Heves vármegye az átalakulás hónapjaiban (1848. március–június)
County Heves in the months of transformation (March-June 1848)

Summary/Abstract: In 1848, County Heves was different from what it is today, including parts of counties Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Nógrád and Békés. A number of places in the county, such as Eger, Gyöngyös, Szolnok, Törökszentmiklós, Heves, Pásztó, Kenderes and Pusztamonostor, were strongly stirred by the March revolution in Pest. These towns and villages elected committees to maintain law and order, and formed militia [nemzetõrség] units. On April 1, the county committee of law and order was also elected, headed by Deputy Sub-prefect [másodalispán] Gyula Blaskovics. The abolition of serfdom caused minor disturbances in the county, and lands were even occupied by force at Gyöngyöstarján and at Tiszasas. In the regions of Eger and Gyöngyös most of the complaints related to the continuing existence of the grape tithe. On April 7, there was an antisemitic disturbance in Eger, but Sub-prefect Blaskovics, with energetic measures, managed to prevent the expulsion of the Jews. The acts passed by the Diet at Pozsony in April were proclaimed in the county on May 1. They were executed mostly during May and June. The committee for law and order was replaced by the chief administrative body in the county, a permanent committee of 314 members, who were elected partly in accordance with the principle of popular representation. The permanent committee elected the missing members of the county government on June 2. Gyula Blaskovics was elected Chief Sub-prefect, Miklós Puky Deputy Sub-prefect. The judiciary was also changed, for example the feudal manorial courts [sedes domini] were abolished, and cases concerning the press were tried by courts of jury. Most of the work in the county was done for the organization of the county militia and in connection with the preparation of the popular elections to the national representative assembly. On account of the aversion among the peasants, the conscription of persons fit for service in the militia dragged on till October. The county's ten members to the national assembly were elected on June 13 and 26. The elections took place in an orderly manner, with one exception. At Gyöngyöspata, due to a disagreement that left one person dead, the election had to be repeated on July 6. With the elections over, the process of the transformation of the county was complete. In the following months, the emergency measures in connection with the Serbian revolt in the south and supporting the war of independence came to the foreground.

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