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]
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.