Pestújhely
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Pestújhely is one of the northern suburbs of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It belongs to District XV.
[edit] History
Until the second half of the 19th century this place belonged to the old village of Rákospalota and was uninhabited and marshy. In 1897 building plots were sold by auction and the new settlement became independent from Rákospalota in 1909. The inhabitants of Pestújhely were clerks, postmasters, railwaymen and other lower middle class people. The rapid development of the village continued until the second world war with the building of houses, churches and schools. In 1950 became part of Great-Budapest as well as Rákospalota. The small suburb today is a pleasant backwater with a quaint market-town atmosphere. You can find here some nice old villas and three small churches.
