Szob

Szob ( German Zopp an der Donau) is a Hungarian city on a small area Szob in Pest county. Covering an area of ​​17.97 km ² live 2944 inhabitants ( 2011).

The city lies on the north bank of the Danube River, directly at the northwest trending border with Slovakia. Through the town, the road No. 12, which runs east to Vac in the Danube valley. The 232.5 km long Ipoly, a left tributary of the Danube, flows near Szob as border river into the Danube. Szob lies on the railway line Bratislava -Budapest.

The Burgus Szob is a former Roman military camp.

Attractions

• Borzsony Museum: Opened in 1960, the permanent exhibition includes more than 24,000 pieces. It gives insight into the history of the place and the surroundings of the Neolithic Age to the Ottoman period. Available is an ethnographic and natural history collections.