Alsózsolca

Town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary
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48°04′14″N 20°52′49″E / 48.07068°N 20.88018°E / 48.07068; 20.88018Country HungaryCountyBorsod-Abaúj-ZemplénDistrictMiskolcArea
 • Total26.02 km2 (10.05 sq mi)Population
 (2009)
 • Total6,044 • Density232.28/km2 (601.6/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
3571
Area code(+36) 46Websitewww.alsozsolca.hu

Alsózsolca is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, a Jewish community lived in the village. In 1930, there were 75 Jews in the village. In 1944, all the city's Jews were sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust.[1]

The village still has a Jewish cemetery.[2]

Geography

Alsózsolca is located in a low-lying area at the bank of Sajó river. The village has roads leading to Sajólád in the south, to Felsőzsolca due north, as well as towards Onga going north-east. The area has artificial lakes created from abandoned mines.

References

  1. ^ Alsozsolca in Museum of The Jewish People
  2. ^ The Jewish cemetery in the city

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