Time Portal to 1838 – Explore Pest’s Great Ice Flood Through an App
No single project, person or organization can save all the lives, educate all the people and be successful by itself. Our greatest strength is in unity and collaboration. With B-prepared, we take that to heart by organizing a Co-Creation Group (CCG) where every partner engages those experts in their network to create knowledge together. A splendid example is based on the long-lasting cooperation between professionals of SZTAKI eLO and the Department of Regional Water Management of the National University of Public Service – Faculty of Water Sciences.
Dr. Gábor Keve, member of the CCG Advisory Board of the B-prepared project and content developer, associate professor and head of the aforementioned department, gave a presentation of the walk entitled “In the footsteps of the 1838 Pest Ice Flood” on 6th March, 2025 at the Bácskai Cultural Center (Bácskai Művelődési Központ) in Baja. Nearly 60 people attended the approximately 1-hour presentation about the walk under development, announced for the members and guests of the Baja Wanderers Friends Club. The guests of the event listened to the presentation with great interest.
The GPS-based walk by HUN-REN SZTAKI is still under development and can be accessed through their IM-prepared smartphone application (Google Play and App Store) created within the framework of the ongoing B-prepared Horizon Europe project. It leads visitors through the most important locations in Budapest affected by the ice flood in the 19th century. The presentation of contemporary events and flood sites is of particular importance because, due to its geographical location, the Carpathian Basin is highly exposed to extreme hydrological situations and thus to the resulting damage (e.g. floods, inland water, droughts, ice and water quality).
Among the water damage, floods represent the most directly perceivable event for the public, therefore, within the framework of the B-prepared project, it was obvious to create a thematic walk aimed at promoting preparation against related disasters, raising social awareness and training. The route of the thematic walk guides visitors along the memorial sites still found in the heart of the capital, all of which remind the participants of the walk on the devastating icy flood of 1838.
