Kelenföld (german: Krenfeld) is a neighborhood in

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. It belongs to Újbuda, and located in the southern part of

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. The large Kelenföld housing estate was built between 1967 and 1983 from pre-fabricated concrete blocks. The older streets around Bocskai út were mainly built in the first half of the 20th century. The

Kelenföld railway station Kelenföld railway station (Hungarian: ''Kelenföldi vasútállomás or incorrectly Kelenföldi pályaudvar'', and until 2007 officially Budapest-Kelenföld) is Budapest's fourth busiest railway station (after Keleti pu, Déli pu and Nyugati pu) ...

is an important transport hub of Buda, especially since 2014, when it gained convenient access to the city center thanks to the newly opened Metro Line M4. Kelenföld Power Station, the largest electrical generation plant in the world after its construction in 1912, is now a tourist attraction and has received coverage in the English-speaking world in recent years thanks in part to its

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control room.

Location

Kelenföld is located on the plain of southern Buda, next to the river

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. The borders of Kelenföld are: Villányi út from Budaörsi út –

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(southwestern side) – Fehérvári út – Hegyeshalom railway line – Danube – Kondorosi út – Solt utca – Kelenvölgyi határsor – Hegyeshalom railway line – underground passage in Nagyszőlős utca - Budaörsi út

Name

The area was called ''Krenfeld'' in the 18th century meaning "Horseradish Meadows" in German. It was named ''Kelenföld'' in 1847 referring to Kelen, an early Hungarian chieftain in the 9th century.Budapest teljes utcanévlexikona, 1998, p. 40

Sport

The

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clubs,

Kelen SC Kelen Sport Club is a professional football club based in Kelenföld, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság III, the third tier of Hungarian football The Hungary national football team ( hu, magyar labdarúgó-válogato ...

and

Kelenföldi Textilgyár SE Kelenföldi Textilgyár Sport Egyesület was a Hungarian football club from the town of Kelenföld, Budapest, Hungary. History Kelenföldi Textilgyár Sport Egyesület debuted in the 1948–49 season of the Hungarian League Hungarian may refer ...

, are based in the town.

Images

File:A kelenföldi áramfejlesztő telep gépháza.jpg, 1920 File:Az Elektromos Művek kelenföldi telepe.jpg, Kelenföld Power Station, 1920 File:Kelenföldi pályaudvar forgalomirányító központja (17717. számú műemlék) 2.jpg,

File:Autóbuszgarázs (1102. számú műemlék).jpg File:Budapest, metró 4, Bikás park, 14.jpg, Budapest, metró 4, Bikás park

References

Újbuda Neighbourhoods of Budapest {{Budapest-geo-stub