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(Top) 1 Landmarks 2 History 3 Politics 3.1 List of mayors 4 Twin towns – sister cities 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

Óbuda-Békásmegyer

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3rd District of Budapest Budapest III. kerülete Óbuda-Békásmegyer
District of Budapest
District III
Flag Coat of arms
Location of District III in Budapest (shown in grey)
Coordinates: 47°34′03″N 19°02′13″E / 47.5674°N 19.0370°E / 47.5674; 19.0370
Country	Hungary
Region	Central Hungary
City	Budapest
Established	17 November 1873
Quarters^[1]	List Aranyhegy-Ürömhegy-Péterhegy Aquincum Békásmegyer Csillaghegy Csúcshegy Harsánylejtő Hármashatár-hegy Kaszásdűlő Mocsárosdűlő Óbuda Óbuda hegyvidéke Óbudai-sziget Rómaifürdő Solymárvölgy Újlak
Government
• Mayor	László Kiss (DK)
Area ^[2]
• Total	39.7 km² (15.3 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Population (2016)^[2]
• Total	130,415
• Rank	2nd
• Density	3,285/km² (8,510/sq mi)
Demonym	harmadik kerületi ("3rd districter")
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	1031 ... 1039
Website	obuda.hu

Óbuda-Békásmegyer is the 3rd districtofBudapest, Hungary.

Landmarks[edit]

History[edit]

The military camp, then city of Aquincum, located in part of what later became known as Óbuda, was built there by the Roman Empire. The settlement, which existed from the 1st to the 4th century, had a military and a separate civilian area. It had advanced infrastructure such as an aqueduct, a bath and two amphitheatres, one for the military and one for the civilians. Several villas belonged to the settlement, and the Roman governor had his palace on Hajógyári Island.

Politics[edit]

The current mayor of III. District of Budapest is László Kiss (DK).

The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 23 members (1 Mayor, 16 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:^[3]

Party		Seats	Current District Assembly
	Opposition coalition^[a]	16	M
	BB Óbudáért-Fidesz-KDNP	6

List of mayors[edit]

	Party	Date
István Tarlós	SZDSZ	1990–2006
István Tarlós	Ind.	1990–2006
Balázs Bús	Fidesz	2006–2019
László Kiss	MSZP	2019–
László Kiss	DK	2019–

Twin towns – sister cities[edit]

Óbuda-Békásmegyer is twinned with:^[4]

Bemowo (Warsaw), Poland
Billigheim, Germany
Büyükçekmece, Turkey
Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Old Town (Košice), Slovakia
Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom

Notes[edit]

^ Coalition of Momentum–DK–MSZP–Dialogue–LMP.

References[edit]

^ "94/2012. (XII. 27.) Főv. Kgy. rendelet - a közterület- és városrésznevek megállapításáról, azok jelöléséről, valamint a házszám-megállapítás szabályairól" (in Hungarian).

^ ^a ^b "A fővárosi kerületek, a megyei jogú városok, a városok területe, lakónépessége és a lakások száma" [The area of districts of the capital, of the towns with county's rights, resident population and number of dwellings]. Magyarország közigazgatási helynévkönyve 2016. január 1 [Gazetteer of Hungary 1 January 2016] (PDF). Hungarian Central Statistical Office. 2016. p. 21.

^ "Városi közgyűlés tagjai 2019-2024 - Budapest III. kerület". valasztas.hu. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

^ "Testvérvárosok" (in Hungarian). Óbuda-Békásmegyer. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Óbuda-Békásmegyer.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Óbuda.

Official website

Budapest

Landmarks

Bridges	Árpád Bridge Elisabeth Bridge Liberty Bridge Margaret Bridge Megyeri Bridge Petőfi Bridge Rákóczi Bridge Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Castles and palaces	Buda Castle Danube Palace Fisherman's Bastion Gresham Palace Hotel Astoria Hotel Gellért Labyrinth of Buda Castle Nagytétény Castle New York Palace Vajdahunyad Castle
Government	Carmelite Monastery of Buda Sándor Palace Hungarian Parliament Building House of Magnates Hungarian National Bank Budapest City Hall
Memorials	Holocaust Memorial Center Kossuth Memorial Liberty Statue Little Princess statue Matthias Fountain Shoes on Danube Bank
Museums and galleries	Aquincum Museum Museum of Ethnography Geological Museum Kunsthalle Hospital in the Rock House of Terror National Gallery National Museum Natural History Museum Semmelweis Museum of Medical History Railway History Park Koller Gallery Memento Park Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library Müpa Budapest Museum of Applied Arts Museum of Fine Arts National Széchényi Library Transportation Museum Southeast Asian Gold Museum
Parks and gardens	Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden City Park City Park Ice Rink Gellért Hill Haller Park Fiume Road National Graveyard Margaret Island Népliget Normafa Óbuda Island
Religious buildings	Dohány Street Synagogue Gellért Hill Cave Inner City Parish Church in Pest Lutheran Church of Budavár Mary Magdalene Church Matthias Church Our Lady of the Snows Parish Church Palace Chapel Rumbach Street Synagogue Saint Anne Parish St. Catherine of Alexandria Church Stigmatisation of Saint Francis Church Szilágyi Dezső Square Reformed Church St. Stephen's Basilica Tomb of Gül Baba University Church Church of St. George
Sports venues	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium Bozsik Stadion Budai II. László Stadion City Park Ice Rink Danube Arena Szusza Ferenc Stadion Ferencváros Stadion Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion Hungaroring-Formula One Illovszky Rudolf Stadion Kincsem Park Kisstadion MVM Dome National Athletics Centre Puskás Aréna Szőnyi úti Stadion László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Squares and streets	Andrássy Avenue Citadella Danube Promenade Deák Ferenc Square Ferenciek Square Grand Boulevard Heroes' Square Hungary Boulevard Kossuth Square Liberty Square Oktogon Small Boulevard Széll Kálmán Square Váci Street Vörösmarty Square Móricz Zsigmond Square
Theaters and opera	Comedy Theatre Court Theatre of Buda Erkel Theatre Erzsébetliget Theatre Hungarian State Opera House Magyar Theatre National Theatre Vigadó of Pest
Thermal spas	Gellért Baths Király Baths Lukács Baths Rudas Baths Rácz Thermal Bath Széchenyi Medicinal Bath
Other	Anker Palace Café Gerbeaud Elizabeth Lookout Great Market Hall Gundel Restaurant Hungarian Academy of Sciences Millennium Underground Railway F-4 Object