Álmosd
Álmosd | |
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Country | Hungary |
County | Hajdú-Bihar |
Area | |
• Total | 34.13 km2 (13.18 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,653 |
• Density | 48/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 4285 |
Area code | 52 |
Álmosd is a village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
History
[edit]The Jewish community
[edit]Jews began to settle in the village in 1770. In 1830, the Jewish community established a synagogue and a cemetery.[1]
In 1944, 63 Jews lived there,[2] and after the German army entered Hungary, the local Jews were transferred to the Naguivarad ghetto, where all the Jewish residents of the district were concentrated. A few weeks later, they were deported to the Auschwitz extermination camp.
After the war, only a few Jews returned to the village who had survived and community life did not resume. There have been no Jews in the place since 1950.[3]
Geography
[edit]It covers an area of 34.13 km2 (13 sq mi) and has a population of 1,653 people (2015).
References
[edit]External links
[edit]47°25′N 21°59′E / 47.417°N 21.983°E