Mattesland
Mattesland (Slovak. Matúšova zem , ung. Mátyusföld ) was from the 14th to the middle of the 17th century a fairly common name for the area of all of today's western and central Slovakia (especially the area east of the Little Carpathians and north of the Little Danube ).
Concept history
The name is derived from the fact that the area was ruled by Matthäus Csák in the 14th century . The term initially appears in Slovak / Latin texts, but has also been found in Hungarian texts since the 16th century.
From the middle of the 17th century, the term was narrowed down in various ways in the texts of various authors, so that the exact delimitation of the Mattesland has been unclear since the 19th century at the latest. In addition, there was the problem that the term was completely out of use in Slovak as a living geographical name, while it was still used in Hungarian to some extent, with the restriction that the northern border of the Mattesland now coincides with the northern border of the Magyar settlement was equated with Slovakia.
Definitions
Examples of newer definitions of Mattesland by Hungarian and Slovak authors:
- Botka 1873: since the 17th century mainly today's western Slovakia west of Levice
- Czuczor 1874: [the Schüttinsel?] Behind the Neuhäusler arm of the Danube to the Waag (but this contradicts, for example, Edit Fél 1943)
- Frigyes Pesty Helynévtára 1860: Settlements along the Waag (from the source to the mouth)
- Vájlok 1939: the area south of the Senec - Veľké Úľany - Veľká Mača line between the Little Danube and the Váh and north of Kolárovo
- Jeršová 1947, Kristó 1973 [based on an analysis of Proventus decimarum districtus Mathusfelde from 1545]: the area between Senec, Sládkovičovo , Bernolákovo , Boldog in the west, and Veľká Mača , Matúškovo , Horné Saliby , Trstice , Vozokany in the south and east; east of the Waag
- Bakos 1953: originally the area of the former kingdom of Matthäus Csák, which was predominantly populated by Slovaks; However, the Magyars living in Czechoslovakia defined the term in the interwar period (20th century) in such a way that they separated off the western part on the one hand and added the [entire] Danube lowlands on the other (but those cited here also contradict this dating of the reinterpretation other sources)
- Méry 1988: the eastern border of the (ethnographic) area is formed by the Žitava river
- Kúr 1993: i. e. S. the area between the Danube, the Waag and the Little Carpathians, i. w. See also the area from Nové Zámky to Štúrovo from the 17th century
- Liszka 2003: most likely the area between the Little Carpathians, the Little Danube and the Waag; from the point of view of the Magyars additionally limited in the north by the northern border of the Magyar settlements
By most definitions, it is a lowland area that includes both Magyar and Slovak settlements. Traditional occupation was and is agriculture. The center of the region is the city of Galanta .