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by Antonio Martins , 19 May 1997
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I saw this flag on the City Hall of Budava'r (Budapest I.
district).
István Molnár, 12 October 2000
It also flies on the two entrance gates of the upper city of
Buda, and I guess it shows the limit of the Budavar district
(does Budavar exactly match the upper city of Buda?). The toll
gates are also painted in yellow and red. So the flag might have
been the flag of Buda before the merging of Buda and Pest in
Budapest.
Ivan Sache, 12 October 2000
Budavár is a district of Budapest Capital (I. district) in
Hungary on the right bank of the Danube. The district has got
30.251 inhabitants (1990 census), nearly all of them are
Hungarians. Six of the Official Ethnic Minorities in Hungary has
ethnic council in the settlement: Gipsy, Polish, German,
Armenian, Serb and Slovakian. Neighbouring settlements are:
Budapest II., Budapest V. - Belváros-Lipótváros, Budapest XI.
and Budapest XII: The parts of the district are: The Castle Hill
(Budavár), Krisztinaváros, Víziváros and Tabán.
The territory of the district is inhabitant from the Stone Age.
The castle and the city was built by King Béla IV. after the
Mongolian Invasion. The new fort and city became to the center of
the country. In the Middle Ages Buda was one of the Hungarian
Royal Cities. Between 1541 and 1686 the city was under Turkish
rule. In 1703 Buda became Free Royal City again. In 1873 the city
was unified with the Free Royal City of Pest and the Town of
Óbuda to Budapest. The last sieges of the castle were in 1849
(at the time of the Hungarian Revolution and Independence War by
Hungarians) and in 1944 (in the WWII by the soviet Red Army). The
territory of the district is very rich in historical and cultural
monuments and buildings.
The flags and the CoA was adopted in 14th of November 1995.
The official website (under construction): <www.budavar.hu>
István Molnár, 3 November 2000
There is a new and valid decree from 1995 replacing an old
decree from 1994. Why did they change the symbols?
I think the new mayor in 1995 readopted the original symbols of Buda city.
István Molnár, 4 November 2000
Here is the official decree:
"Council of the Community of Budapest Capital I. District No
21/1994. (VII.1.) Order about the foundation and usage of the
Coat of Arms and the Flag of the I. district of Budapest.
The