This translation by Henry A. Fischer of Book One of A Former German Communilty in the Tolna: Contributions to Its Village History” by Georg Müller of Pécs, 2002 is presented with the permission of the author. Introduction One can only really write accurately about the history of a village, if one is familair with its contemporary history. …
Category: Tolna County
Conflict in Györköny
When Pal Meszlenyi inherited his father’s estate in 1736 he continued with the terms contracted by his father with the colonists in Györköny. But on March 11, 1741 he presented the community with new terms of reference in their contract. Until that time, the colonists had not been required to provide any free labour (known…
A Short History of Gyorkony
The future Györköny was an uninhabited puszta (prairie) following the expulsion of the Turks in the latter part of the 17th century by the Habsburg armies who drove them further south and liberated all of former Hungary from their one hundred and fifty year occupation. To all intents and purposes the region had reverted to…
A Short History of Bikacs
There had been numerous communities that once thrived where Bikács is now currently located in Tolna County in southwest Hungary. As a result of the Turkish occupation after the disaster at Mohács in 1526 the whole region reverted to wilderness; its population was decimated; the survivors were enslaved or went into hiding while some fled to the north. …