Kondoros (Slovak: Kondoroš) is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.
Kondoros | |
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Country | ![]() |
County | Békés |
District | Szarvas |
Area | |
• Total | 81.84 km2 (31.60 sq mi) |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 5,355 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 5553 |
Area code | (+36) 66 |
Website | www |
Jews lived in Kondorosh at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century,[1] the local Jewish community was subordinate to the Szarvas community. In 1944, most of the city's Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.[2]
Geography
editIt covers an area of 81.84 km² and has a population of 5,355 people (2009).
Twin towns – sister cities
editKondoros is twinned with:[3][4]
- Atid, Romania
- Gabčíkovo, Slovakia
- Hanhofen, Germany
- Kikinda, Serbia
- Tekovské Lužany, Slovakia
References
edit- ^ Hungarian Jewish census
- ^ Kondoros Jews murdered in the Holocaust
- ^ "Testvérvárosok". ribarszkipeter.hu (in Hungarian). Ribárszki Peter. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ "Братски градови". kikinda.org.rs (in Serbian). Kikinda. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Kondoros.
- Official website in Hungarian
- Symbols of Hungary