Pesterzsébet is the 20th district of
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
,
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
. It is located in the southern part of the capital and is the 17th biggest district in the city. It is a mostly suburban area with approximately 70,000 residents.
History
Pesterzsébet was named until 1924 Erzsébetfalva, with a brief period of being called Leninváros during the
Hungarian Soviet Republic, 1924–1932 Pesterzsébet, 1932–1950 Pestszenterzsébet, 1950–1990 Pesterzsébet.
File:Budapest 20th district town center.jpg, The Town Center and statue of Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (; ; ; ; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, r ...
File:Pesterzsébet (02) (Budapest) (Hungary).jpg, A local and the main street behind
Sport
The most popular sport in this town is
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
. The town had one team playing in the top level of the Hungarian football league system, the
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system.
Twelve ...
. The name of the team was
Erzsébeti TC, which played in the
1925–26 season.
List of mayors
Gallery
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Image:20.pesterzsebeti evangelikus templom.jpg
Image:20.pesterzsebeti kozponti reformatus templom.jpg
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Twin towns
Pesterzsébet is twinned with:
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Alushta
Alushta (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and Russian language, Russian: ; ; ) is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a region internationally recognised as ...
, Ukraine
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Belin, Romania
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Cristuru Secuiesc
Cristuru Secuiesc (; , ) is a town in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town administers two villages: Betești (''Betfalva''), part of Mugeni until 2004, and Filiaș (' ...
, Romania
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Nowa Słupia
Nowa Słupia is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Nowa Słupia. It lies approximately east of the regional capital Kielce.
History ...
, Poland
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Olgiate Comasco, Italy
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Nord-Ost (Frankfurt), Germany
See also
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List of districts in Budapest
Budapest, the capital of Hungary has 23 districts (, ), each with its own Municipality, municipal government.
The number of districts in Budapest
Budapest was organized into 10 districts (numbered from I to X) in 1873 after the unification of t ...
References
External links
Official homepage of PesterzsébetAerial photographsPicture gallery
Urban planning in Hungary
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