Újpest

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4th District of Budapest

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::summary 4th District of Budapest ::

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Field	Value
name	4th District of Budapest
official_name	District IV
native_name	Budapest IV. kerülete
other_name	Újpest
settlement_type	District of Budapest
image_flag	Flag of the 4th District of Budapest.svg
flag_size	125px
image_shield	Coat of arms of the 4th District of Budapest.svg
shield_size	60px
image_map	Budapest Bezirk04.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of District IV in Budapest (shown in grey)
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Hungary
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Central Hungary
subdivision_type2	City
subdivision_name2	Budapest
established_title	Established
established_date	1 January 1950
parts_type	Quarters
parts_style	coll
p1	Istvántelek
p2	Káposztásmegyer
p3	Megyer
p4	Népsziget
p5	Székesdűlő
p6	Újpest
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Norbert Trippon
leader_party	DK
area_total_km2	18.82
area_rank	8th
area_footnotes
population_total	100,694
population_density_km2	auto
population_as_of	2018
population_rank	6th
population_footnotes
population_demonym	negyedik kerületi ("4th districter")
coordinates
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	1041 ... 1048
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
website
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The football club Újpest FC is named after the area, since they were formed in the district in 1885, and have played there ever since.

District

The district is composed of six parts. Újpest is the largest, but the district also includes Megyer, Káposztásmegyer, Istvántelek, Székesdűlő and the northern tip of the island Népsziget.{{cite news |author = Tamás S Kiss |title = Workers' town revisited |url = http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=26035 |publisher = Budapest Sun |access-date = 2008-01-03 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090728180031/http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=26035 |archive-date = 2009-07-28

History

Isaac Lowy owned a shoe factory that he wanted to move to Pest but was unable to attain a settlement permit because he was Jewish. In 1835, he decided to create a new town where he would build the factory. North of Pest, there was an empty tract of land that was owned by the Károlyi nobles. Lowy bought the land; the deed included the right of religious freedom, the right to self-government, and the right to engage in business. By 1838, 13 Jewish families lived in Újpest; soon after, Christians began moving in.

Famous statues, like Wesselényi Monument, Matthias Corvinus Monument, were cast in bronze by the workshops of Alexander Matthias Beschorner from Újpest.

Sport

Újpest FC, football team
Újpesti Törekvés SE, football team
Újpesti MTE, football team
Újpest-Rákospalotai AK, defunct football team
Újpesti TE (men's water polo)
Újpesti TE (ice hockey)

Politics

The current mayor of IV. District of Budapest is Norbert Trippon (DK).

The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 21 members (1 Mayor, 14 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:

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Party	Seats	Current District Assembly
Democratic Coalition (Hungary)}}		Opposition coalition
Fidesz}}		WZs-ÚE-Fidesz
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List of mayors

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Member	Party	Date
Alliance of Free Democrats}}"		Tamás Derce
Independent (politician)}}"		Ind.
Fidesz}}"		Zsolt Wintermantel
Momentum Movement}}"		Déri Tibor
Democratic Coalition}}"		DK
Democratic Coalition}}"		Norbert Trippon
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Famous residents

Julius Dessauer (b. 1832), rabbi and writer.{{cite encyclopedia | author = | title = Julies Dessauer | url = http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=280&letter=D&search=Julies%20Dessauer | encyclopedia = Jewish Encyclopedia | access-date = 2008-01-03
Lipa Goldman (b. 1905) chief rabbi of the Orthodox Jewish Community.{{cite news | author = Jack Roth | title = DP Rabbi, Family Dock, Full of Joy | url = http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F40B16F83858177B93C4A9178FD85F4D8485F9 | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 1949-04-06 | access-date = 2008-03-11
Yosef Goldman scholar and bookdealer.{{cite news | author = Yitzchak Levine | title = Hooked On American Jewish History | url = http://www.jewishpress.com/displayContent_new.cfm?mode=a&sectionid=61&contentid=20061&contentName=Hooked%20On%20American%20Jewish%20History | publisher = Jewish Press | date = 2006-12-06 | access-date = 2008-01-03
Olivér Halassy (1909–1946), water polo player and freestyle swimmer.
Isaac Lowy (1793–1847), Hungarian industrialist and founder of Újpest.
Alexander Rado (1899–1981), Soviet spy.
Ferenc Szusza
Ludwig Venetianer (1867–1922), rabbi and writer.{{cite encyclopedia | author = Isidore Singer | title = Ludwig Venetianer | url = http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=42&letter=V | encyclopedia = Jewish Encyclopedia | access-date = 2008-01-03

Gallery

File:Civertanmegyeri5.jpg|Megyeri bridge File:Újpestaquaworldcivertanlegi.jpg|Ramada Resort Aquaworld File:Újpestutestadioncivertanlegi.jpg|Ute stadium File:Újpestvárosházacivertanlegi.jpg|Town Hall File:UjpestVaroshazaFotoThalerTamas.JPG|Town Hall File:Újpestvíztoronycivertanlegi.jpg|Water tower File:Újpestplebaniacivertanlegi.jpg |Parish Church File:UjpestEgekKirFotoThalerTamas.JPG|Parish Church File:Zoltán Bay monument in Újpest.jpg|Zoltán Bay monument

Notes

References

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Patai, Raphael. (1996). "The Jews of Hungary". Wayne State University Press.
Valley, Eli. (1999). "The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow, and Budapest". Jason Aronson.
"Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest IV. kerület".
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613075835/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/docs/v12i3a05p_0001.htm Alexander Rado], ''[[Central Intelligence Agency]]''. Retrieved on 2008-01-03
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0844352/bio Ferenc Szusza], ''[[imdb.com]]''. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.

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