Zirc

Zirc (German: Sirtz) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. It is the administrative seat of Zirc District.

Zirc
Cistercian Convent at Zirc
Flag Coat of arms
Zirc Location of Zirc
Coordinates: 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.hu

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 Abbey^[3]
  • Reguly Antal Memorial Library
• Zirc Arboretum
• Reguly Antal Ethnographic Museum and Folk Art Workshop

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Zirc is twinned with:^[4]

• Pohlheim, Germany (1990)
• Baraolt, Romania (1990)
• Nivala, Finland (1998)
• Dertsen, Ukraine (2009)

References

1. Hungarian Jewish census
2. Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
3. Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences
4. "Testvérvárosaink". zirc.hu (in Hungarian). Zirc. Retrieved 2021-03-30.

External links

• Aerial photography: Zirc