Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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114 RESETTLEMENT AND THE AGE OF THE GREAT CONSTRUCTIONS - THE 18TH CENTURY mm £u*va.ij «/ jf-twf-' <^t-Euí Q+&•%*-€ Í tUsisn-h*. -^h^tv \ /tt-h# . pú* Xf jMt i ( ) * / L h.) 9tVArt+ÍL /ÉV<$unv&raJid'VZUufgiU. JLaL*, *-X*rr ^ra.jy fA, IWW /*»-' JuJyel AtV-C*. «(^WcP. </X. &^***-~~ ffjfuÁ A*^ruj^s *>,»- <yr**t^ ftAn>*, /-e^jiA. *vt~**' H^a-A, fltÄxJy x LL Uly The first lines of the last will of Mária Terézia Geisspiller, a German woman from Bavaria, 1770 A MULTI-ETHNIC AND MULTI-DENOMINATIONAL TOWN After the Ottoman era the number of families living in Vác increased mainly as a result of the settlements. In 1699 96 families were registered, in 1701 257 (78, or 30%, German), in 1703 249 (66, or 26%, German). This development was broken by the chaotic period of the Rákóczi's War of Independence: during the uprising that lasted until 1711 the town changed hands several times and the number of the population decreased again. In 1715 there were only 151 families registered in Vác and 41 in Kisvác; in 1728 293 and 63, in Zsuzsanna Fischer's signature and seal 1744 653 and 83, while in 1760 1 123 and 115 respectively. A later registration exemplifies the diversity of the inhabitants of the town and the fact that, due to the population migration, Vác also became part of the blood circulation of Europe. In 1785 the Royal Treasury had the estates of the Bishopric ofVác, their inhabitants and their feudal duties registered. The ethnic and denominational distribution of the population was extremely diverse. Out of 1225 families and independent people 114 (10%) were settlers. Among them there were four Bavarians, 23 Czechs- including Mátyás Kmelich, who carved the mill gates at Zöldfa -, four Franks, ten Greeks (who were in effect of Orthodox Christian faith and Albanian or Macedonian ethnicity, and came from the Balkans), three Croatians, one Italian, one Polish, 11 Moravians, 46 Austrians, one Saxon, four Silesians, two Swabians. There might have been other nationalities, for instance Slovaks, who had already assimilated by the time of the registration and were considered Hungarians. The majority of the 1111 families were Roman Catholics, a smaller part of them were Cal-Mihály József Seebald's testament in German, 1743
