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Békásmegyer
Former village, neighbourhood of Budapest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Békásmegyer (German: Krottendorf) is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It belongs administratively to District III. Békásmegyer consists of two different parts, a huge high-rise housing estate and the traditional Ófalu ("Old Village") with older houses. Békásmegyer is divided into two by Suburban railway line H5. Békásmegyer bal-oldal or hegy felőli oldal (left-side or mountain side) and Békásmegyer jobb-oldal or Duna felőli oldal (right-side or Danube side). The left side was an independent village until 1 January 1950, when it was merged into Budapest, while the right side was a water reservoir of the Danube river. Today 41,000 people live in Békásmegyer Microdistrict (13,394 panel flats) and a few thousand in the former village.
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