CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Maróti, Zsófia |
|---|---|
| Title | The Hidden Jewish Heritage of Lipótváros |
| Summary | One of Budapest‟s top tourist attractions is the „Jewish Quarter‟, situated in the 7th district, around the magnificent Dohány street synagogue. However, the city‟s Jewish heritage is not restricted to this neighbourhood. The present research focuses on revealing and presenting the Jewish past of the 5th district, Lipótváros, or in its original, German name, Leopoldstadt, which has always been famous for its Catholic heritage, most notably for St Stephen‟s Basilica. However, when the area became the heart of the city in the 19th century, the Jewish community living there also had a great influence on the development of the neighbourhood and contributed a lot to its present form. The aim of the study is to show why it is important to examine the different layers in a city, why the Jewish heritage of this part of Budapest is crucial for understanding the past, and how it can be presented to the public. After giving an overview of the historical, social and theoretical backgrounds, it introduces an example of heritage presentation, the content for a phone application I have created for the Lipótváros project, which will operate as a tour guide with twenty-six locations in the district connected to the Jewish heritage of the area, including monuments, memorials, homes of important figures of Hungary, and buildings with their largely forgotten history. |
| Supervisor | Carsten Wilke |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/maroti_zsofia.pdf |
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