A Historical and Archival Guide to Székesfehérvár (Székesfehérvár, 2003)

A SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF SZÉKESFEHÉRVÁR

bered for his foundation of 100.000 Forints, which established the Saint George Hospital of Fejér County. Csala manor belonged to Pákozd village till 1960, then it became attached to Székesfehérvár. Sárpentele is a village of medieval origin in the outskirts of the town. It is first mentioned in 1377, it belonged to the chapter. The provost of Székesfehérvár possessed it in the Turkish period as well. In the 16

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th centuries it was famous for its viticulture. Even Serb soldiers of Csíkvár cultivated the vineyards around the village. The Turkish levied the tithe for the estates of Pentele. At the end of the Turkish period the Vörös family of Farad took possession of the estate, which they sold to the Széchenyi family in 1826. The Széchenyis remained the owners of Sárpentele all the time. The vicarage of the village was founded by Ferenc Vörös of Farad in 1818. According to the census of Joseph II the manor consisted of 17 houses and 34 families. Kisfalud was named Novaj manor, and belonged to the domain of Csókakő. During the Turkish rule it was uninhabited most of the time. According to data the inhabitants paid the taxes to the Turks. In 1691 the manor belonged to the Hochburg family's domain of Csókakő, when the Lamberg family inherited it. In 1 730 it was Rudolf Lamberg's estate. The manor was one of the smallest inhabited settlements on the outskirts at the time of Joseph IPs census, 5 families lived in 2 houses. In the 18

th century both names, Novaj and Kisfalud were used. The name Novaj can be identified with Noah hill mentioned earlier, it is known from the chronicle of Simon Kézai. It was a royal estate or rather the queen's domain in the 13

th century; its name is known from 1193 - Árpád valley. In the early 19

th century the name Kisfalud became more common; the manor belonged to Pákozd at the time. The manor-house of eclectic style was built by the Simai family in the 30s of the century. Börgönd is one of the oldest settlements of Fejér county. It was called as Bergen and Feibergen in the 1 I

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th centuries. The estate fell to the crown in 1558 when the family of Zedgyes Tamás died out. In 1659 Gábor Bossány, János Szeghy and Márton Eölbey were endowed with this estate. After the Turkish rule it became the property of General count Heister, from the 1730s count Cziráky family was the owner of the 5400-acre land. Only a few houses were in the manor, it had 48 inhabitants in 1784. The manor developed slowly in