Kelenföld () is a neighborhood in
Budapest
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,
Hungary
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. It belongs to
Újbuda
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, and located in the southern part of
Buda
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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 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
Art Deco
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control room.
Location
Kelenföld is located on the plain of southern Buda, next to the river
Danube
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.
The borders of Kelenföld are: Villányi út from Budaörsi út –
Móricz Zsigmond körtér (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
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 ...
clubs,
Kelen SC and
Kelenföldi Textilgyár SE, 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, Kelenföld railway station
File:Autóbuszgarázs (1102. számú műemlék).jpg
File:Budapest, metró 4, Bikás park, 14.jpg, Budapest, metró 4, Bikás park
References
Újbuda
Neighbourhoods of Budapest
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