Bodrogkeresztúr

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Bodrogkeresztúr Kerestir or קערעסטיר
Municipality
View of Bodrogkeresztúr
Seal
Bodrogkeresztúr Location within Hungary
Coordinates: 48°9′37″N 21°21′35″E / 48.16028°N 21.35972°E / 48.16028; 21.35972
Country	Hungary
Region	Northern Hungary
County	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
Processus	Tokaji járás
Government
• Mayor	Májer József
Area
• Total	29.87 km2 (11.53 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	1,109
• Density	37.96/km2 (98.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3916
Area code	47

Bodrogkeresztúr (shortly, "Keresztúr", Yiddish: קערעסטיר) is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, in the Tokaj District, Hungary.

Before World War II, there was a sizable Jewish community in Bodrogkeresztúr. At its height, there were 535 Jews in the community, but most of them were murdered by the Nazis during the the Holocaust in Hungary.^[1][2]

Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner of the Kerestir Hasidic dynasty lived Bodrogkeresztúr at 67 Kossuth Utca.^[3] The house still serves tens of thousands of people annually, especially on the anniversary of his death.^[4][5]

The area has been inhabited since prehistoric times, evidenced by significant Neolithic finds, including gold jewellery from 1200 BCE known as the "Treasure of Dereszla."

The exact origin of the village's name is unknown; it may have been named after crusader knights. The settlement and its fortress were first mentioned in 1239, likely destroyed during the Mongol invasion. From 1411, the village became part of the Tokaj estate. By the 16th century, it was mentioned as a market town, and from the end of that century until the mid-17th century, a printing press operated there.

The Rákóczi's War of Independence took a toll on the village, but it managed to recover, mainly due to viticulture, modernized significantly by Hasidic Jewish settlers who arrived in 1726.^[6] During the 1848–49 War of Independence, the settlement was looted. A prominent member of the Jewish community was Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner (1851–1925), a revered rabbi who passed away in Bodrogkeresztúr in 1925. His former residence is now a memorial house and pilgrimage site.

• Street map (in Hungarian)
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• Bodrogkeresztúr - Footsteps of the wonder rabbis (in Hungarian)

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