Álmosd

Álmosd
Coat of arms of Álmosd
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Country Hungary
CountyHajdú-Bihar
Area
 • Total
34.13 km2 (13.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
1,653
 • 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

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

Temple

History

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The Jewish community

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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

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

References

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47°25′N 21°59′E / 47.417°N 21.983°E / 47.417; 21.983