Kelenfold

Kelenföld (in German Krenfeld ) is a district of the Hungarian capital Budapest in the district of Újbuda .

location

It is located in the southern part of Buda near the Danube on its western bank in the 11th district.

history

The name Kelenföld most likely comes from the German name Krenfeld (from Kren , Bavarian for horseradish ). This was used in the 18th century. The district has only been officially called Kelenföld since 1847 and is possibly named after Kelen , a Hungarian chief from the 9th century. The streets were built with prefabricated houses between 1967 and 1983. The older streets around Bocskai út were built in the first half of the 20th century.

traffic

The Budapest Kelenföld Railway Station is the fourth most important station of Budapest, is located in this district and was named after him.

From the Kelenföld train station, the latest M4 subway line of the Metró Budapest runs to the most important Budapest train station Keleti (in German Ostbahnhof ).

The terminus of tram lines 19 in the direction of Batthyány tér and 49 to Deák Ferenc tér are right in front of the train station .

In addition, several bus lines start from the bus station on Etele tér.

Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '  N , 19 ° 2'  E