Kégl Palace

Kégl Castle stands in Csalapuszta, a village in Fejér County, built in 1878 for György Kégl, a landowner and member of parliament. Designed by Alajos Hauszmann in the Neo-Renaissance style, it replaced an earlier estate purchased from Júlia Nádasdy, a countess, for 390 000 forints. The castle’s marble fountain basin still marks the front lawn, while a landscaped park once stretched down the western slopes of the Velence Hills.

The Kégl family rose from Mihály, a pharmacist ennobled in 1623, to György, who helped found the Fejér County hospital and gave his name to the Szent György Hospital. After 1945 the building served as farm storage, and parts of the once extensive park were cleared. Today an agricultural museum occupies some of the outbuildings, while the main castle remains in private German hands and is closed to visitors.

Visitors can walk the surviving park paths and view the marble fountain basin near the main façade. The surrounding landscape merges with the Velence Hills, offering quiet walks among the remnants of the designed grounds. Inside the outbuildings an agricultural history collection is on display, showing tools and records from the region’s farming past.