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'''Balatonederics''' ({{IPA|hu|ˈbɒlɒtonɛdɛrit͡ʃ}}) is a small resort town next to Lake Balaton in Hungary. It was first mentioned in 1262. The Roman Catholic Church in the village dates from that time, although its neogothic exterior is from 1870.<ref name="capitol">Capitool Reisgids Hongarije, {{ISBN|978-90-475-0197-8}}</ref>
In Balatonederics an Africa Museum and zoo can be visited. It was founded by Endre Nagy in 1984 and houses hunting trophies and ethnographic artefacts from Tanzania.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, a small Jewish community lived in the village, in 1880 65 Jews lived in the village,<ref>[https://library.hungaricana.hu/hu/view/NEDA_nemzetisegi_Zsido_1840-1941/?pg=359&layout=s&query=Balatonederics Hungarian Jewish census]</ref> most of whom were murdered in the Holocaust.<ref>[https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?language=he&s_id=&s_lastName=&s_firstName=&s_place=Balatonederics&s_dateOfBirth=&cluster=true Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust]</ref> The community had a Jewish cemetery.<ref>[http://www.izraelitatemetok.hu/index.php/balatonederics/ Balatonederics Jewish cemetery]</ref>
==What to see in Balatonederics==
* Stalactite cave * Lake Balaton biggest golf course * Beautiful beach * Wine region * Very old Palace
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== External links == * [http://www.afrikamuzeum.hu/ African museum and zoo] * [http://www.csodabogyos.hu/ Balatonederics Cave] * [http://www.terkepcentrum.hu/index.asp?go=map&tid=12238 Street map (Hungarian)] * [http://www.likebalaton.com/balatonederics/ Tourism portal + Pictures of Balatonederics]
== Gallery ==
<gallery> File:Africa museum and zoo.jpg|Africa museum and zoo File:Balatonederics strand.jpg|Balatonederics Strand & Beach </gallery>
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Category:Populated places in Veszprém County
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