Aszód

Aszód is a town in Pest county, Hungary.

History
During World War II, Aszód was captured on 7 December 1944 by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Budapest Offensive.

Notable residents

 * Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian national poet and liberal revolutionary
 * Podmanitzky family, Hungarian noble family
 * Aristid von Würtzler, Hungarian harpist, composer, leader of the New York Harp Ensemble
 * József Jung, Hungarian architect
 * Sándor Sára, Hungarian cinematographer and film director
 * Zoltán Huszárik, Hungarian film director, screenwriter, visual artist and actor
 * Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, Hungarian ecclesiastic, politician, historian and freemason
 * Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer, Olympic gold medalist at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan
 * Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Silesian noble, wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary and sister of the great-grandfather of Edward VIII and George VI (father of Queen Elizabeth II), Kings of the United Kingdom