Alsózsolca Explained

Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Official Name:Alsózsolca
Mapsize:275px
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Miskolc
Area Total Km2:26.02
Population Total:6044
Population As Of:2009
Population Density Km2:232.28
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:3571
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:(+36) 46
Pushpin Map:Hungary
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Alsózsolca
Pushpin Mapsize:275px
Coordinates:48.0707°N 20.8802°W

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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/e190864/Place/Alsozsolca Alsozsolca in Museum of The Jewish People
  2. http://www.izraelitatemetok.hu/index.php/alsozsolca/ The Jewish cemetery in the city