Hungary
Central Hungary
Pest County

Érd minaret

The Érd minaret is an Ottoman era minaret tower situated in near capital in . It is one of only three Ottoman era minarets still surviving in Hungary.
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Photo: Dominik.Tefert, Public domain.
  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: minaret tower in Érd, Hungary
  • Also known as: “Hamza Bey Palanka Mosque Minaret” and “Minaret in Érd”
  • Roof shape: pyramidal

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hungarian Geographical Museum and Tokol Airport.

Museum
Photo: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 2½ km northwest of Érd minaret.

Aerodrome
Photo: Civertan, CC BY 3.0.
is an aerodrome, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Érd minaret.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 3½ km east of Érd minaret.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Érd and Százhalombatta.

Photo: Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb just southwest of in . It has the largest population in Pest County with about 67,000 inhabitants.

Photo: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town of 18,000 people in . It is 27 km southwest of , on the west bank of the Danube, in the "corner of Mezőföld".

Photo: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in Pest county, . In reference to the 2022 census, the population of the town was at 17,644, with the female being at 9,060 while the male were at 8,584.

Érd minaret

Latitude
47.3609° or 47° 21′ 39″ north
Longitude
18.93852° or 18° 56′ 19″ east
Inception
17th century
Height
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
8FVW9W6Q+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 385729042
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Wiki­data ID
Q1574050
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Satellite Map

Discover Érd minaret from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From German to Vietnamese—“Érd minaret” goes by many names.
  • German: “Hamza-Bey-Moschee”
  • Hungarian: “Érdi minaret”
  • Hungarian: “Hamza bég minaret”
  • Russian: “Минарет в Эрде”
  • Turkish: “Érd Minaresi”
  • Turkish: “Hamza Bey Palankası Camii Minaresi”
  • Vietnamese: “Tháp giáo đường Erd”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Szent Sebestyén, Szent Rókus és Szent Rozália-kápolna and Hamzsabég tér.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Érd, Minaret and Érd Baseball és Softball Club.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Érd minaret”. Photo: Dominik.Tefert, Public domain.