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For the city named Erzsébetváros in Romania, see Dumbrăveni.

Erzsébetváros (Template:Lang-de) is the seventh district of Budapest, situated on the Pest side of the Danube. The inner half of the district was the historic Jewish quarter of Pest. The Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest functioning synagogue in Europe, is located in this district.

Name

Erzsébetváros was named after Queen Elisabeth, the popular wife of King Franz Joseph I on 17 January 1882.

Twin towns

Erzsébetváros is twinned with:

See also

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