Kovács Imre: A türjei Premonteri Prépostság története - Zalai Gyűjtemény 32. (Zalaegerszeg, 1991)

IDEGEN NYELVŰ ÖSSZEFOGLALOK

generally low, probably never exceeding ten. In records from The Middle Ages, there survived the names of 16 members of the order at Türje. The situation after the restoration in the 18th century was also similar. At the time of the, suppression in 1785 of the provostry, there lived four members of the order at Türje. The provost and the members of the order led a monastic life as prescribed in the rules of the order. Besides, for about a period of eighty years they also discharged the tasks of seat of attestation, issuing public law records. This work came to an end in 1351 due to a decrease in the number of the members of the order. 21 full-text publications by the convent as seat of attestation have been handed down to us. Of them 19 are original instruments, and the texts of 2 instruments are known through publication. Besides, 10 publications of the seat of attestation are known in an abbreviated form or through reference. Another significant external field of activity of the convent was pastoral work. In the 18th century, besides the parson and the Hungarian homilist there also worked a German homilist at Türje. It was necessary for the cure» of the souls of the German-speaking inhabitants settled there following the end of the Turkish occupation. The keeping of the parish registers has been uninterrupted since 1729. The majority of the estates of the provostry were derived from the donations of the members of the Türje clan. Added to them, however, were other donations and acquisitions. The estates lay mainly at Türje and in its environs. In the Middle Ages, it had estates at the following localities or farmsteads: Apsa, Barlabáshida, Batyk, Dabronc, Erénye, Hetyefő, Kettősmalom, Marcalmelléke, Nádasmelléke, Oese, Pakod, Szentgrót, Tekenye, Türje, Vitenyéd, and Zalapa, all of them in the county of Zala. Its other estates were: Bessenyőszentgyörgy in the county of Somogy, Bánya in the county of Vas, Nagybaráti in the county of Győr, and Apatócz in the Transdráva county of Körös. It lost its estates at Apatócz and Bánya in the 16th century, but it acquired new ones near Türje, namely the Hagyó lands and Csapópuszta on the confines of ötvös. The outlying lantls were generally used by tenants, while the estates in their own management were cultivated by serfs. Its ploughlands were tilled, its grassland, meadows supported animal husbandry, its forests yielded wood and masting, its vineyards produced income from wine. Other sources of its income were: mills, fish-ponds, customs duties at Pakod and Szentgrót, and ferry tolls at Bessenyőszentgyörgy. The services rendered by serfs were regulated by fief contracts. The inhabitants of Türje also paid occupation tax to the Turks in the 16th and 17th.centuries. The two-steepled church of the provostry was built of bricks in the first half of the 13th century, in a blend of Romanesque and Gothic styles. Between 1543 and 1547, it suffered serious damage caused by the attacks of the members of the Hagymásy family. In 1566, except for the steeples, it was destroyed by fire. In the course of its reconstruction in the 1760's, the sanctuary was enlarged and the facade was rebuilt in Baroque style. Then was also huilt adjecent to the northern side the Saint Anna chapel, in place of the formerly destroyed one. The tabernacle derived from 1478 was in turn transferred into the southern wall of the church. The sanctuary and the side-chapel were decorated with frescoes by István Dorffmaister in 1761 and 1762. The high altar-piece depicting the Hail Mary was also painted by him in 1764. The church regained its original Romanesque exterior in the course of the art memorial reconstruction in 1922. The monastery built in the Middle Ages along the northern side of the church was completely destroyed by the attacks of the Hagymásys between 1540 and 1545. In its place and on the adjoining area was erected a fort, which- was a link in the defence system of the fortress, of Sümeg, in the 16th and 17th centuries, i. e. during the period of the Turkish occupation. In it were stationed a small number of garrison troops under the command of the voivod of Türje. Following the restoration, the new monastery was built in Baroque style along the southern side of the church between 1724 and 1734. From 1802 to 1808 it served as seat of the provostry of Csorna. Since 1950, it has been used as a social welfare home.