Aszód () is a town in Pest county, Hungary.
History During World War II, Aszód was captured on 7 December 1944 by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Budapest Offensive.
Notable residents Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian national poet and liberal revolutionary Podmanitzky family, Hungarian noble family Aristid von Würtzler, Hungarian harpist, composer, leader of the New York Harp Ensemble József Jung, Hungarian architect Sándor Sára, Hungarian cinematographer and film director Zoltán Huszárik, Hungarian film director, screenwriter, visual artist and actor Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, Hungarian ecclesiastic, politician, historian and freemason Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer, Olympic gold medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Silesian noble, wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary and sister of the great-grandfather of Edward VIII and George VI (father of Queen Elizabeth II), Kings of the United Kingdom
References
External links
in Hungarian Street map