Szentistvánbaksa is a village in the middle of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary,[1] in short Baksa.

It stands in a hilly area in the valley of the river Hernád, immediately south of Nagykinisz, between the Main roads 3 and 37, northeast of Miskolc and Szikszó, and northwest of Szerencs and Megyaszó.

According to the first, the charcoal burners who settled down in the area's oak and beech forests, piled up the shredded wood in a hemispheric shape, creating the so-called boksas.

"Szentistván" comes from "Szent István", Hungarian for "Saint Stephen", the religious title used for the king who founded the Christian kingdom of Hungary, Stephen I. Szentistvánbaksa is located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County[3][circular reference], which used to be Abaúj-Torna County.

in the 1930s people from the archaeological section of the Hermann Ottó Museum carried out research in the biggest hill – crypt – which still stands 10 meters above the field which it is surrounded by.

(Most of the hills are already covered by the fields and they are not really visible by the naked eye, but one can make out their outlines using Google Earth).

Occasional ceremonies are also held here, handcraft activities for children, singing or reading out poems on the Day of Poetry.

If one is very adventurous, they can reach the village through the river as well, as it is suitable for travelling via kayak and canoe(sportspeople use it for these activities).