Agria 43. (Az Egri Múzeum Évkönyve - Annales Musei Agriensis, 2007)
Novák László Ferenc: Az erdő Nagykőrösön
NÓVÁK László 1989 A Három város építészete. Az Arany János Múzeum Kismonográfiái 8. Nagykőrös. 1994 Nagykőrös története és néprajza a XIX. század közepéig I—II. Nagykőrös Város Monográfiája I. Nagykőrös. László Ferenc Nóvák Forest in Nagykőrös Forest occupies an unusual position in the joint-tenantry system of market towns. Although Nagykőrös was a feudal tenantry under seigniorial authority, the peasant holdings were only to develop in a somewhat rudimentary fashion. This was due in no small part to the Turkish occupation. In the middle of the 16 th century Nagykőrös fell into the hands of the Turkish sultan, becoming a hass town. The Turks declined to occupy the area, however, choosing to tax the local population heavily instead. On account of Turkish rule, links between the Hungarian nobles and the market towns loosened, causing aristocratic influence to wane. Indeed, property relations become extremely complicated, making it almost impossible to discover who owned what during the course of the 16 th and 17 th centuries. This proved to be particularly the case following the Turkish retreat, when noble families had to verify their rights of possession to the Neoaquistica Comissio, which went into operation in 1681. In Nagykőrös, it was a feudal tenant farmer who was to get the innermost plot of land in the centre of the market town, where he was able to build his residence. A substantial number of nobles lived in Nagykőrös, most of whom had documentation proving their nobility, bui little else. These were patented nobles, who failed to differ from the non-noble rich peasant farmers in any practical terms. The woodland was used by both the market town farmers and joint-tenantry nobles, the latter of whom were entitled to a seventh of the land. It was in this proportion also that the forest was split up when it came to dividing up the land. New regulations concerning the manner in which the forest could be used came into effect on 6 th November 1822. In it was stipulated that only those who had already paid their redemption fee (aquisitionalis summa) were entitled to fuel allowance. The forest landowners continued to be in existence until the 1940s. In 1949 a regulation issued by the Ministry of the Interior finally put an end to them together with other collectives of this type. The tenantries continued to be in the hands of the co-operatives until the end of the 1980s, when in 1990 the woodland tenantries were to reappear in a new guise. 70
