Gecse Annabella et al. (szerk.): Tisicum - A Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Megyei Múzeumok Évkönyve 18. (Szolnok, 2009)
Történelem - Vadász István: Egyek belterületének fejlődése
Tisicum XVIII. István Vadász The interior development of Egyek Over the past two and a half centuries the interior development of Egyek has taken a parallel route with that of the villages in the Tisza region and the Hungarian Plain. The map drawn upon the first military surveying around 1785 the developing network of street is clearly visible. We can see that the top-view of a one-road village built on a range of hillocks in south-north direction is quite conspicuous, but the characteristic features of a lairage-garden, two-garden cluster village can also be observed. It can be assumed that the top- view of Egyek that is similar to that of a one-street village is related to the location of the hillocks. Later, at the edge of the village, they created gardens, and the one-street character became more cluster-like. Since the beginning of the 20th century the interior area of the village has more than doubled. The area has broadened partly eastwards, but more significantly southwards towards the railway station built in 1891. After these areas were built up, Egyek became a dual or split-centred settlement. The historical centre is located around the church where one can find the village hall built in the 1890’s, the primary school built in the 1910’s as the first two-story building, the community centre (formerly the headquarters of the Catholic Women’s Society) and several shops. The main street forms the most important communication axis of the village, in parallel with this runs the other through the new village centre towards the railway station. This development is one characteristic features of changing settlements. These changes essentially transformed the sight of the village, but even today there are several structural elements, parts of street, and buildings that have preserved the traditional local colour of Egyek. The zigzagged network of streets in the north of the villge is especially interesting, which has guarded the cluster-village character of Egyek for centuries.
