Terézváros (, English: Theresa Town, German: Theresienstadt) is the District VI of Budapest, and was named after Queen Maria Theresa in 1777, who visited the neighbourhood 26 years earlier in 1751. The territory was first inhabited in the early 18th century when the old town of Pest (today: Inner City) was already fully built, so that people had to inhabit lands outside the city. Terézváros was one of the ten districts that were formed when the city of Budapest was created in 1873. Today Terézváros is the second in population density after the neighbouring Erzsébetváros. Terézváros is meanwhile the second smallest district (also the first being Erzsébetváros). Both districts are famous for their night life.
Location Terézváros is located in the Pest side of Budapest.
Neighbours of District VI are (clockwise from north): District XIII District XIV: Zugló District VII: Erzsébetváros ("Elizabeth Town"), known of the historical Jewish quarter District V: Belváros-Lipótváros ("Inner City – Leopold Town")
Landmarks
Andrássy Avenue Millennium Underground Railway Hungarian State Opera House Franz Liszt Academy of Music House of Terror Museum
Politics The current mayor of VI. District of Budapest is Tamás Soproni (Momentum).
The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 members (1 Mayor, 10 Individual constituencies MEPs and 4 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:
Party Seats Current District Assembly Opposition coalition 11M Fidesz-KDNP 4
List of mayors Member Party Date Tibor Seiler SZDSZ 1990–1994 György Borsány MSZP 1994–1998 György Farkas Fidesz 1998–2002 István Verók MSZP 2002–2010 Zsófia Hassay Fidesz 2010–2019 Tamás Soproni Momentum 2019–
Twin towns Terézváros is twinned with: Lenti, Zala County Târgu Secuiesc, Romania Temerin, Serbia Zadar, Croatia Drezda, Germany
See also
List of districts in Budapest
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References