Gelse: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Accommodation in Gelse
In the wider regional surroundings of Gelse are Csillagvár, the Gyöngyösi Csárda, the Katolikus templom and the Evangélikus Templom. You can rent a holiday apartment in Gelse.
Nature
Károly-hegy is recorded as a named, mapped terrain feature in the immediate surroundings of Gelse. Öreghegy, Gesztenyés Hegy and Kökényesi-hegy are also located nearby.
Gelse lies in the Zalai-dombság hilly region, within the Zalaapáti-hát landscape unit and in the valley of the Principális-csatorna.
Transport connections: Gelse has a railway station on the Szombathely–Nagykanizsa railway line. The station is located on the western edge of the settlement and can be reached via a side road branching off Route 7529.
History
Gelse has medieval origins: the settlement has been inhabited since the Árpád period and is documented from around 1280; another cited date is 1226.
Cycling
The named cycling routes that include Gelse include Pannon Pleasure 12, the “Völgybe-térő” cycling tour through the eastern loess region of Zala and the Principális Valley, and the seven-day “Zala két keréken” route between Zalakaros and Zalaegerszeg. This provides a documented connection to Gelse for those interested in cycling tours.
Gelse is located in Zala County, Hungary.
Culture
The majority of Gelse’s population is stated to be Roman Catholic.
A listed church from the 18th century is recorded in Gelse; it was built in 1786 in the late Baroque style and contains a fresco of the Coronation of Mary painted by István Dorffmaister.
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