Introduction

At the time of the political change of the 1990s, this region with its many small villages was typical of the Hungarian rural landscape of the time. The situation was worse in Füzér, but also in Pusztafalu, Füzérkajata, Vilyvitány, Felsőregmec, Vágáshuta, Kishuta and Nagyhuta, because these are so-called impasse villages, i.e. they are rather isolated due to their location next to the border and in a basin. The Nature Park is a comprehensive regional development unit, which embodies among others the possibilities and the spirit of the region as well as the future vision of its small communities. In the Great Milic mountain group, which dominates the southern and western half of the Szalánci Hills, we would like to carry out developments in cooperation with our Slovakian partners in compliance with the ethos of the Nature Park as we share this region. Therefore it is easier to solve potential problems jointly and as regards the possibilities we can achieve better results on a cross-regional level. We believe that the first positive results and successes of our joint initiative related to the settlements in Hegyköz, in the region north to the Vitányi Hill and along the Hernád River are beneficial for the acceptance of the idea and ethos of the Nature Park. All this complies with the regional politics of the European Union, which aims at re-establishing and supporting previously interrupted relations between settlements near the border and within the small regions.