Zirc | |
|---|---|
   Cistercian Convent at Zirc | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Zirc Location of Zirc | |
| Coordinates: 47°15′49″N 17°52′09″E / 47.26349°N 17.86928°E / 47.26349; 17.86928 | |
| Country | Hungary |
| County | Veszprém |
| Area | |
• Total | 37.4 km2 (14.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 6,552 |
| • Density | 175.1/km2 (454/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 8420 |
| Area code | 88 |
| Website | zirc |
Zirc (German: Sirtz) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. It is the administrative seat of Zirc District.
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in Zirc.1 In 1910, 92 Jews lived in Zirc, Some of them were murdered in the Holocaust.2
Attractions
- Zirc Abbey, a Cistercian abbey
- Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences, situated in the territory of Zirc Abbey3
- Reguly Antal Memorial Library
- Zirc Arboretum
- Reguly Antal Ethnographic Museum and Folk Art Workshop
Twin towns – sister cities
References
References
- Hungarian Jewish census
- Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
- "Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences". Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- "Testvérvárosaink". zirc.hu (in Hungarian). Zirc. Retrieved 30 March 2021.