Zirc
Zirc | |
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Zirc Location of Zirc | |
Coordinates: 47°15′49″N 17°52′09″E / 47.26349°N 17.86928°ECoordinates: 47°15′49″N 17°52′09″E / 47.26349°N 17.86928°E | |
Country | Hungary |
County | Veszprém |
Area | |
• Total | 37.4 km2 (14.4 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 7,157 |
• Density | 192.36/km2 (498.2/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 8420 |
Area code(s) | 88 |
Website | www.zirc.hu |
Zirc (German: Sirtz) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. It is the administrative seat of Zirc District.
Attractions[]
- Zirc Abbey, a Cistercian abbey
- Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences, situated in the territory of Zirc Abbey[1]
- Reguly Antal Memorial Library
- Zirc Arboretum
- Reguly Antal Ethnographic Museum and Folk Art Workshop
Twin towns – sister cities[]
Zirc is twinned with:[2]
- Pohlheim, Germany (1990)
- Baraolt, Romania (1990)
- Nivala, Finland (1998)
- Dertsen, Ukraine (2009)
References[]
- ^ Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences
- ^ "Testvérvárosaink". zirc.hu (in Hungarian). Zirc. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
External links[]
Categories:
- Populated places in Zirc District
- Hungarian German communities
- Veszprém county geography stubs