Zengő

Zengő is a mountain summit reaching 682 meters in elevation and forms the highest point of the Mecsek Mountains in southern Hungary. The peak rises steeply from its surroundings and is surrounded by forest that covers much of its slopes.

The summit has served as a strategic outpost since Roman times, when a guard tower was built to monitor the surrounding region. In the medieval period, a castle was constructed using the remains of this earlier Roman installation as its foundation.

The name means 'to resound' in Hungarian, rooted in local stories about treasure seekers whose voices are said to echo through the rock formations. This sense of the mountain as a place where sound carries differently has shaped how people experience and speak about it.

The mountain is reached by marked trails starting from the nearby towns of Pécsvárad and Hosszúhetény, with the T2 route providing a direct path to the summit. Good hiking conditions occur during warmer months when weather is more stable and visibility from the top improves.

The mountain harbors roughly ninety percent of the total population of Paeonia officinalis ssp Banatica, a protected flowering plant found only here in its natural range. This rare species thrives in conditions found nowhere else nearby and makes the summit botanically significant.