Dakó Péter - Erdős Ferenc - Vitek Gábor: Fehérvárcsurgó története - Fejér Megyei Levéltár közleményei 31. (Fehérvárcsurgó - Székesfehérvár, 2004)

Summary (Tőzsér Ottilia)

He got Heinrich Koch, an architect from Vienna to build the castle. The ultimate form of the castle was rebuilt by Ybl Miklós. An agreement was made between Károlyi György and the previous villeins in 1867 on the lands of the previous villein and the serfs. Afterwards the pattern of the petty farms turned to be the following: 104 plot between 1 and 10 acres; 74 of 10-25 acres and 45 25-100 acres. A post office has been existing in the village since 1885. The municipal health care duties were managed by the manorial doctor from 1881 to 1907, in 1912 the village was connected to the medical service of Bodajk. The first independent medical service is in Fehérvárcsurgó was established in 1922. A veterinary service was found as well in 1927. Due to the developing demands towards the civil administration a new parish hall was built. During the First World War 72 local inhabitants were killed. To maintain the public order militia was found in November, 1918. A workers' council and a directorate was also found with five and three members on 28th March and on 13th April, 1919. After the failure of the Hungarian-Soviet Republic the militia was formed again from 10

tn August to establish the order. The general assembly took action against 16 persons on their misbehaviour during the commune and 8 persons were put into custody. Due to the agrarian reform after the First World War 13 persons obtained a building site, 240 people claimed for land and finally 120 small holdings were created on 449 acres. Károlyi József, Lord Lieutenant of the county between 1917-18 and 1920-21 gave four acres of forest and 27 acres of pasture to the village. Those who were from Rákhegy and claimed for land, got 110 acres plough land and pasture from the domain of Iszkaszentgyörgy. As a commemoration of the victims of the First World War a monument was created in 1924. The first cinema in the village was established in 1926. Several associations (Volunteer Fireman Association, Levente Union, Roman Catholic Reading Circle) were trying to organize the communal life. According to the confidential report of the sub-prefect, the Károlyi property and single-child-families limited the development of the village. During the Second World War Polish soldiers, who were refugees of the village, erected a Virgin Mary sculpture in front of the convent school. Out of the inhabitants 72 men were killed (23 of them were soldiers). In 1945 during the fights 208 out of 297 houses were burnt down, so after the war people were under hard conditions. After the agrarian reform 1456 acres of land and 75 acres of plot was distributed, 803 acres of forest turned to be state-property. The castle used to be a holiday resort of the Capital Gas Works from 1945 to 1949, until 1955 it was the home of Greek children then it became a nursing home until 1979. The first chemists' opened in 1958. The corporating process took place in 1959