Are you confused by the districts in Budapest? – Here is our guide!
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Some numbers follow each other in a reasonable fashion in the Hungarian capital. For example, the main roads come one after the other, clockwise. Their starting point used to be the threshold of the royal palace. That was later modified to the Adam Clark Square. Road Nr1 goes to the former imperial seat in Vienna, nr 2 to the North, nr 3 to the North-East.
In contrast, the numbering of the Budapest districts
seems to be in total chaos upon first (and also second) glance.
To reach District 4 from District 5, you have to cross District 13, while between districts 10 and 11, there is District 9. Why?
In 1873, when Buda, Óbuda, and Pest united, there were only ten districts, Telex reported. Buda became the 1st district while Óbuda the 3rd, and the territory between them was District 2. On the left-hand side of the Danube, the numbers followed the historical development of the city. The centre was Pest (District 4), and it had four suburbs. One of them, Terézváros (Theresa Town, District 6), was so big already in 1873 that the leaders of Budapest created Erzsébetváros (Elizabethtown, District 7) from parts of it.
This is how the map of Budapest looked in 1873:
There was a huge debate concerning the future of Kőbánya, but finally, they decided to create a new district (the 10th).
