Móricz Zsigmond körtér

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Aerial view of the Móricz Zsigmond körtér with the terminal of the former bus station, Gomba

The Móricz Zsigmond körtér is a public square in the XI. District in Budapest . Besides the Széll Kálmán tér , it is the most important traffic junction in Buda . It has been named after the writer Zsigmond Móricz since 1945 .

location

The place is in the northeast of the XI. Budapest district of Újbuda , about one kilometer from the bank of the Danube . It is located in the Szentimreváros district and borders the Lágymányos district to the east . The main road Bartók Béla út , by the Liberty Bridge to the railway station Kelenföld lead, crossed the square from northeast to southwest. The Fehérvári út branches off to the south and the Villányi út to the west . The Karinthy Frigyes út joins the Móricz Zsigmond körtér from the southeast. Due to its central location, the square is a popular meeting place in Buda.

history

The then Miklós Horthy tér in 1940

Until the beginning of the 20th century, only two streets crossed today's Móricz Zsigmond körtér, the Fehérvári út and the Budai körút . Except for one inn, the area around the intersection was undeveloped. In 1898 the first tram line to Kelenföld was opened, which crossed the square. A year later, the HÉV followed from Gellért tér to Budafok . In the course of the development of the Lágymányos district, the square was already built on three sides in 1912. In the same year a reversing loop was created for the tram. In 1929 the previously unnamed square was named after Miklós Horthy and the following year the statue of Saint Emmerich was erected in the middle of the square. In 1942 the round waiting hall was built within the Wendeschleife, which from then on shaped the image of the square under the name “Gomba”. After the Second World War , the square was renamed Móricz Zsigmond körtér in 1945 after the writer Zsigmond Móricz .

Destroyed Soviet tank at Móricz Zsigmond körtér 1956

During the Hungarian uprising in 1956, the square was one of the most contested places in Budapest. There, volunteer organizations erected barricades against the Soviet troops advancing towards the city center. The fighting was strongest from October 24th to 26th and November 4th to 5th. All in all died in the XI. District, especially around the Móricz Zsigmond körtér, during the fighting 53 people.

In the course of the construction of line 4 of the Metró Budapest , the Móricz Zsigmond körtér was redesigned from 2001 and, among other things, made more suitable for pedestrian traffic. The metro station below Fehérvári út was opened together with line 4 in 2014.

Gomba

Gomba after the renovation (2015)

On the western part of the square is the waiting hall, which was built between 1942 and 1943 according to plans by the architect József Schall, which is called Gomba (“mushroom”) by the population because of its shape . The building is divided into three segments, which originally housed a café and the check-in rooms for the transport companies in addition to the waiting room. In between there are wide passages that lead into the inner courtyard, in the center of which there is a fountain.

The building has been a listed building since 1997, but increasingly fell into disrepair in the 2000s. In the course of the renovation work on Móricz Zsigmond körtér, an architectural competition for the renovation of the Gomba was announced in 2009. The work, in which the three rooms were largely glazed, was completed in 2014. Since then, a café and a bar have been housed in the Gomba in addition to a sales point for the transport companies.

traffic

Platforms of the Móricz Zsigmond körtér metro station

At Móricz Zsigmond körtér is the underground station of the same name on line 4 of the Metró Budapest , which connects the Keleti and Kelenföld train stations . In addition, numerous tram, bus and night bus routes operate here. Among other things, the Móricz Zsigmond körtér is the southern terminus of tram line 6, which serves Nagykörút . Lines 47 and 49 serve the Kiskörút via the Liberty Bridge . All other tram lines run on the right bank of the Danube (within Buda) and connect the Móricz Zsigmond körtér with the nodes Széll Kálmán tér , Szent Gellért tér, Újbuda-Központ, the Kelenföld train station as well as with the Danube bank and the south-west of Budapest.

Web links

Commons : Móricz Zsigmond körtér  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adrian Phillips, Jo Scotchmer, Monika Phillips: Budapest: City Guide . 3. Edition. Bradt Travel Guides, 2012, ISBN 978-1-84162-388-7 , pp. 33 .
  2. ^ Máté Varga: Móricz Zsigmond tér. In: BudapestCity.org , accessed April 16, 2020.
  3. ^ Az 1956-os forradalom és szabadságharc első napjainak főbb eseményei. In: Újbuda , October 21, 2017, accessed April 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Balázs Grabner: Móricz Zsigmond körtér . In: Építész Közlöny-Műhely . No. 235 , September 2014, p. 22 ( mek.hu [PDF]).
  5. ↑ Gomba, Móricz Zsigmond Körtér. In: Architizer , accessed April 16, 2020.

Coordinates: 47 ° 28 ′ 39.6 ″  N , 19 ° 2 ′ 50.2 ″  E