Pest, Hungary
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Pest (Hungarian pronunciation:
In colloquial
Etymology
According to
History
Pest was originally founded as a
During the Middle Ages, Pest was an independent city separate from Buda/Ofen, which became an important economic center during the 11th–13th centuries. The first written mention dates back to 1148.
Pest was destroyed in 1241 Mongol invasion of Hungary, but was rebuilt shortly thereafter.
Demographically, in the 15th century Pest was mostly Hungarian, while Buda across the Danube had a German-majority population.[4]
In 1838 Pest was flooded by the Danube; parts of the city were under as much as eight feet of water, and the flood destroyed or seriously damaged three-fourths of the city's buildings.[5] In 1849 the first suspension bridge, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, was constructed across the Danube connecting Pest with Buda. Subsequently, in 1873, the two cities were unified with Óbuda to become Budapest.
Notable people
- László Teleki (1811–1861), writer, statesman and magician
- Henrik Weber (1818–1866), painter
- Theodor Herzl (1860–1904), founder of the political Zionist movement
- Harry Houdini (1874–1926), illusionist and escape acts performer
See also
- Budapest
- Inner City (Budapest)
- Pest County
- Újpest (New Pest)
- Kispest (Little Pest)
- Pestszentlőrinc (Saint Lawrence of Pest)
- Buda
- Óbuda (Old Buda)
References
- ISBN 0-7864-2248-3.
- ^ "Pesth (part of modern-day Budapest), Hungary". www.1902encyclopedia.com.
- ^ a b Nyerges, András, ed. (1998). Pest-Buda, Budapest szimbólumai [Budapest arms & colours: throughout the centuries]. Budapest: Budapest Főváros Levéltára. p. 2.
- ^ "Budapest". A Pallas Nagy Lexikona (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ISBN 0-87580-337-7.
Further reading
- Beksics, Gusztáv: Magyarosodás és magyarositás. Különös tekintettel városainkra. Budapest, 1883