Szob

Szob
Roman Catholic Church
Szob Location of Szob
Coordinates: 47°49′10″N 18°52′09″E / 47.81944°N 18.86930°ECoordinates: 47°49′10″N 18°52′09″E / 47.81944°N 18.86930°E
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
Area
• Total	20.07 km^2 (7.75 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	2,968
• Density	147.88/km^2 (383.0/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2628
Area code(s)	27

Szob (German: Zopp an der Donau) is a town in Pest county, Central Hungary Region, Hungary. It is just south and Eest of the Slovak border on the north bank of the Danube.

Szob is on a major electrified rail connection from Bratislava ^[1] and a major railway border crossing into Hungary. The border is located between Szob and Štúrovo. Since 21 December 2007, all border controls ceased as Hungary and Slovakia became part of the Schengen Area.

Szob is known to Americans for formerly housing the forced-labor camp which held former US Congressman Tom Lantos, during much of World War II.

List of Notable people from Szob

• Gábor Demjén (1986 - ), footballer for Abahani Limited.
• László Antal (1930 - 1993), linguist.

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  Pre-Schengen passport stamp from Szob.

References

1. Thorsten Büker. "enlarged map". bueker.net.

External links

Media related to Szob at Wikimedia Commons

• Street map (Hungarian)