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Adony (formerly ''Duna-Adony''; german: Adam; la, Vetus Salina or ) is a town in
Fejér County Fejér ( hu, Fejér megye, ) is an administrative county ( comitatus or megye) in Central Hungary. It lies on the west bank of the river Danube and nearly touches the eastern shore of Lake Balaton. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties ...
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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, Cr ...
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Twin towns – sister cities

Adony is twinned with: * Oberweser, Germany (1995) *
Szczekociny Szczekociny () is a town on the Pilica river, in Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland, with 3,612 inhabitants (2019). Even though Szczekociny administratively belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship, it is part of historic region of Lesser Polan ...
, Poland (2001) *
Cehu Silvaniei Cehu Silvaniei (, until 1854 , meaning "Czechs of Szilágy") is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. Four villages are administered by the town: Horoatu Cehului (''Oláhhorvát''), Motiș (''Mutos''), Nadiș (''Szilágynádasd'') and Ulciug ...
, Romania (2009)


People

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Teréz Csillag Therese Csillag, or hu, Teréz Csillag, Csillag Teréz, born ''Stern''; August 17, 1859 in Duna-Adony – July 9, 1925 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Jewish actress. For many years she was a popular comedian at the National Theater in Budap ...
, actress


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External links

* in Hungarian
Aerialphotgraphs of Adony

The jewish community in Adony
On
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