Máriapócs | |
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Country | Hungary |
County | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg |
Area | |
• Total | 22.09 km2 (8.53 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 2,186 |
• Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal code | 4326 |
Area code(s) | 42 |
Máriapócs is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. It lies near Nyíregyháza. It is an important place for pilgrimage. It has a Greek Catholic church, which houses the Weeping Black Madonna, an enormous ornate iconostasis that now takes pride of place above the altar. This icon is not the original, but a 19th-century copy. The original one is kept in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
Coordinates: 47°53′N 22°02′E / 47.883°N 22.033°E