Alsózsolca

Alsózsolca
Aerial view
Location of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in Hungary
Alsózsolca
Location of Alsózsolca
Coordinates: 48°04′14″N 20°52′49″E / 48.07068°N 20.88018°E / 48.07068; 20.88018
Country Hungary
CountyBorsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
DistrictMiskolc
Area
  Total
26.02 km2 (10.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
  Total
6,044
  Density232.28/km2 (601.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
3571
Area code(+36) 46
Websitewww.alsozsolca.hu

Alsózsolca is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, a Jewish community lived in the village. In 1930, there were 75 Jews in the village. In 1944, all the city's Jews were sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp, most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust.

The village still has a Jewish cemetery.