Zirc

Place in Veszprém, Hungary

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47°15′49″N 17°52′09″E / 47.26349°N 17.86928°E / 47.26349; 17.86928CountryHungaryCountyVeszprémArea

• Total37.4 km² (14.4 sq mi)Population

(2023)

• Total6,552 • Density175.1/km² (454/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

8420

Area code88Websitezirc.hu

Zirc (German: Sirtz) is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary. It is the administrative seat of Zirc District.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in Zirc.^[1] In 1910, 92 Jews lived in Zirc, Some of them were murdered in the Holocaust.^[2]

Attractions

Zirc Abbey, a Cistercian abbey
- Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences, situated in the territory of Zirc Abbey^[3]
- Reguly Antal Memorial Library
Zirc Arboretum
Reguly Antal Ethnographic Museum and Folk Art Workshop