Town Badacsonytomaj of 2,600 inhabitants at the eastern foot of the hill. St. Imre chapel of the Paulite order erected and existed already in 1263 on the territory of the village. At the beginning of the 14th century the village belonged to the Szigliget Royal Castle. It was destroyed many times by the Turkish, and then repopulated in the early years of the 18th century; at that time it was the domain of Esterházy earls. In order to facilitate the exchange of goods with the other shore of Balaton, two large ferry-boats were put into operation in 1715. Inhabitants dealt with fishing, viniculture and wine-production. Economic prosperity of Badacsonytomaj started in 1903 when a basalt mine was opened in the village. Which is good for inhabitants that caused irretrievable damages on the eastern side of the wonderful hill. As a result of the long-term fight of activists of nature protection, in 1965 mining was stopped and the hill was declared a protected area. Badacsonytomaj is the centre of Badacsony wine region. Here only the Badacsony species of grape are grown: "kéknyelű", "szürkebarát", "Badacsony muskotály", "furmint" and riesling. Wines produced here are spread all over the world. Architectural curio of the village is the Roman Catholic church of neo-Roman style constructed of black basalt stones. It was the first building of Europe of this character. Exhibition of the Museum of Regional History is close to the church (12 Fő street). Exhibitions of the fine arts in the community house of the town.