Álmosd

Álmosd is a village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

Temple
Álmosd
Coat of arms of Álmosd
Coat of arms
Country Hungary
CountyHajdú-Bihar
Area
 • Total34.13 km2 (13.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total1,653
 • Density48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4285
Area code52
Location of Hajdú-Bihar county in Hungary

History

The Jewish community

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

It covers an area of 34.13 km2 (13 sq mi) and has a population of 1,653 people (2015).

References
  1. The Jewish cemetery
  2. The community page in the census of Hungarian Jewish communities
  3. Álmosd in The Museum of The Jewish People

47°25′N 21°59′E



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