Aszód

Aszód
Town
The House of the Armed Forces Club (formerly the Casino)
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Pest county in Hungary
Aszód Location of Aszód
Coordinates: 47.65451°N 19.47998°E / 47.65451; 19.47998
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
District	Aszód
Area
• Total	16.21 km2 (6.26 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	6,162
• Density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2170
Area code	(+36) 28
Website	aszod.hu

Podmanitzky family palace in Aszód.

Aszód (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɒsoːd]) is a town in Pest county, Hungary.

History

During World War II, Aszód was captured on 7 December 1944 by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Budapest Offensive.

Notable residents

• Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian national poet and liberal revolutionary
• Podmanitzky family, Hungarian noble family
• Aristid von Würtzler, Hungarian harpist, composer, leader of the New York Harp Ensemble
• József Jung, Hungarian architect
• Sándor Sára, Hungarian cinematographer and film director
• Zoltán Huszárik, Hungarian film director, screenwriter, visual artist and actor
• Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, Hungarian ecclesiastic, politician, historian and freemason
• Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer, Olympic gold medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
• Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Silesian noble, wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary and sister of the great-grandfather of Edward VIII and George VI (father of Queen Elizabeth II), Kings of the United Kingdom

External links

• Official website in Hungarian
• Street map (in Hungarian)