Türje

Türje is a village in Zala County, Hungary.

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The locality of Türje village is in the North-Eastern part of Zala County, nera the great turn of Zala river, between the Keszthelyi Mountains and Kemeneshát hills. The village has a railway station on the line of the Boba–Őrihodos railway which is connecting the two local centers of Zalaegerszeg and Celldömölk. It is also connected with Zalaszentgrót by bus.

History

The foundation of the village is probably going back to the 10th century. The monastery of the premontre monks was founded at the beginning of the 13th century. Int he old charters it was mentioned in 1234. In this time the Türje genera was the landowner of the village and the neighboring villages, too. The provostry was a basic administrative center between 1268 and 1358. Its role in the economic transportations between Buda and Venezia gave emphasis to the development of the village in the 14th century.

Turks destroyed the village in 1532. Later the village got the status of opidium, with merchant town rights 1535. In 1566 the troops of Sümeg occupied the monastery and they burned the church. The bishop of Veszprém got the monastery who rebuilt it as a fortress against the Turks in the long wars of the 16th century. During the last attack of the Turks agains Vienna Törje become deserted by the Turkish army.

In the rebuilding period of the late 1690 years Türje has gott back the rights of the opidium town 1703. In the Rákóczi freedom fights Türje was a basis for the kuruc (Hungarian) troops. That is why the Austrian general Rabutin burned the village again, in 1707.

Int he years of 1720 the premontre monks returned, howeverm they were governed from two Austrian monasteries of Pernegg and Hradisch. Finally the monastery becoma independent of the in 1802. In this period the monastery was the landowner of the village.

The railway construction of the late 19th century gave impetus to the development of the village.

Sightseeings

The main sigthseeing of Türje is the monastery and the romanesque church. Türje become famous by the discovery of medieval murals of the Saint Ladislaus legen don the northern walls. Over Tereske, Ócsa, Vizsoly this church is the fourth important place where it was found.

References

* Lángi József, D. Mezey Alice (2002): Beszámoló a türjei volt premontrei prépostsági templomban feltárt Szent László-legenda falképciklusról. (Report about the recently discovered Sain Ladislaus legend mural in the Türje Premontre Church.) Műemlékvédelmi Szemle, 2002/2. sz.

Sister towns

* Joseni, Romania

Outer links

* [http://www.turje.hu/ Türje Village homepage]
* [http://www.vendegvaro.hu/5-2866 Türje in the Vendégváró homepage]
* [http://www.civertan.hu/legifoto/legifoto.php?page_level=795 Aerial photographs of Türje]