Aszód

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Country Hungary Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 16.21 km² Local time Tuesday 1:18 AM		County Pest Postal code 2170 Population 6,051 (2004) Area code 28

Weather 7°C, Wind SE at 13 km/h, 82% Humidity

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Aszód is a town in Pest county, Hungary.

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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

References

Aszód Wikipedia

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