Website of BükA large village of 3,000 inhabitants in the north-west of county Vas, where the foot of the Alps and the Small Plain meet. The present village was formed after the lower, central and upper parts of the settlement had been slowly built together. Central-Bük dates back to the age of Arpads, the monument Romanesque church was built here. Lower and Upper-Bük were the settlements of the lower nobles. The mansion of the Nagy family built in Upper-Bük is now a pension. The best known member of the family was Pál Nagy of Upper-Bük, who was a famous speaker of the parliament. Today Bük is famous for its medicinal bath. By a stroke of luck at the end of the 1950s medicinal water was found instead of oil on the confines of the village. The bath has operated since 1962, first it was open only in the season. Today, lying in a beautiful green area of 35 ha, it offers recreation for visitors with 26 pools with 5,600 m2 water surface. Its thermal springs give excellent 55 °C alkali-hydrogen carbonate medicinal water, with a high fluoride, iodine and iron content. It can be used in balneotherapy for curing rheumatic and orthopedic diseases and it can be inhaled to treat respiratory catarrhs. The village attracts many visitors with its special restaurants, the 18-hole golf course, the open-air programmes and music evenings. The three lakes and the river Répce in the vicinity are ideal for fishing, the forests on the hills - for hunting and horse-riding.