Zirc
Place in Veszprém, Hungary
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Zirc (German: Sirtz) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. It is the administrative seat of Zirc District.
Zirc | |
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  Cistercian Convent at Zirc | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Zirc Location of Zirc | |
| Coordinates: 47.26349°N 17.86928°E | |
| 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 |
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
