Reisz T. Csaba: Magyarország általános térképének elkészítése a 19. század első évtizedében - Lipszky János és segítői térképészeti vállalkozásának ismertetése (Budapest, 2002)

IDEGEN NYELVŰ ÖSSZEFOGLALÓK - The Making of Hungary’s First General Map in the first Decade of the 19th Century. The Cartographic Enterprise of János Lipszky

veyors who noted corrections. This way higher quality maps appeared in print. Taking account of Görög’s high-ranking position, the Court Military Council handed over the 165-unit map from the Josephine survey (Josephinische Aufnahme) for comparison, which enabled Görög to make corrections by using the most detailed cartographic information available.

Görög published a series _ of county maps, the Magyar Atlas (Hungarian Atlas), approximately at the same time as Lipszky and with similar assistance. Görög began preparations earlier and could therefore provide Lipszky many sketches of county maps when the latter was still in the process of collecting materials. This “cooperation” later led to unjust accusations as JÓZSEF MÁRTON, a patron of Görög and his successor in heading the Institutum, in his biography of Görög accused Lipszky of having misled Görög, copying county maps and publishing them in advance. Since the charge of plagiarism became deep-rooted in historians, this and a later chapter will also provide a clear picture of Lipszky’s activities.

The life and work of János Lipszky (Chapter 4)

The Ups^ky family

Although not the first detailed summary of the family history, this overview is more complete as it also contains recently discovered data.

Literature (referring to family traditions) emphasizes the family’s Polish origins — however, there are no data to date to support this. Nevertheless, this theory cannot be altogether refuted as several data corroborate the Lipszky family’s (supposed) Polish relations.

The first known direct ascendant of the family is MÁRTON LIPSZKY, who lived in Németbród (perhaps he was also born there) and in his 1628 testament mentioned his children János, Jakab, Dániel, Zsigmond and Erzsébet. It was certainly Márton Lipszky who left his original homeland as in 1643 he is already recorded in Trencsén, while Jakab and Erzsébet continued to live in Németbród. The Lipszky family’s history in Hungary is started by DÁNIEL who was born in Németbród in 1623. Due to their protestant religion, the family had to flee after the defeat in Fehérhegy and settled in Trencsén County. Dániel’s noble origins are supported by the fact that he was elected a town citizen rather soon, already in 1643 and gained noble ranks in 1649. From that year he held various town offices, was a senator for many years and town judge for eight years. Fragmented documentation about the family may be found in the Regional Archives in Nagybiccse (Státny oblastny archív v Bytci); based on these as well as Hungarian archival sources the family tree as well as short biographic descriptions of family members may be reconstructed. Lateral relatives of the family are still living in Trencsén; they cherish János Lipszky’s memory and provided eager assistance to the author in his field research.

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