Virág Árpád: A Sió és a Balaton közös története. 1055–2005 (KÖZDOK Kft., Budapest, 2005)
The common history of Lake Balaton and the Sió Canal (1055–2005)
528 THE COMMON HISTORY OF LAKE BALATON AND THE SIO CANAL (1055-2005) Annexed illustrations, tables and maps Illustrations Chapter I Recent view of the overgrown bed of the Kabóka (Csíkgát) stream, which had played an important role in shaping the boundaries of the Sió catchment / 11 Confluence of the Sió canal (right-hand side) and the Kapos stream at Tolnanémedi village / 12 Schematic drawing of low points (called „fok”) along lake shores and river banks, where water spills over at rising stages in L.E Marsigli’s Danube monography (,JDanubius Pannonico-Mysicus...” 1726)/ 17 Map of the entire Zala-Balaton-Sió-Kapos-Sárvíz catchment / 19 The regulated Sárvíz, presently called the Nádor canal, along Ősi village / 20 The stream network in the Sió catchment / 21 Chapter II Roman soldier with his horse. Bas-relief excavated at Gorsium (present Tác village) / 25 Roman rule in Pannónia - map fragment / 26 Well next to the early Christian basilica at Gorsium (present Tác). The archaeological finds in the well provided evidence of the groundwater conditions in the Sárvíz valley during the Roman era / 41 Jenő Cholnoky (1870-1950) geographer, prominent scientist in research on Lake Balaton, introduced the theory of geomorphological development of the lake / 42 László Bendefy (1904—1973) cartographer-geographer, studied historical changes in Lake Balaton water level during the 1960’s and 70’s / 43 Ruins of masonry believed to be of Roman origin. Map reproduced after the archaeologist Bálint Kuzsinszky (1920). The masonry excavated was considered by several scientists as evidence of the Roman sluice at Siófok / 45 Károly Sági (1919-1997) archaeologist, questioned the historical Lake Balaton levels of Bendefy on the basis of his excavations / 47 Chapter III Path of the deed-verification survey described in the documents falsified around 1388. The presumed location of Losta island and the villages are plotted on the military maps of 1855-56. The outflow developed at the ancient low point in the Balaton shore, the ferry mentioned in the foundation deed of the Tihany Abbey may well have persisted for three centuries, whenever the lake level rose to or above the low point in the sand dune / 60 Mátyás Bél (1684—1749) historian prepared a geographical description of the Sió stream in the mid- 1730’s. Fragment preserved in manuscript form of his book ,JVotitia.. .Hungáriáé novae" / 66 Károly Lukács (1882-1954) ethnographer, fishery- historian, translated the Latin manuscript of Mátyás Bél into Hungarian / 69 Part of the map published by Wolfgang Lazius in 1556. Tihany peninsula is shown - erroneously - protruding from the southern shore of Lake Balaton / 72
