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24-424: Near the present day stadium (at the site of the cemetery) the first own football ground of the club was built. Supporters gave KAC an estate for thar purpose at the end of Sárkány (Dragon) Street. A fundraiser was initiated among local craftsmen and tradesmen and it was Ferenc Polacsek (hotel owner) and Ferenc Herbacsek (wood trader) who gave major financial contributions to build the sports complex. The inauguration of

48-591: A big, crowded city without greenery and fresh air. József Fleischl , a popular architect at the time, proposed building planned housing estates, similar to the ideas of the Ebenezer Howard 's Garden city movement . The government of Sándor Wekerle , then prime minister of Hungary supported these plans and invited tenders to implement such a housing estate. Many successful architects of the time submitted "conception plans" for one or two-story houses, ranging from duplexes to 12-flat apartment houses. All designs followed

72-402: A few larger apartments in the 2-storey buildings on the central square. There's a handful of distinct, almost villa-like housings with larger apartments, referred popularly as "headmaster's house" or "doctor's apartment", the name probably stemming from their originally intended function. The main, central square was very important for the concept of "building for the community", thus planning of

96-441: A million. Commercial property development (although exceptionally fast) could not keep up with the demand for lodging, thus, resulting in government intervention to fund housing projects for government employees. Commercial developers built densely packed large, multi-story apartment houses on narrow streets for new inhabitants of Budapest. Most of these people were coming from villages and small towns, and did not feel comfortable in

120-419: A unique "spider web" street layout, centered on a round square with a large park in the middle. Between 1911 and 1914 four schools and two kindergartens were completed with 48 classrooms, 18 kindergarten rooms and 2 gymnasiums. The police headquarters and barracks for mounted police were finished in 1912. Priority was given to government employees among rent applicants, but the estate, being very popular from

144-424: Is a part of Budapest 's XIX. district (known as Kispest ). Kispest , formerly a suburb was administratively attached to Budapest in 1950 along with several other settlements of Greater Budapest . Wekerle estate was named after Sándor Wekerle , then Hungarian prime minister , who supported the idea of building comfortable, human-scale housing estates for government employees, and was instrumental in launching

168-473: The Communist regime , the community association was closed and the estate began to decay. Now the community association is active again and there has been a renaissance of community action, environmental ventures and volunteering by residents. The clever layout of streets also makes it very quiet as the radial main streets route vehicular traffic efficiently onto the heavily used, multiple-lane streets surrounding

192-473: The city center . Határ út underground station is the third-busiest in the city (after Deák Square and Örs vezér tere ) with an estimated 40,000 passengers using it (often twice) on a typical workday. Ferenc Puskás played football for Kispest F.C. (then called Kispest Honvéd FC ) in the 1950s. Kispest NKK, women's handball team, NB1/B second league Kispest is twinned with: Wekerle estate The Wekerle estate ( Hungarian : Wekerletelep )

216-621: The "Transylvanian style" established by Károly Kós with high roofs and generous use of wooden structures (e.g. staircases). All the houses provided spacious gardens and the street layout was envisioned with comfortable, tree-lined avenues. Construction began in 1908, and until 1925 when the Great Depression forced to abandon further development, 1007 houses were built containing 4412 apartments. One-story buildings placed along smaller streets had 2,3 or 4 individual apartments, and two-storey 6,8, and 12-apartment houses lined wider streets, forming

240-478: The Sárkány Street complex was in 1913, hence the name Dragon's Cave - given later by the visiting teams. On 18 November 1926, Kispest city voted to give 500 million Hungarian korona to modernize the Sárkány Street football grounds. In 1935 the wooden stands and the buildings burned down. József Molnár, the chairman, averted a crisis and built a bigger and more modern stadium. The new Kispest AC sports complex

264-449: The architect Károly Kós and based on Transylvanian building style. In May every year a festival called Wekerle Days (Hu: Wekerle Napok) takes place. This involves fun run, sports events, concerts and various other cultural and family oriented programs for all age groups. The district is served by the Metro 3 ( Kőbánya-Kispest and Határ út stations), so there is direct connection with

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288-463: The beginning already had 25% of its population from the privately employed, mostly workers of nearby factories. According to the government's concept (most of the renters would be young, often unmarried clerks and low-level government officials), the majority of the houses include small apartments. The most common arrangement is the 45 m two-room apartment in 12-apartment complexes. 3-room 59 m apartments are also common. Larger units are rare, there are

312-424: The construction, mainly along the spacious avenues. The estate had its own gardening service, who not only took care of the many plants, flowers and trees of the community spaces, but also helped renters to groom their own gardens as well. Four fruit trees were planted for each apartment (altogether 16.000), and thanks to the favorable sandy soil and to the care of the new dwellers, various kinds of drupes bloomed. It

336-421: The main square was a separate project, won by Károly Kós one of the star architects of the period. He designed the arrangement with the radial street layout and also one of the trademark wooden gates (the eastern one). Many of the famed architects of the era (e.g. Lajos Schodits, Béla Eberling, Dezső Zrumeczky, Gyula Wälder and Dénes Györgyi) designed houses on the square. Fifty thousand trees were planted during

360-421: The new owner of the club, George Hemingway, decided to completely renew the stadium. The new capacity of the stadium is 10,000 (6,000 seats, 4.000 standing places). On 5 August 2018, the last match was played at the stadium. The match was won by Honvéd against Paksi FC on the 3rd match day of the 2018–19 Nemzeti Bajnokság I . The only goal was scored by Danilo Cirino de Oliveira in the 48th minute. The referee

384-446: The project of creating a garden city habitat. The Wekerle estate lies on a flat area on the W-NW part of Kispest. The highest point is a small artificial knoll on Kós Károly Square. The estate is bounded by the following streets: Nagykőrösi St., Határ St., Ady Endre St., Bercsényi St. During the last quarter of the 19th century, Greater Budapest's population grew almost threefold to nearly

408-406: Was Viktor Kassai . As of 29 June 2017. 47°26′33″N 19°09′18″E  /  47.4425°N 19.155103°E  / 47.4425; 19.155103 Kispest Kispest (lit. Little Pest ) is the 19th (XIX) district of Budapest , Hungary . It lies south-southeast of the historical Pest city . It was founded in 1871 on rural land as a village at the borderline of Pest, so it

432-526: Was built between the 1960s and the 1980s (12,100 flats, c. 33,000 inhabitants, making it the sixth-biggest housing estate/microraion in Budapest). Wekerletelep is Kispest's suburb with detached houses and green areas. It was named after the Hungarian premier at the time of the development in the 1900s, Sándor Wekerle . Its central square, Kós Károly Tér , has two characteristic architectural gateways designed by

456-427: Was given new, stronger lights for this occasion and the grass was also replaced with a new variety. Furthermore, a heating system was installed under the pitch. The field was made longer and wider. A 20-room hotel was also built inside the stadium with a restaurant seating 200. In 1990 the locker rooms and bathrooms were renewed. The old gym-hall was turned into a VIP club. 16 years later, they fell into disrepair when

480-407: Was inaugurated on 2 January 1938. The new arena is situated at the tram no. 42 terminal and it had a capacity of 8.000 (5.000 seats and 3.000 stands). A bath house was also established in the same site, but it is now closed. On 12 February 1939 a new football stadium was inaugurated with a capacity of 15.000. In 1945, right after the war, the people of Kispest started reconstruction works: the grass

504-599: Was named Kispest. From 1880 to 1990 Kispest's population increased from 1820 to 72,838. Kispest became part of Greater Budapest in 1950. When the Soviet troops re-entered Budapest to subdue the civil uprising in October/November 1956 , they approached the city centre from the south-east, up the Üllői Street , with some of the first street clashes taking place in Kispest. The huge panel housing estate (Kispest microdistrict )

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528-441: Was noted that in 1917 redcurrant harvest was so rich that renters could earn almost four times the yearly rent just by selling their fruits. Thanks to the garden city atmosphere, the estate remains very popular up to today. Contemporary inhabitants value the multitude of century-old trees, the greenery and spacious (by big city standards) gardens. In its early days, Wekerle spawned co-operatives and community associations, but under

552-414: Was regrown and the concrete roofs was mended. Training grounds were built in the area, reaching as far as the cemetery. In 1955, the complex was rebuilt and extended; the team had to play all of its matches away. On 20 May 1967, the lights were inaugurated with a friendly match against Szombathelyi Haladás . The stadium had a capacity of 25.000. The team could train in grass and in clay. Kispest stadium

576-450: Was the first to be named after a Hungarian football player. József Bozsik received the honour, having 101 caps in the national team. On 1 October 1986, a show preceded the Bp. Honvéd-Bröndby European Cup match inaugurating Bozsik Stadium. Before kick off, Lajos Tichy said a few words on behalf of the players, and Chairman Sándor Kiss also gave a speech. The show ended with fireworks. The stadium

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