Újpest (; german: Neu-Pest, en, New Pest) is the 4th District in

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. It is located on the left bank of the

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River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of

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in 1838. Újpest was a village for 6 decades until 1907 when it became a town. In 1950, the town was unified with Budapest to form

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. Since 1950, Újpest is the 4th District of Budapest. The

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club

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is named after the area, since they were formed in the district in 1885, and have played there ever since.

District

The district is composed of six parts. Újpest is the largest, but the district also includes Megyer, Káposztásmegyer, Istvántelek, Székesdűlő and the northern tip of the island

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History

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owned a shoe factory that he wanted to move to

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but was unable to attain a settlement permit because he was Jewish. In 1835, he decided to create a new town where he would build the factory. North of Pest, there was an empty tract of land that was owned by the

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nobles. Lowy bought the land; the deed included the right of religious freedom, the right to self-government, and the right to engage in business. By 1838, 13 Jewish families lived in Újpest; soon thereafter Christians began moving in. Famous statues, like Wesselényi Monument, Matthias Corvinus Monument, were cast in bronze by the workshops of Alexander Matthias Beschorner from Újpest.

Sport

, football team *Újpesti Törekvés SE, football team *Újpesti MTE, football team *Újpesti TE (men's water polo) *Újpesti TE (ice hockey) *Újpest Bulldogs, American football team

Politics

The current mayor of IV. District of Budapest is Tibor Déri (Momentum). The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 Budapest Assembly election, 2019 local government elections, is made up of 21 members (1 Mayor, 14 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:

List of mayors

Famous residents

* Julius Dessauer (b. 1832), rabbi and writer. * Lipa Goldman (b. 1905) chief rabbi of the Orthodox Jewish Community. * Yosef Goldman scholar and bookdealer. * Olivér Halassy (1909–1946), water polo player and freestyle swimmer. *

(1793–1847), Hungarian industrialist and founder of Újpest. * Alexander Rado (1899–1981), Soviet spy. * Ferenc Szusza * Ludwig Venetianer (1867–1922), rabbi and writer.

Twin towns

''Újpest is twinned with:'' * Marzahn-Hellersdorf of Berlin, Germany * Tyresö Municipality, Tyresö, Sweden * Chalcis, Greece * Csíkszentgyörgy, Romania

Image gallery

File:Civertanmegyeri5.jpg, Megyeri bridge File:Újpestaquaworldcivertanlegi.jpg, Ramada Resort Aquaworld File:Újpestutestadioncivertanlegi.jpg, Ute stadium File:Újpestvárosházacivertanlegi.jpg, Town Hall File:UjpestVaroshazaFotoThalerTamas.JPG, Town Hall File:Újpestvíztoronycivertanlegi.jpg, Water tower of Újpest, Water tower File:Újpestplebaniacivertanlegi.jpg , Parish Church File:UjpestEgekKirFotoThalerTamas.JPG, Parish Church

Notes

References

External links

Official Homepage of the district (Hungarian)

Aerial photographs of Újpest
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