Csorna
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| Distance from Budapest | 155 km (96 mi) East |
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Csorna is a town in
. There are two districts in the town: the Földsziget and the Csatárimajor.Etymology
The name comes from Slavic *Cherna/Chorna (black), see also e.g. Čierna, Černá or Czarna.[3][4]
History
At 13 June 1849, during the
Jews
In World War I 19 Jews fell in action. During the period of the "White Terror" (1919–21) one Jew was murdered.
In 1930 the community numbered 795 Jews.[7]
The Holocaust period
In 1941 Jewish males were conscripted for forced labour (work on fortifications and in services together with other Hungarian citizens whom the authorities would not permit to join the armed forces).
In May 1944 a
In April 1945 Jewish workers from a forced labour unit at the
After the war, some tens of survivors returned who renewed communal life. In 1955 there were 70 Jews in the area, including 22 children born after the war.[7]
Sport
The association football Csornai SE, competing in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III, are based in the town.
Notable people
- János Áder, President of Hungary
- David Gestetner, inventor of the Gestetner duplicating machine
- Zoltán Szarka, footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
Dingzhou, China
Lunca de Sus, Romania- Miercurea Nirajului, Romania
Sinzing, Germany
Zlaté Klasy, Slovakia
References
- ^ Csorna, KSH
- ^ Hotels Csorna Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- ISBN 80-88878-89-6.
- ^ Kiss, Lajos (1978). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára (in Hungarian). Budapest: Akadémiai. p. 167.
- ^ Hermann 2004, p. 272-276.
- ^ Hermann 1999, p. 39.
- ^ a b "The Jewish Community of CSORNA". BH Open Databases.
- ^ "Testvérvárosaink". csorna.hu (in Hungarian). Csorna. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
Sources
- Hermann, Róbert, ed. (1999). A csornai ütközet története és okmánytára ("The history of the Battle of Csorna and its documents) (in Hungarian). Győr: The Archives of Győr-Moson-Sopron County. p. 310. ISBN 963-8218-20-7.
- Hermann, Róbert (2004). Az 1848–1849-es szabadságharc nagy csatái ("Great battles of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848–1849") (in Hungarian). Budapest: Zrínyi. p. 408. ISBN 963-327-367-6.
External links
- Official website in Hungarian
- Csorna, Hungary - JewishGen
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