Újpest
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Újpest is the 4th (IV) district of Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means New Pest, because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest in 1840. Újpest was a village for 6 decades until 1907 when it became a town. In 1950, the town was unified with Budapest to form Greater Budapest. Since 1950, Újpest is the 4th district of Budapest.
The football club Újpest FC is named after the area, since they were formed in the district in 1885, and have played there since.
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[edit] District
The district is composed of six parts. Újpest is the biggest, but the district also includes Megyer, Káposztásmegyer, Istvántelek, Székesdűlő and the northern tip of the island Népsziget.[1]
[edit] Twin towns
Újpest is twinned with:
[edit] Famous residents
- Mihály Babits (born 1883), writer, poet, teacher
- Zoltán Bay (born 1900), physicist
- Imre Bródy (born 1891), physicist and inventor
- Julies Dessauer[2](born 1832), rabbi and writer
- Károly Fogl II (born 1895), footballer
- József Fogl III (born 1897), footballer
- Gyula Futó (born 1908), footballer
- György Gedó (born 1949), boxer
- Lipa Goldman[3] (born 1905) chief rabbi of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Yosef Goldman[4], scholar and bookdealer
- Olivér Halassy [5] (1909 - 1946), water polo player and freestyle swimmer
- George Jellinek, radio personality
- Gyula Juhász (1876 - 1913), sculptor and medallist
- Zsolt Löw (born 1979), footballer
- Alexander Rado[6] (1899 – 1981), Soviet spy
- Antal Szalay (born 1912), footballer
- Károly Szanyó (born 1974), footballer
- Zoltán Szélesi (born 1981), footballer
- Mária Szepes (born 1908), author
- Ferenc Szusza[7](1923 - 2006), footballer
- Tibor Tokody (born 1980), footballer
- András Tóth (born 1949), footballer
- Flórián Urbán (born 1968), footballer
- Pál Várhidi (born 1931), footballer
- Ludwig Venetianer[8] (1867 - 1922), rabbi and writer
- Sándor Zámbó (born 1944), footballer
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Tamás S Kiss. "Workers' town revisited", Budapest Sun. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Meyer Kayserling. "Julies Dessauer", Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Jack Roth. "DP Rabbi, Family Dock, Full of Joy", The New York Times, 1949-04-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
- ^ Yitzchak Levine. "Hooked On American Jewish History", Jewish Press, 2006-12-06. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ profile (Hungarian). Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Alexander Rado, Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Ferenc Szusza, imdb.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ Isidore Singer. "Ludwig Venetianer", Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
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