Újfehértó
Appearance
Újfehértó | |
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Coordinates: 47°47′56″N 21°41′00″E / 47.79889°N 21.68333°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Area | |
• Total | 140.88 km2 (54.39 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 13,611 |
• Density | 97.4/km2 (252/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 4244 |
Area code | 42 |
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Újfehértó (Yiddish, German: Ratzfert) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
History
By 1920, the Jewish population had reached 1,303 people, 11% of the total population. On 17 May 1944, the 400 Jewish families living in the village were deported to Auschwitz via Nyirjes and Sima.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Újfehértó is twinned with:
Braniștea, Romania
Kursk, Russia
Nymburk, Czech Republic
Doberdò del Lago, Italy
Harta, Poland
Šahy, Slovakia
Żarów, Poland
People
The names are rendered according to the common Western convention, given name followed by surname.
- András Toma (1925–2004), probably the last prisoner of war (1945-2000) from the Second World War to be repatriated
- Erika Marozsán (born 1972), actress
- János Marozsán (born in 1965 in Újfehértó), former professional Hungarian footballer and father of German footballer Dzsenifer Marozsán
- Gábor Péter (born Benjámin Eisenberger; 1906–1993), Communist politician and secret police leader
- Teitelbaum family of Satmar Hasidic rabbis (see Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar))
- Ferenc Zajti (1886-1961), Orientalist, painter, representative of Hungarian Turanism
See also
Gallery
External links