Erdős Ferenc - Fülöp Gyula - Szakály Ferenc: Polgárdi története - Fejér Megyei Levéltár közleményei 22. (Székesfehérvár, 1997)

The history of Polgárdi

The History of Polgárdi The settlement on the western fringe of the fertile plain of the Mezőföld has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archeological data and written sources prove the connection between the settlers' appearance and the clement natural surroundings. The archeologist interrogating" the depth of the earth finds a number of archeological findings within the administrative territory of Polgárdi. We know significant finds though from few places. Tools from the Bronze Age have been uncovered in the Somlyó Mount. A silver denarius - the heritage of the Celtic eraviscuses - is of unidentified provenance. In Tölgyfabokor dűlő Bronze coins of a Roman settlement have been found. In Öreghalmi dűlő a statue of Mercurius from a domestic shrine is known. A stonefragment with an inscription turned up in Kiscséri manor. The silvertripos guarded in the National Museum and the Seusotreasure which has recently brought about a „storm" must come from the same place. The Somlyó Mount is very rich in archeological finds. Besides the objects from the Roman Age, the medieval finds from this place guarded in the National Museum are also quite valuable.They were uncovered by Géza Batthyány at the end of the previous century. Three former medieval villages are known in the outskirts of Polgárdi: Cinca, Polgár(di) and Bökénysomlyó. Medieval swords, curb-bits and spurs have been found in Erzsébetpuszta. Thus the history of Polgárdi can look back at a very rich past. After the 1100th anniversery of the Hungarians' appearance and settling down in the Carpathian Basin the demand for the summery of a historical monography of the town - from the appearance of the man of the Bronze Age upto now, based on archeological and historical data - was made more powerfuly than whenever before.