Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Ecsed. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)
Dismantling the castle, the long "freedom" lawsuit and the swamp draining
ended by the surrender at Moftin (Nagymajtény), on the 30th of April 1711. Austrian soldiers occupied the fortress again, but the imperial war council in Vienna ordered its demolition in 1718. The waste of ruins resulting from the demolition was used to fill the area between the islands. The demolition of the castle was followed by social changes. The inhabitants of Ecsed lost most of their privileges acquired in the past. As source of living, the main occupation remained the husbandry, in smaller extent farming, and as complementary activities fishing and reed processing. Ecsed was no longer the residence of the domain, therefore the incomes of the community had decreased significantly. The town has entered into the administration of the royal treasury. György Bánffy, of Calvinist confession, offered to buy the domain, but count Sándor Károlyi made another offer in 1733, in order to keep the Catholicism. This rivalry started a long lawsuit, thus Antal Károlyi obtained the donation of Ecsed only in 1776. Meanwhile a lot of inhabitants have left Ecsed, and moved to Kisecsed and Fábiánháza. The Károlyi family considered the inhabitants of Ecsed only free serfs and did not acknowledge the privileges of the market town. The first complaint against the deprivation was made to Empress Maria Theresa in 1741. The answer was negative, thus a lawsuit was started between the comunity and the Károlyi family, known as the first process. The verdict, brought in 1776, favored the landlords, therefore the town has made an appeal. This . M Coş pentru prinderea pişcarilor şi pinteni de gheaţă. Utilizarea lor în mlaştină Csíkkas és jégsarkantyúk, valamint használatuk a lápon Basket for fishing the mud-fish and ice-spurs, and their use on the swamp 33
