural zones with a number of traditional land-use forms in the area (woodland grazing, extensive type of animal husbandry, bee-keeping, traditional water-systems, etc.). Animal husbandry was introduced with goats, horses, pigs, and chicken. The traditional land-use forms promote the bio-diversity of the area and contribute to the protection of the archaeological heritage elements.

After the removal of waste from the fields surrounding the farm, the clearing of the woodland-area of the manor was started. Some of the old buildings were equipped with new functions connected to local food-production. A shop building was constructed at the entrance to sell local products. The farm is gradually transformed into an environmentally-friendly and sustainable production site by re-organizing the traditional manorial functions: family household, working place for people from nearby areas, provider of regional products and local markets. The main products are goat milk, goat cheese, plum-jam and plum-spirit, walnut, traditional meat products (sausages, smoked pork products). Special attention was given to forage production for the animals on the rented lands, the surplus is also sold for local horse stables and other producers. Investment for machines was made with a low-cost concept; mainly used machines were bought and their service is made in the farm workshop.