Prohászka László: Polish Monuments - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2001)
• BÁTHORY UTCA BÁTHORY ISTVÁN (1533-1586) ERDÉLYI FEJEDELEM • MAJD LENGYELORSZÁG EGYIK ■ LEGKIVÁLÓBB KIRÁLYA. THE NEW STREET NAME PLATE IN MEMORY OF ISTVÁN BÁTHORY toric personalities. Public places in as many as eight districts are named after Szent László (Saint Ladislas), patron saint of the Poles. The name of Jagelló út in District XII refers to the most famous Polish dynasty of rulers. Lajos utca in District III, Ulászló (Wladislas) in District XI and Sobieski utca in District IX remind us of Polish kings. Hedvig utca in District III eternalises the memory of the Polish queen, daughter of Louis the Great, who was canonised on 8 June 1997, while Izabella utca in District VI derives from Queen Isabel of the House of Jagelló, wife of King János Szapolyai. Báthory’s name is commemorated on nine street plates in nine different districts, of which the oldest in District V, first instituted in 1874, is worth mentioning in its own right. In 1948 several special enamelled memorial street plates were put up in Budapest. One of these, now re-made, can be seen on the building at Báthory utca 14 in District V. It bears the inscription: BÁTHORY UTCA / István Báthory (1533-1586) / Prince of Transylvania, later one of the / most outstanding kings / of Poland. The street name plate on the wall of Kosciuszko Tádé utcal4 is similar in appearance, although not merely memorial in character, It reads: KOSCIUSZKO TÁDÉ UTCA / Kosciuszko Tádé (1746-1817) / Polish freedom fighter, / aide-de-camp to Washington, heroic leader in the Polish War of Independence of 1794. Bem József utca in District II and Bern Embankment were named after the Polish general of the 1848-49 War of Independence. We can find Bern’s name in altogether eleven districts of Budapest. The name of 60
