Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Ecsed. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)

Nagyecsed és környéke a középkorban

castle. There is no other information on the early history of Sárvár castle, and even its location can not be archaeologically identified today.

Gut and Keled, knights of German origin received domains in the duchy of Bihor during the reign of King Peter (1038-1041, 1044-1046). Their descendants enlarged the family domains and two residences were established: one at Várda and one at Sárvár. The latter residence played a more important role than the other, because the family founded a monastery here, at the end of the 11th century. The first church of the monastery was built inside the earth fortress. It was rather small (20x9 m), with one nave and a semicircular apse. The carved stones discovered here were decorated with palmettos and meanders. Their style seems to be related to the early churches of Alba Regia, Tihany and Agria. The founders donated huge domains to the monastery of St. Peter of Sárvár, among which the villages of Apáti, Olcsva, Berveni (Börvely), Cămin (Kálmánd), Mérk, Remeteszeg, Ejeg, Szentmárton, Vállaj and Futak (Bács County). The family grew in rank at the beginning of the 12th century, thus, they built a new monastery church on the site of the old church: a basilica with three naves of 35x16 m and a tower. It was the largest family monastery of that time. It was built in the southern part of the Sárvár plateau, which is a 500x300 m area, with 4-5 m height over the swamp. In the northern part of the plateau was the fortress. The medieval village was 400-500 m to the north-east from the hill,

Pietre decorate cu palmete din mănăstire

Palmettákkal díszített kőtöredékek a monostorból

Stone fragments decorated with palmettos from the monastery

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