Abaújszántó

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = HUN
timezone=CET
utc_offset=+1
timezone_DST=CEST
utc_offset_DST=+2
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subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
area_total_km2=47.36
population_total=3407|population_footnotes=
population_as_of=2001|population_density_km2=71.94
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postal_code=3881
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Abaújszántó is a small town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, about 40 kilometers from county capital Miskolc. It belongs to the famous Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district.

History

Abaújszántó has been inhabited since ancient times. The Hungarians settled down in the area around the Conquest of Hungary. It was a town for more than 600 years, the centre of the Gönc district until 1921 and the largest town of the region after Kassa. It lost its town status in 1902, and in many ways its role was taken over by Encs. Was centre of the Abaújszántó district from 1921 till 1962.

Many famous men had connections with Abaújszántó, the poet Ilosvai Selymes Péter worked here as a schoolmaster, and Gáspár Károli, who translated the Bible to Hungarian, lived nearby, and the Protestant pastors of Abaújszántó helped him in his translating work.

Abaújszántó was granted town status again in 2004.

External links

* [http://www.abaujszanto.hu The official site of the town]
* [http://www.1hungary.com/info/abaujszanto/ Information on www.1hungary.com]