Zirc is a town in Veszprem County, Hungary, and the administrative seat of Zirc District, with a 2023 population of 6,552 across 37.4 square kilometers. A Jewish community lived in Zirc from the late 19th into the early 20th century, numbering 92 in 1910, with members later killed in the Holocaust. The town is home to a Cistercian Abbey, the Bakony Museum of Natural Sciences, the Reguly Antal Memorial Library, an arboretum, and an ethnographic museum of Reguly Antal's folk art collection, and it maintains sister-city ties with towns in Germany, Romania, Finland, and Ukraine.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Latitude47.263333 degrees north 1 FAQs
When is Zirc first mentioned in writing?
First mentioned in 1199 as Siric.
The first written mention of Zirc dates from 1199, when the place is recorded under the name Siric.
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1. Zirc (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 6,371 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 47.263333, longitude 17.8725
P2046 (area)
area 37.4 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 6371 (2025)
View the Source2. Wikipedia (Hungarian): Zirc
Wikipedia (Hungarian)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1199
Az első írásos említés 1199 -ből származik, ahol Siric néven említik.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1199
Az első írásos említés 1199 -ből származik, ahol Siric néven említik.
Source text, founding-year: 1199
Az első írásos említés 1199 -ből származik, ahol Siric néven említik.
View the Source Zirc (Wikipedia)
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