Erzsébetváros

Coordinates: 47°30′2″N 19°4′7.41″E / 47.50056°N 19.0687250°E / 47.50056; 19.0687250
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7th District of Budapest
Budapest VII. kerülete
Erzsébetváros
District VII
Flag of 7th District of Budapest
Coat of arms of 7th District of Budapest
Location of District VII in Budapest (shown in grey)
Location of District VII in Budapest (shown in grey)
Coordinates: 47°30′2″N 19°4′7.41″E / 47.50056°N 19.0687250°E / 47.50056; 19.0687250
CountryHungary
RegionCentral Hungary
CityBudapest
Established17 November 1873
Quarters[1]
List
  • Erzsébetváros
Government
 • Mayor
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
1071 ... 1078
Websiteerzsebetvaros.hu

Erzsébetváros (German: Elisabethstadt, both names meaning Elizabethtown) is the 7th district of

socialist era Erzsébetváros's population decreased rapidly, because young people and families moved to the newer "panelized" boom districts (Újpest, Újbuda, Óbuda, Kispest etc.). Gentrification
and recovery started in the middle of the 2000s.

Name

Erzsébetváros was named on 17 January 1882 after

Queen Elisabeth (a.k.a. "The Empress Sissi"), the popular consort of Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary Franz Joseph I of the Habsburg Empire
.
Until the unification of Budapest in 1873 this area was part of
Terézváros. Between 1873 and 1882 it was named District VII without name.

Politics

The current mayor of VII. District of Budapest is Péter Niedermüller (DK).

The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 members (1 Mayor, 10 Individual constituencies MEPs and 4 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:[3]

Party Seats Current District Assembly
  Opposition coalition[a] 9 M                
  Fidesz-KDNP 3                  
  Independent 2                  
  Élhető Erzsébetváros 1                  

List of mayors

Member Party Date
János Faragó SZDSZ 1990–1994
Karola Bakonyi MSZP 1994–1998
Zoltán Szabó MSZP 1998–2002
György Hunvald MSZP 2002–2010[b]
Zsolt Vattamány Fidesz 2010–2019
Péter Niedermüller DK 2019–

Twin towns

Erzsébetváros is twinned with:

See also

Gallery

  • Madách square
    Madách square
  • Blaha Lujza square
    Blaha Lujza square
  • The Synagogue
    The Synagogue
  • Square of Roses
    Square of Roses

Notes

  1. LMP
    .
  2. ^ György Hunvald was arrested in a pre-trial detention for breach of fiduciary responsibility in February 2009. Deputy mayor József Gergely (MSZP) managed the district for the remaining part of his term.

References

  1. ^ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet – a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
  2. ^ a b "A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma" [The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings]. Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1 [Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.
  3. ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest VII. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

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