Kenyeres István (szerk.): Urbs. Magyar Várostörténeti Évkönyv XVI. - Urbs 16. (Budapest, 2022)
Abstracts
Abstracts 473 Károly Szlávics The Vineyard Development Plan for the Territory of the Free Royal City of Szabadka The authorities in Szabadka faced a lot of problems in the administration and regulation of the vineyards. The vineyards were irregular in shape and were planted in a disorderly, random way. The main reason for this was the gradual planting in several stages. From the beginning of the 19th century, the land designated for grape planting was measured by qualified surveyors, so that the later vineyards had regular shapes. As the vineyard area increased, so did the problems, as it became more and more difficult to cultivate, guard, divide and supervise the more distant vineyards. It was time to settle the question of vintners and vineyard guards, to address disputes and litigation between owners, and to discuss other proposals. In 1861, the Regulations for the vineyards of the city of Szabadka were drawn up, which consisted of two parts. The first part was about the vineyard guards (I-III) and the second part was a proposal adapted to local conditions, which, among other things, shows that there are 560 vintners’ houses in the vineyards, with a total of 2,415 people living in them. Indeed, any vineyard under cultivation required paid staff. Eventually, the wealthier vineyard owners were allowed to keep their vintners, but they were also obliged to pay their vineyard guards. The committee proposed the creation of a field police office and a vineyard committee. It also proposed that the engineers’ office should carry out a survey of the vineyards. These were the same tasks that the government enacted at the end of the 19lh century when it legislated the law on wine communities. Tompa-Kelebia was the first and the only wine community on the territory of the city of Szabadka. Its organisational regulations were drawn up on 23 June 1901 and adopted by the council of the Free Royal City of Szabadka on 16 October 1901. Attila Herédi The Downfall of a Wine Region - the Last Days of the Kőbánya Viticulture For centuries, viticulture and wine production played an important role in the life of the capital. While everyone is reminded of the world-famous wines of the Buda side of the river, there was also a tradition of viticulture on the left bank of the Danube. Despite their reputation, the vineyards of Kőbánya could not compete with the commercial success of Buda wines not even in terms of the quantity produced, and so the Kőbánya winery was transformed from an agricultural/industrial activity into a kind of quality pastime. Wealthy citizens of Pest bought estates in the region, and the cultivation of
