The Klauzál tér (or Klauzal Square) was the largest

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in the former Jewish quarter of

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

, Hungary. Located in the seventh district, it was the heart of the city's old Jewish quarter. Nowadays, this area is also known as the ''party district'' in Hungarian ''bulinegyed'', because of its many pubs nearby.

History

The original name of this square was ''Stephans Platz''. After 1874, it was known as ''

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tér''. In 1907, the square was named after

Gábor Klauzál Gábor Klauzál de Szlavovicz (18 November 1804 – 3 August 1866) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in the first government of Hungary. He studied in ...

. ''Gábor Klauzál'' was a minister of the Reform Age. In the year of 1848 he was the Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade of Hungary. A theater opened in the square in the year of 1872, but destroyed in the year of 1874 because of a

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. A shopping hall (not open air market) opened in 1897, in the place of former theater; this was the third shopping hall in Budapest. Jenő Brandi lived here in this area. In memory of ''Attila Gérecz'', martyr of the

1956 Revolution The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hunga ...

, a plaque was erected at Klauzál tér 9 (Klauzál square 9). Another interesting about the square is that the old tram Nr. 2 went through it. The tram line ran from

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Angyalföld Angyalföld (german: Engelsfeld; literally: "Angel's Field or Angel Land") is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. Administratively it belongs to the 13th district of Budapest, 13th district. The traditionally working-class neighbourhood went thr ...

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