Bakonybánk is a village in Komárom-Esztergom county,

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. In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in

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61 Jews lived in the village, most of whom were murdered in the

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. The community had a Jewish cemetery.Bakonybank Jewish cemetery
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Personalities

* Donát Bánki, the co-inventor of the

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for the stationary engine, was born here in 1859

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Street map (Hungarian)
Populated places in Komárom-Esztergom County {{Komarom-geo-stub