Várkerület
The Castle District is the historical part of the Buda side of Budapest and consists of the Buda Castle Hill and some other neighbourhoods around it, like Tabán, Krisztinaváros and parts of Gellért Hill.Location
The Castle District is situated on the banks of the Danube, in the Buda side.
Neighbours of District I are :
- River Danube
- District XI: Újbuda, which is most known of the universities and student life
- District XII: Hegyvidék
- District II
Landmarks
- Buda Castle
- Matthias Church
- Hungarian National Gallery
- Castle Hill Funicular
- Sándor Palace
- Fisherman's Bastion
- Labyrinth of Buda Castle
- Gellért Hill
Politics
The current mayor of I. District of Budapest is Márta V. Naszályi.
The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 members divided into this political parties and alliances:Várkerület is twinned with:
- Capestrano, Italy
- Carouge, Switzerland
- Innere Stadt, Austria
- Lendava, Slovenia
- Marlow, England, United Kingdom
- Mukachevo, Ukraine
- Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania
- Old Town, Slovakia
- Prague 1, Czech Republic
- Regensburg, Germany
- Savonlinna, Finland
- Senta, Serbia
- Śródmieście, Poland
