Großsalontha

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Town in the extreme west of Romania, in the Crişurilor Plain, 14 km east of the border with Hungary and 40 km southwest of Oradea. The first written reference to Salonta (Hun., Nagyszalonta) dates to 1332 and was found in a papal document. Destroyed by the Turks in 1598, the town was rebuilt by the free soldiers of Prince István Bocskay in 1606. The town was ravaged by severe fires in 1658 and 1847, and by floods in 1816.

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GND: 7580598-4
GeoNames: 8334983
VIAF: 134931732 · 80144814452490705844
Wikidata: Q754730

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Großsalontha

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has reference: 1094845
has reference: 1216788
has reference: 1273904
has reference: 1743546
asWKT: POINT(21.65 46.8) geo:wktLiteral
preferred label: Großsalontha @de
preferred label: Salonta @en
preferred label: סלונטה @he
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salonta

Salonta

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described at: https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Salonta
has abstract: Town in the extreme west of Romania, in the Crişurilor Plain, 14 km east of the border with Hungary and 40 km southwest of Oradea. The first written reference to Salonta (Hun., Nagyszalonta) dates to 1332 and was found in a papal document. Destroyed by the Turks in 1598, the town was rebuilt by the free soldiers of Prince István Bocskay in 1606. The town was ravaged by severe fires in 1658 and 1847, and by floods in 1816. @en
title: Salonta
preferred label: Salonta
has related: About this Article (Holocaust)
has related: About this Article (Hungary)
has related: Jewish Congress
has related: Oradea
has related: Orthodoxy
has related: Romania
has related: Transylvania
has related: Zionism and Zionist Parties

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