Bács-Kiskun megye múltjából 12. (Kecskemét, 1993)

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Hungarians, Slovaks, Southern—Slavs and Germans. During this period took shape this region's coloured ethnic groups and language richness. To get more managable system the huge landed property was divided into 4 districts as follows: District Kalocsa District Hajós District Szentistván District Bács TOTAL 28.807 „kh"914D 20.669 „kh"1.124D 19.443 „kh"907D 16.019 „kh" 350 • 84.940 „kh" 95 • During re—recording of this huge landed property 826 maps and sketches were listed in Kalocsa Archbishopric Economic Archives which were published by „New Hungarian Central Archives", BUDAPEST, 1990 on title „Maps of Hungarian Ecclesiastical Archives". Most of the maps are hand made comprising 125 names that make it possible to localize places of formerly destroyed villages. Present work and the earlier one as well (Examination of map names of I. Ersek-Harta and Szentkirály) intend to help this process. It is natural that surface conditions of 100-150 year-old maps can be completely different. The region was cut up by waters. Brooks, capes, islands, dampy meadows, grazing grounds, reeds and marshes can be seen that are confirmed by the maps. Total of these territories was significantly more than of plough land even in the midst of the last century. For example let's take data of Bakod, Böd and Csepreg manorial lands: Total of this 3 archbishopric landed property is in the beginning of this century: (counting in „kishold" = 1.200 •) 3.480 „hold" of land 547 • Out of this plough land: 38 „hold" of land 217 • grazing land: 1.472 „hold" of land 561 • reed and marsh: 373 „hold" of land 430 • Lands covered constantly or occasionally by water are 314 „hold" of land larger than plough lands. In the territory between rivers Danube and Tisza the soil water balance showed a closed connection to the Danube's left bank. Last century solved the reckoned problem of water surplus diverting it, this way creating significant arable land in the Great Hungarian Plain. It became quite clear only after one and a half century that there is little water and lands have been drying up. The same effect is predicted concerning "Szigetköz" territory in a few decades together with other harmful effects expected in longer term. These days the trouble is that there is little water with constantly perishing quality. This way water „must be made". Being the only possibi-