Abaújszántó

Abaújszántó is a city in Hungary Borsod -Abaúj -Zemplén.

Geographical Location

Abaújszántó lies in northern Hungary, 40 kilometers from county capital Miskolc.

Viniculture

Abaújszántó is one of the 28 wine-growing villages of the wine region Tokaj wine region, Tokaj- officially Hegyaljai borvidék ( Tokaj wine region). There, one of the greatest sweet wines in the world is made of Tokaj. The wine region, thus Abaújszántó, since the year 2002 a cultural landscape of the UNESCO world heritage.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Mihály Farkas (1904-1965), politician
  • Pál Jászay (1809-1852), historian
  • Kalocsay Kálmán (1891-1976), Esperanto poet and translator

Among the deported in 1944 from Abaújszántó Jews was the family of the then four -year-old Zahavicsku Szász. 1948 a monument was erected, which was defiled in 1951.

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