A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 23. (Békéscsaba, 2002)

Havassy Péter: Inspection of landmarks and boundary marks in Békés County of the Middle Ages

Határjárások és határjelek a középkori Békés vármegyében SZABÓ 1969. Szabó István: A középkori magyar falu. Budapest, 1969. SZABÓ 1971. Szabó T Attila: Az emlékezetet hátuljokra verik. In.: A szó és az ember. Válogatott tanulmányok, cikkek II. Bukarest, 1971. 30-34. TAKÁCS 1987. Takács Lajos: Határjelek, határjárás a feudális kor végén Magyarországon. Budapest, 1987. TÁRKÁNY 1981. Tárkány Szűcs Ernő: Magyar jogi népszokások. Budapest, 1981. RÖVIDÍTÉSEK DL. = Magyar Országos Levéltár, Diplomatikai Levéltár, Budapest Inspection of landmarks and boundary marks in Békés County of the Middle Ages - Péter Havassy Résumé The most secure protection of the boundaries is the proper marking out of them, namely firm, well visible marks should be created or fixed on the boundary of the settlement in order to let know evidently and immediately for everybody where the boundary was. This is why that in all Ages the exact marking out of the boundaries was regarded so important, that it was ordered generally by the prince or by a high dignitary. All boundary withdrawal or arrangement related actions were made by the county bailiff, sub-prefect, later by the district administrator or by chance by a county counsellor. Besides them also the royal people, a member of one authentic place, as well as the noble neighbours and boundary markers, and generally the elder serfs were involved in the act. It happened often that during the inspection of landmarks younger inhabitants were beated, flogged or tugged at their hair etc. But besides the beating there was also a practice that could be regarded as general: the almost compulsory education, theaching of the youngs about the the boundary points of the settlement. The oral tradition, the collective memory and the community, taking care consciously, strictly of the remembrance sometimes had recorded several hundred 475