Szentbékkálla

Szentbékkálla
Szentbékkálla
Location of Szentbékkálla
Coordinates: 46°53′15″N 17°33′49″E / 46.88738°N 17.56363°E / 46.88738; 17.56363
Country Hungary
CountyVeszprém
Area
  Total
10.7 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
  Total
237
  Density22.14/km2 (57.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
8281
Area code87

Szentbékkálla is a village in Káli-basin, Balaton-Highlands, Veszprém county, Hungary. In the Middle Ages the village had a monastery of St. Benedict, which explains its name, because earlier it was Szentbenedekkál (Kál of Saint Benedict). Kál was a prince and landlord here in the ages of the Árpád's peoples arrival to Hungary.