Bakonybánk

Place in Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary
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47°27′56″N 17°54′09″E / 47.46548°N 17.90243°E / 47.46548; 17.90243Country HungaryCountyKomárom-EsztergomArea
 • Total15.07 km2 (5.82 sq mi)Population
 (2004)
 • Total522 • Density34.63/km2 (89.7/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
2885
Area code34Websitehttp://bakonybank.hu/

Bakonybánk is a village in Komárom-Esztergom county, Hungary.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1880 61 Jews lived in the village,[1] most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust.[2] The community had a Jewish cemetery.[3]

Personalities

  • Donát Bánki, the co-inventor of the carburetor for the stationary engine, was born here in 1859

References

  1. ^ Hungarian Jewish census
  2. ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
  3. ^ Bakonybank Jewish cemetery

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