A magyarországi zsidók településtörténete az egyetemes zsidóvándorlás tükrében
The History of the Jewish Settlement in Hungary in the Context of the Universal Jewish Migration

Summary/Abstract: The Jewish history shows several stories of the migrant Jews from the story of the flee from Egypt, the Babylonian deportation and so on. The Jews migrated to East and West as well. In the history of their apparition in Hungary there are several turning points. They already appeared in Pannonia in the Roman times, but the documented settlements happened in the 13th century. The main settlements happened in the 17th, 18th centuries. One part of the Jews came to Hungary from Austria, another one from the Czech territories after 1726, when King Charles the 3rd allowed only one member of the Jewish families to get married. Thus, many quite rich Jews came to Hungary and started a life and a business there. The third wave arrived from Poland after the country was first dismembered in 1722. Galicia, an important territory where many Jews had lived, came under Hapsburg domination. Here the Jews lived under harsh circumstances, in great need, thus they got involved in such low jobs as innkeepers. The article presents the history of the Hungarian Jewish population.

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