A memorial plaque at his last home
Budapest, 5th district, Hild Square
Pál Ranschburg’s last home in Budapest (the so-called Mocsányi Apartment Block, red sign) and the place of the memorial plaque (blue sign) placed there on 28 February 2020 during the “Pál Ranschburg memorial year” – on a map from the period.
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Budapest közigazgatási térképsorozata, 1937.
The inauguration of the memorial plaque on 28 February 2020 during the “Pál Ranschburg memorial year”.
József Attila Street (then gróf Tisza István Street), opposite the junction of the now no longer existing Perc köz. The block on the right-hand side, where Pál Ranschburg used to live, was destroyed in the war, and now you can find Hild Square there. The photo was taken on 19 May 1937, during the visit of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in Budapest.
The Pál Ranschburg plaque at Hild Square. 5th district Hild Square (the corner of Október 6. Street and Mérleg Street).
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The work of sculptor Katalin Gera
Pál Ranschburg’s last home in Budapest (the so-called Mocsányi Apartment Block, red sign) and the place of the memorial plaque (blue sign) placed there on 28 February 2020 during the “Pál Ranschburg memorial year” – on a map from the period.
Source:
Budapest közigazgatási térképsorozata, 1937.
József Attila Street (then gróf Tisza István Street), opposite the junction of the now no longer existing Perc köz. The block on the right-hand side, where Pál Ranschburg used to live, was destroyed in the war, and now you can find Hild Square there. The photo was taken on 19 May 1937, during the visit of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in Budapest.
The inauguration of the memorial plaque on 28 February 2020 during the “Pál Ranschburg memorial year”.
The Pál Ranschburg plaque at Hild Square. 5th district Hild Square (the corner of Október 6. Street and Mérleg Street).
The work of sculptor Katalin Gera
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLACE
To our knowledge, Pál Ranschburg had three homes in Budapest. To our knowledge, Pál Ranschburg had three homes in Budapest. His last home was in the 5th district, at 2. Bálvány Street (2nd floor, apartment 3). The building was hit by a bomb during the siege of Budapest, and what remained of it was demolished.
During the Pál Ranschburg memorial year , organized for the 150th anniversary of his birth and the 75th anniversary of his death , a memorial plaque was placed on the house at the corner of Október 6. Street and Mérleg Street, on the wall facing Hild Square, on February 28th, 2020. The plaque was placed in the name of the Psychology Association, the Hungarian Psychiatric Association, and the Hungarian Remedial Association.
THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE
The large apartment block was built on this block-sized ground between 1868 and 1870 in an eclectic style and became the property of landowner Péter Mocsonyi. One inhabitant of the building was world-famous engineer Tivadar Puskás, inventor of the telephone, who created the Budapest and the Paris telephone exchanges. He created the first Budapest telephone exchange at nearby 10 Fürdő Street (now József Attila Street), in a rented apartment on the 3rd floor. The ground floor of the Mocsányi apartment building also hosted a chemist’s shop. During the siege of Budapest in 1944-1945, the building was so badly damaged that it was pulled down in several phases by 1952. The resulting empty plot became Hild Square.
Sources
URBFACE page – Hild tér. http://urbface.com/index.html http://urbface.com/index.html
Névpont https://www.nevpont.hu/palyakep/puskas-tivadar-c7495
Declaration by Ágnes Hildegard Ranschburg (granddaughter of Pál Ranschburg).