Szob (german: Zopp an der Donau) is a town in Pest county,

Central Hungary Central Hungary ( hu, Közép-Magyarország) is one of the seven statistical regions in Hungary (NUTS 1 and NUTS 2). It includes (the capital of the region) and . Administration Central Hungary's subregions (population figures from the ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

. It is just south and east of the Slovak border on the north bank of the Danube. Szob is on a major electrified rail connection from

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

and a major railway border crossing into Hungary. The border is located between Szob and

Štúrovo Štúrovo (before 1948: ''Parkan''; hu, Párkány, german: Gockern, tr, Ciğerdelen) is a town in Slovakia, situated on the River Danube. Its population in 2018 was 10,279. The town is situated opposite the Hungarian city of Esztergom. The Má ...

. On 21 December 2007, all border controls ceased as

and

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

became part of the

Schengen Area The Schengen Area ( , ) is an area comprising 27 European countries that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. Being an element within the wider area of freedom, security and j ...

. Szob is known to Americans for its forced-labor camp which held former US

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Tom Lantos Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Holocaust survivor and American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Demo ...

, during much of

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List of Notable people from Szob

Gábor Demjén Gábor Demjén (born 1 March 1986 in Szob) is a Hungarian footballer who currently plays for Abahani Limited. Career Demjén started his career as a trainee in the youth team of Újpest FC. Later on, he decided to leave the club for the Roman ...

(1986 - ), footballer for Abahani Limited. *

László Antal László Antal (25 June 1930 – January 1993) was a Hungarian linguist, structuralist, Doctor of Science (1981), and Professor of Linguistics. He was considered the sole representative of structural linguistics in America in Hungary. He adapt ...

(1930 - 1993), linguist. *

Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág (born Gudbrand Gregersen; hu, saági Gregersen Guilbrand; 17 April 1824 – 24 December 1910) was a Norwegian-born Hungarian bridge engineer, architect and member of the Hungarian nobility since 1884. Biography ...

(1824 – 24 December 1910),

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-born

- Hungarian bridge engineer.

Gallery

File:Hungary szob.jpg, Pre-Schengen passport stamp from Szob. File:Ipoy River from Szob railway bridge.JPG,

River Ipoly A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wat ...

at Szob File:On the boat to Szob.jpg, The

River Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

at Szob Wine press Szob.JPG,

Winepress A winepress is a device used to extract juice from crushed grapes during wine making. There are a number of different styles of presses that are used by wine makers but their overall functionality is the same. Each style of press exerts control ...

in the town museum Szob, bicikliút.jpg, Bicycle path along the

References

External links

* in Hungarian
Street map
Populated places in Pest County Hungary–Slovakia border crossings {{Pest-geo-stub