Csanyik
The Csanyik Valley, or simply Csanyik, is a valley in Miskolc, near Lillafüred, Hungary. With an area of 105.801 m2 it is the second largest green area of the city after Tapolca-Hejőliget.
The Csanyik Valley stream is a tributary of the Szinva. The underlying geology of the valley is largely limestone. Oak and hornbeam forest covers the slopes while alder and beech grow alongside the stream.
The valley got its name after the mediaeval village of Csenik, which was first mentioned in documents in 1313, when Palatine István donated it to the Pauline monastery of Diósgyőr that he founded. The inhabitants of the village were mainly winegrowers. The village became extinct in the late 15th to early 16th century.
The Hungarian Young Communist League established a school in the valley, which was later repurposed as a sanatorium after the fall of communism. Following the closure of the health facility, plans for a recreation centre or football academy were suggested but in 2020 the buildings were lying abandoned and falling into a state of ruin.
The Miskolc Zoo in the Csanyik opened in 1983. Along with the People's Garden, Csanyik was a popular place for the people of Miskoic to celebrate Labour Day, and 1 May festivities continue to take place. On summer holidays various events are held. Special trains of the Lillafüred Forest Train railway occasionally run through the valley to Mahóca on a branch line beginning near the Diósgyőr Paper Mill.
The Csanyik valley was one of five locations chosen for a mycology field expedition by the 27th European Cortinarius Conference in 2009.
Pharmaceutical company, Sanofi has a manufacturing plant at Csanyik that received significant investment in 2016 and 2020. The factory makes single-use syringes and in 2016 had around 500 employees. Hungary's state-owned Chinoin pharmaceutical company owned the site into the 1990s. in 2018 an educational trail was laid out which loops around part of the valley, starting at the Sanofi site. The trail, formed by a partnership of St Francis Hospital, Budapest and forestry management organisation, Északerdő Zrt, supported by Sanofi, is designed especially for people with heart problems, high blood pressure and diabetes.