Petneháza

Also known as Petnehaza

thumb|right|300px|Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in [[Hungary]] Petneháza is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

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Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox settlement >.timezone: CET
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox settlement >.utc_offset: +1
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox settlement >.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox settlement >.utc_offset_DST: +2
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox settlement >.official_name: Petneháza
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox settlement >.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox settlement >.subdivision_name1: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Settlement <! more fields are available for this Infobox See Template:Infobox settlement >.area_total_km2: 24.2

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History
The jewish community
Geography
References
External links

thumb|right|300px|Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in [[Hungary]] Petneháza is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

==History== ===The jewish community=== The census of 1770 mentions Jews who lived in Petneháza. Most of them worked as merchants. The Jewish community was organized at the beginning of the 19th century. During the Schism in Hungarian Jewry, following the Hungarian Jewish Congress in 1869, 1868 the community joined the Orthodox stream. There were synagogue, two cemeteries and mikveh.