Újfehértó
Újfehértó | |
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Újfehértó Location in Hungary | |
Coordinates: 47°47′56″N 21°41′00″E / 47.79889°N 21.68333°ECoordinates: 47°47′56″N 21°41′00″E / 47.79889°N 21.68333°E | |
Country | Hungary |
County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Area | |
• Total | 140.88 km2 (54.39 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 13,611 |
• Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 4244 |
Area code(s) | 42 |
Website | http://www.ujfeherto.hu/ |
Újfehértó (Yiddish, German: Ratzfert) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
History[]
By 1920, the Jewish population had reached 1,303 people, 11% of the total population. On 17 May 1944, the 400 Jewish families living in the village were deported to Auschwitz via Nyirjes and Sima.
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Újfehértó is twinned with:[1]
- Braniștea, Romania
- Cherechiu, Romania
- Doberdò del Lago, Italy
- Hut, Ukraine
- Váhovce, Slovakia
- Żarów, Poland
Notable people[]
- András Toma (1925–2004), probably the last prisoner of war (1945–2000) from the World War II to be repatriated
- Erika Marozsán (born 1972), actress
- János Marozsán (born in 1965), footballer
- Gábor Péter (1906–1993), Communist politician and secret police leader
- Teitelbaum family of Satmar Hasidic rabbis (see Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar))
- Ferenc Zajti (1886–1961), orientalist, painter, representative of Hungarian Turanism
Gallery[]
See also[]
- Teitelbaum, Satmar, Klausenberg
- Nagykalló, Kalov
References[]
- ^ "Testvérvárosok". ujfeherto.hu (in Hungarian). Újfehértó. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
External links[]
Categories:
- Populated places in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
- Shtetls
- Jewish communities in Hungary
- Holocaust locations in Hungary
- Jewish communities that were destroyed in the Holocaust
- Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg geography stubs
- Jewish history stubs