Rákosliget is a part of the 17th district of Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 since January 1, 1950. It is known to locals as 'Liget'

History

In 1896 The Workmen's Insurance Society (Munkásbiztosító Pénztár) started to build a homes for workmen in an unpopulated neighbourhood of Rákoskeresztúr

Rákoskeresztúr

Rákoskeresztúr is a former town in Hungary now part of District XVII of Budapest. Rákoskeresztúr was united with Budapest on January 1, 1950....

. The founders were unable to finance the constructions so the homes were eventually bought by middle-class families mainly of merchants, civil servants, and craftsmen. The growing settlement became independent of Rákoskeresztúr

Rákoskeresztúr

Rákoskeresztúr is a former town in Hungary now part of District XVII of Budapest. Rákoskeresztúr was united with Budapest on January 1, 1950....

( 1907 ).
In 1930 it had a population of 3112 inhabitants and the number of craftsmen was over 100. Its main street that comes from Rákoskeresztúr

Rákoskeresztúr

Rákoskeresztúr is a former town in Hungary now part of District XVII of Budapest. Rákoskeresztúr was united with Budapest on January 1, 1950....

 called Ferihegyi street divides it into two parts indicated by the numbering of the surrounding streets: on the left there are streets identified by Roman odd numbers (I., III., V., etc. utca) whereas on the right are the even numbered streets (II., IV., etc. utca). A common local witticism is to call these streets "avenues" referring to the similar street numbering of New York, for example: V. utca=Fifth Avenue. Rákosliget was attached to Budapest on 1 January 1950 as part of the 17th district.

Culture

Rákosliget has its own theatre named after Gyula Gózon

Gyula Gózon

Gyula Gózon was a Hungarian actor and comedian.-Life:Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Nové Zámky, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of learning to be a singer actor at the actor school of Szidi Rákosi in Budapest...

, a famous Hungarian actor who lived there. It also has its own community center called Csekovszky Árpád Művelődési Ház.

Famous Ligeti people

• Gózon Gyula (great Hungarian actor)
• Csekovszky Árpád (ceramist)
• Gregor József (well-known Hungarian bass opera singer)