Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)

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The seal of the Carpenters'Guild of Vác

The seal of theTanners' Guild ofVác

number was nearly 25. The guilds, established along the same lines as those of Buda, were as follows: coopers and shoemakers (1696), potters and furriers (1699), fullers (1711), tanners, saddlers and gunsmiths (1715), button-makers

(1718), blacksmiths and Cartwrights (1725), joiners, smiths, spur-makers, watch-makers and gun-makers (1728), weavers (1730), masons and stone-cutters (1731), butchers (1765) and carpenters (1771). Millers and boot-makers, who gained their privilege only in 1838 and 1847 respectively, had already formed their guilds in the 18th century. According to a register from 1743, there were 147 artisans working in 37 different trades. Half of them were tailors, shoe-makers and boot-makers.They distinguished themselves not only by trade but also by nationality, thus the Germans and the Hungarians had their own guilds in these trades. This separation had no ethnic but practical reasons at that time: German and Hungarian fashions were different, so each nationality made their clothes, shoes and boots using their

Placement plan of the ship-mills ofVác, 1831

The rules of the Boot-makers'Guild ofVác, 1781

Ship-mills ofVác on the Danube

own design. The fishermen living in Felsőváros (Upper Town) had their own guild, but the bishopric manor employed its own fisherman. At that time - before the Iron Gate was built on the Lower Danube - sturgeon was caught in the river as far north as Vác and other fish such as sterlet, pike, carp, meagre, catfish, bass, eel and crab. In 1715 there was only one