Kelenföld is a neighborhood in Budapest

Budapest

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, Hungary

Hungary

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. It belongs to Újbuda

Újbuda

Újbuda is the 11th district of Budapest , Hungary. Currently it is the most populous district of Budapest with 137,426 inhabitants . Until the 1890s Újbuda's present territory was a field south to the historical town of Buda. The construction of a new residential area started in the 1900s, the...

, and located in the southern part of Buda

Buda

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. The large Kelenföld housing estate was built between 1967 and 1983 from pre-fabricated concrete blocks. The older streets around Bocskai út were mainly built in the first half of the 20th century. The Kelenföld Railway Station

Kelenföld Railway Station

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 is an important transport hub of Buda.

Location

Kelenföld is located on the plain of southern Buda, next to the river Danube

Danube

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The borders of Kelenföld are: Villányi út from Budaörsi út - Móricz Zsigmond körtér (southwestern side) - Fehérvári út - Hegyeshalom railway line - Danube - Kondorosi út - Solt utca - Kelenvölgyi határsor - Hegyeshalom railway line - underground passage in Nagyszőlős utca - Budaörsi út

Name

The area was called Krenfeld in the 18th century meaning "Horseradish Meadows" (cf. ) in German. It was named Kelenföld in 1847 referring to Kelen

Kēlen

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, an early Hungarian chieftain in the 9th century.