Abony
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Abony (Template:Langx) is a town in Pest County, Hungary.
Geography
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Name
The name of the town developed from the diminutive form of the name Aba, which is of Turkic origin. It was attested as Abon in 1466.[1]
History
- There are some archaeological finds from the 7th and 8th centuries.
- The village was part of the shire county of Szolnok in the 13th century.
- The first known record of the village is in 1450 as Script error: No such module "Lang"..
- In 1474, Balázs Magyar, his daughter Benigna Magyar and later her husband Pál Kinizsi owned the land.
- In 1515, István Werbőczy was given the village as a donation.
- In 1552, it came under Turkish rule, and during the next century it suffered almost complete destruction.
- At the beginning of the 18th century, the village's population was growing, and in 1748 became a small town.
- On 25 January 1849, Mór Perczel led the Hungarian troops to win near Abony as part of the Hungarian War of Independence.
The Jewish community
Jews lived in the city from the 18th century. The synagogue was established in 1756,[2] and in 1788 the Jewish school was founded. In 1840, 912 Jews lived in the city. In May 1944, a ghetto was established by order of the German army, where the Jews of the city and the surrounding area were concentrated. In June, ghetto Jews were deported in two transports to the Auschwitz extermination camp.[3]
In literature
On 12 June 1847 Sándor Petőfi spent a night in the village pub on his way from Nagyszalonta (where he visited János Arany) to Budapest. It is mentioned it in his Journey letters.
Lajos Abonyi, a writer who lived in Abony, recorded a famous folk-song "In Nagyabony there are only two towers" from Zoltán Kodály's Braggadocio. In the song Nagyabony means this village. There is another Nagyabony in Slovakia, called in Slovak Script error: No such module "Lang".. The song's tune is from Upper Hungary.
Economy
The local economy is mainly based on agriculture: most people are crop farmers, but some grow grapes and fruit.
Landmarks
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- Lajos Abonyi Folk Museum and granary
- Harkányi Castle
- Synagogue
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- Talián family mausoleum
- Family seats: Kostyán, Lavatka, Szapáry, Kisvigyázó (castle), Vigyázó, Ajtay, Sivó, Teszáry
Famous people
- János Varga, (1939 – 2022 ), Olympic champion wrestler.
- Gyula Háy (1900 – 1975), dramatist and poet.
- Artúr Balogh (1866 – 1951), Hungarian lawyer, university professor, politician, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- László Endre (1895 - 1946), politician and Nazi collaborator
- Zoltán Mucsi (b. 1957 - ), actor
- László Földi (b. 1952 – ), politician
- Norbert Kállai (b. 1984 – ), footballer
International relations
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Twin towns — sister cities
Abony is twinned with:
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References
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- ↑ Abonys synagogue
- ↑ The Jewish Community of Abony in The Muzeum of The Jewish People
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External links
- Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in Hungarian
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- Aerial photographs of Abony
- Lajos Abonyi folk museum
- Abony at szeporszag.hu
- Abony at lap.hu
- The jewish community in Abony On JewishGen website.
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