Kőbánya

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10th District of Budapest Budapest X. kerülete Kőbánya
District of Budapest
District X
Flag Coat of arms
Location of District X in Budapest (shown in grey)
Coordinates: 47°28′35″N 19°8′35″E / 47.47639°N 19.14306°E / 47.47639; 19.14306
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	17 November 1873
Quarters[1]	List Felsőrákos Gyárdűlő Keresztúridűlő Kőbánya-Kertváros Kúttó Laposdűlő Ligettelek Népliget Óhegy Téglagyárdűlő Újhegy
Government
•  UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1101 ... 1108
Website	www.kobanya.hu

Kőbánya (literally:

It has strong industrial and organized labour traditions; as such, it suffered a decline after the collapse of the Hungarian People's Republic in 1989–90. Today, the district is rebuilding itself into a living area for the middle class. Due to its large size, there are several diverse areas within Kőbánya, each with different architecture.

History

The Kőbánya area was historically used to mine limestone for buildings in Buda and north-west Hungary. The extensive and often un-plotted tunnel network that was created during the past five centuries is a major source of problems today, causing buildings to sink and roadbeds collapse. There were also clay-mining pits for the brick industry. Most of these holes have been filled with urban garbage during the 20th century, then covered with soil and built upon, which also causes problems today. As an exception, one of the holes became a fishing lake due to collapse.

A third of the economy in Kőbánya was in wine-making, until the vineyards were destroyed by the Phylloxera disease at the end of the 19th century. A building which exemplifies the historical heritage of Kőbánya is the "Csősztorony" (a small vineyard watchtower) in the middle of the Óhegy area. The district recovered when beer-making enterprises moved into the area and the light beer "Kőbányai Világos" became a kind of national drink during the socialist regime.

The historical Rákosmező area, whose exact location is no longer known, used to be the only legal tent site for

Kőbánya lies mostly on plain. Óhegy and Újhegy (literally Old- and Newhill) are two higher-standing areas, roughly at the height of Gellért Hill on the other side of the Danube river. Óhegy is 148 m high.

Demographics

Kőbánya is a largely working to middle class, mostly ethnically

The centre of Kőbánya has a beautiful Catholic church built 1891–97 in

Újhegy have been covered with a vast housing estate of 10-story concrete houses during the 1970s and 1980s. A very large area of Kőbánya land near Újhegy is occupied by a prison and the New Public Cemetery (perhaps the largest in Europe). Other large open spaces, namely the horse-racing circuit and the Expo area (used for international trade fairs during the communist era) will be relocated outside the district to allow for housing projects.

In the north-east corner of the 10th district is a large fashionable

The current mayor of X. District of Budapest is Róbert Kovács (Fidesz-KDNP).

The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 18 members (1 Mayor, 12 Individual constituencies MEPs and 5 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:^[3]

List of mayors

Sport

• Törekvés SE

Twin towns – sister cities

Kőbánya is twinned with:^[4]

• Bălan, Romania
• Jarosław, Poland
• Letovice, Czech Republic
• Litochoro, Greece
• Štúrovo, Slovakia
• Vinkovci, Croatia
• Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

See also

• Kőbánya cellar system
• List of districts in Budapest

Gallery

Notes

References

1. ^ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet - a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).
2. ^ ^{a b} "A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma" [The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings]. Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1 [Gazetteer of Hungary 1st January, 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.
3. ^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest X. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
4. ^ "Testvérvárosaink". kobanya.hu (in Hungarian). Kőbánya. Retrieved 2020-09-15.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kőbánya.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kőbánya.

• Aerial photographs of Kőbánya
• Picture Gallery of Kőbánya