Nagykovácsi ( German: Großkowatsch) is small town located in Budakeszi District, in the western part of Pest county, central Hungary.

Ancient objects found in the caves of the Remete ravine and along the banks of Ördög-árok indicate that people lived there during the Ice, Iron, and Stone ages.

[3] These newcomers were stockbreeders and farmers and also built three quarries, a coal-mine and two lime kilns, and named Danube Swabians from Ofener Bergland.

Many of the German-speaking Danube Swabians population of the town were forcibly resettled after the Second World War and new inhabitants arrived from the Hungarian Great Plains (Alföld), the parts of Upper Hungary (Felvidék) (today in Slovakia), and from Budapest to take their place.

The idea of gathering such children into an educational establishment was gradually recognized as a worthwhile initiative throughout Europe and attracted visitors from many countries.