Tarcal
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| Coordinates: 48°07′53″N 21°20′34″E / 48.13128°N 21.34267°ECoordinates: 48°07′53″N 21°20′34″E / 48.13128°N 21.34267°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| County | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.73 km2 (20.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 3,276 |
| • Density | 60.97/km2 (157.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 3915 |
| Area code(s) | 47 |
Tarcal is a village on the eastern edge of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, northern Hungary, in the famous Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district, 55 km (34 mi) from Miskolc.
Tarcal is located at 48°07′N 21°25′E / 48.117°N 21.417°E, at the western foot of the 516 m high Nagy Hill at Tokaj at the southernmost foothills of the Eperjes-Tokaj mountain range..
Tarcal is probably the best grape-growing locale of the world famous Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district. All the traditional Tokaji grape varieties (Furmint, Hárslevelű, Sárga Muskotály (Yellow muscat) grown here dry well on the vine, so they are suitable for excellent vintage wines, special quality Szamorodni wines, and 3-to-6 Puttonyos Tokaji aszú wines. These wines are seasoned in oakwood casks in cellars covered with choice mould (racodium cellare, a noble cellar mould).
The estate was presented to Captain Turzul by Árpád at the time of the Conquest.
In 1941 the population of Tarcal was 4004.
During deportations to the USSR in 1945 the local priest János Szerednyei voluntarily agreed to join a group of Tarcal inhabitants rounded up for deportations. He was sent to a labour camp in Vorosilovka, a part of the gulag. Szerednyei died in a coal mine accident in 1948.
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