Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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VÁC IN THE ÁRPÁD ERA (895-1 301) 51 St Stephen (Illustrated Chronicle) Princes Géza and Ladislaus meet Solomon (Illustrated Chronicle) St Ladislaus'vision (Illustrated Chronicle) was organised into counties which were formed with an old or a newly-built fort or earthwork in the centre and a reliable henchman of King István in control. According to a 13th century record Vác belonged to Nógrád County; we can only assume that this was so in the 11th century, too. THE FOUNDATION OF THE BISHOPRIC IN VÁC When Prince Géza assumed power, Esztergom, (Székes)Fehérvár and the area around Buda became the heart of the country. The high sheriff resided in the nearby Visegrád; in the neighbouring Dömös there was a mansion favoured by the kings of the 11th century. Pilismarót next to Dömös could have been the former village called Marót, where the mistress and the mother of the illegitimate son of King András I came from. According to tradition one of the ten bishoprics founded by King Stephen I was Vác. Recent researches date the establishment of this diocese quite late: to the last years of King István's reign or to the reign of one of his successors, but certainly no later than 1075. The author of the Illustrated Chronicle written in the middle of the 14th century seemed to be sure - probably on the basis of other similar works he knew - and tried to convince his readers as well that the bishopric had been founded by King Géza I. As he tells it, the year of 1074 started with internecine war. At the end of February Prince Géza, the would-be King Géza I, who had rebelled against his uncle King Solomon, lost the battle at Kemej near the River Tisza, betrayed by his own inner circle. It was a freezing cold winter and he was fleeing on the frozen River Tisza riding westwards as far as Vác where he met his brother Ladislaus, who had come to help him together with a Bohemian prince, their relative, and his army. Later the chronicler corrects himself saying that the armies of the princes were not staying at ÁRPÁD AGE 895-1301 17 March 1241 After 1241 1255 The 1270s Vác is destroyed and burned down by the Mongols Vác-Hungarian and German towns are formed King Béla IV convenes the meeting of the county council in the town The first record of the German residents settled into the town
