Erzsébetváros

Erzsébetváros (German: Elisabethstadt or English: Elizabethtown) is the 7th district of Budapest, situated on the Pest side of the Danube. The inner half of the district was the historic Jewish quarter of Pest. The Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest functioning synagogue in Europe, is located in this district. Currently it is the most densely populated district of Budapest with 29,681.3 person per km². In 1910 Erzsébetváros had 152,454 inhabitants. During the 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 after Queen Elisabeth, the popular wife of King Franz Joseph I on 17 January 1882.
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 Budapest, VII. district is Zsolt Vattamány (Fidesz-KDNP).

The local District Assembly has 17 members divided into this political parties and alliances:^[1]

	Party	Seats	2014 Council
	Fidesz-KDNP	8
	Unity (DK-MSZP-Együtt-Füge-PM-EEE)	7
	Politics Can Be Different (LMP)	1
	Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik)	1

Twin towns

Erzsébetváros is twinned with:

Gallery

Madách square
Blaha Lujza square
the Synagogue
Square of Roses

References

External links

Districts of Budapest
I. Várkerület II. 2nd district III. Óbuda-Békásmegyer IV. Újpest V. Belváros-Lipótváros VI. Terézváros VII. Erzsébetváros VIII. Józsefváros IX. Ferencváros X. Kőbánya XI. Újbuda XII. Hegyvidék XIII. 13th district XIV. Zugló XV. 15th district XVI. 16th district XVII. Rákosmente XVIII. Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre XIX. Kispest XX. Pesterzsébet XXI. Csepel XXII. Budafok-Tétény XXIII. Soroksár

Coordinates: 47°30′2″N 19°4′7.41″E / 47.50056°N 19.0687250°E / 47.50056; 19.0687250

Budapest

Landmarks

Bridges	Árpád Bridge Elisabeth Bridge Liberty Bridge Margaret Bridge Megyeri Bridge Petőfi Bridge Rákóczi Bridge Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Castles and palaces	Buda Castle Danube Palace Gresham Palace Hotel Astoria Hotel Gellért Labyrinth of Buda Castle Nagytétény Castle New York Palace Vajdahunyad Castle
Government	Budapest City Hall Hungarian National Bank Hungarian Parliament Building House of Magnates Sándor Palace
Memorials	Holocaust Memorial Center Kossuth Memorial Liberty Statue Little Princess Statue Matthias Fountain Shoes on Danube Bank
Museums and galleries	Aquincum Museum Ethnographic Museum Geological Museum Kunsthalle Hospital in the Rock House of Terror National Gallery National Museum Natural History Museum Railway History Park Koller Gallery Memento Park Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library Müpa Budapest Museum of Applied Arts Museum of Fine Arts National Széchényi Library Transportation Museum Southeast Asian Gold Museum
Parks and gardens	Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden City Park City Park Ice Rink Gellért Hill Haller Park Fiume Road National Graveyard Margaret Island Népliget Normafa Óbuda Island
Places of worship	Dohány Street Synagogue Gellért Hill Cave Lutheran Church of Budavár Matthias Church Palace Chapel Rumbach Street Synagogue Szilágyi Dezső Square Reformed Church St. Stephen's Basilica Tomb of Gül Baba
Sports venues	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium Bozsik Stadion Budai II. László Stadion City Park Ice Rink Szusza Ferenc Stadion Groupama Aréna Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Hungaroring-Formula One Illovszky Rudolf Stadion Kincsem Park Kisstadion Puskás Ferenc Stadion Szőnyi úti Stadion
Squares and Streets	Andrássy Avenue Citadella Danube Promenade Deák Ferenc Square Ferenciek Square Grand Boulevard Heroes' Square Hungary Boulevard Kossuth Square Liberty Square Oktogon Small Boulevard Széll Kálmán Square Váci Street Vörösmarty Square Móricz Zsigmond Square
Theaters and opera	Comedy Theatre Court Theatre of Buda Erkel Theatre Hungarian State Opera House Magyar Theatre National Theatre Vigadó Concert Hall
Thermal spas	Gellért Baths Király Baths Lukács Baths Rudas Baths Rácz Thermal Bath Széchenyi Medicinal Bath
Other	Café Gerbeaud Elizabeth Lookout Fisherman's Bastion Great Market Hall Gundel Restaurant Hungarian Academy of Sciences Millennium Underground Railway F-4 Object

Districts

Events and
traditions

Universities

Economy

Transport

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