Aszód is a town in Pest county, Hungary. History During World War II, Aszód was captured on 7 December 1944 by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Budapest Offensive. 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, […]