Aszód

Aszód (Schambeck) is a town in Pest County, Central Hungary Region, Hungary.

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