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Abaújszántó
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| settlement_type | Town | |
| subdivision_type | Country | |
| subdivision_name | ||
| image_shield | HUN Abaújszántó Címer.svg | |
| image_flag | Flag of Abaújszántó.svg | |
| timezone | CET | |
| utc_offset | +1 | |
| timezone_DST | CEST | |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 | |
| pushpin_map | Hungary | |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom | |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of Abaújszántó | |
| official_name | Abaújszántó | |
| map | [[File:HU county Borsod Abauj Zemplen.svg | 275px]][[File:Red_Dot.gif]]-- |
| subdivision_type1 | County | |
| subdivision_name1 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | |
| subdivision_type2 | District | |
| subdivision_name2 | Gönc | |
| area_total_km2 | 47.36 | |
| population_total | 3202 | |
| population_as_of | 2008 | |
| population_density_km2 | 67.60 | |
| postal_code_type | Postal code | |
| postal_code | 3881 | |
| area_code_type | Area code | |
| area_code | (+36) 47 | |
| website | ||
| coordinates |
Abaújszántó is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, about 40 km from the county seat Miskolc. It belongs to the famous Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district.
Name
The Abaúj- prefix refers to its location in Abaúj County, while -szántó, meaning "plower" refers to agriculture.
History
Abaújszántó has been inhabited since ancient times. The Hungarians settled down in the area around the Conquest of Hungary. It was a town for more than 600 years, the centre of the Gönc district until 1921 and the largest town of the region after Kassa. It lost its town status in 1902, and in many ways its role was taken over by Encs. It was the centre of the Abaújszántó district from 1921 till 1962.
Many famous men had connections with Abaújszántó, the poet Ilosvai Selymes Péter worked here as a schoolmaster, and Gáspár Károli, who translated the Bible to Hungarian, lived nearby, and the Protestant pastors of Abaújszántó helped him in his translating work. The esperantist poet and translator Kálmán Kalocsay was also born in Abaújszántó.
Before World War II, there was a large Jewish community of about 681 Jews. The community was annihilated by the Nazis in the Holocaust.
Abaújszántó was granted town status again in 2004.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Abaújszántó is twinned with:
- SVK Košice, Slovakia, since 2009
Notable people
- Mihály Farkas (1904–1965), Hungarian communist politician and Minister of National Defense
References
References
- Kiss, Lajos. (1980). "Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára". [[Akadémiai Kiadó]].
- {{JewishGen-LocalityPage. 847713. Abaújszántó, Hungary
- "Twin cities of the City of Kosice". Magistrát mesta Košice, Tr..
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