Gávavencsellő

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Gávavencsellő
Country Flag of Hungary Hungary
County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
 - Total 66.83 km² (25.8 sq mi)
Population (2001)
 - Total 3,938
 - Density 58.93/km² (152.6/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4472
Area code(s) 42
Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary
Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary

Gávavencsellő is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

[edit] Geography

It covers an area of 66.83 km² (26 sq mi) and has a population of 3938 people (2001).

[edit] Leaders

In 1898 Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Friedlander became the village chief rabbi; until he got promoted as the chief rabbi of Liska, When his father Rabbi Chaim Friedlander passed away in 1906. Rav Tzvi Hirsh established a yeshiva, where about 40-60 students learned.

Rabbi Chaim said about his son becoming chief rabbi of Gava: "He is rav of Gava (=the city), but gava he does not possess".

Coordinates: 48°10′N, 21°36′E