Alsózsolca

Alsózsolca is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.

Alsózsolca
Town
Aerial view
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Location of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in Hungary
Alsózsolca Location of Alsózsolca
Coordinates: 48.07068°N 20.88018°E / 48.07068; 20.88018
Country	Hungary
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
District	Miskolc
Area
• Total	26.02 km2 (10.05 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	6,044
• Density	232.28/km2 (601.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3571
Area code	(+36) 46
Website	www.alsozsolca.hu

In the 19th and 20th centuries, a Jewish community lived in the village. In 1930, there were 75 Jews in the village. In 1944, all the city's Jews were sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust.^[1]

The village still has a Jewish cemetery.^[2]

Geography

Alsózsolca is located in a low-lying area at the bank of Sajó river. The village has roads leading to Sajólád in the south, to Felsőzsolca due north, as well as towards Onga going north-east. The area has artificial lakes created from abandoned mines.