A kolozsvári Esterházy-ház és lakói (I.)
The Esterházy House in Cluj/Kolozsvár and its Residents

Summary/Abstract: The first orphanage in Kolozsvár used to be in the building on Egyetem Street Nr. 8, in the later so-called Esterházy House. A memorial tablet from 1742 commemorates the donation of the building by count László Gyulaffy, whose name is kept in secret on the tablet. A note from 1880 by count János Esterházy, who was one of the owners of the House, contains the history of the building which was unpublished yet. The House became the home of the Esterházy Family in 1790, when the Governor of Transylvania moved to Kolozsvár from Nagyszeben. Several illustrious family members grew up here in the next centuries, with heroes of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Miguel and Kálmán, among them. The guests of the house were also reputable: Miguel de Braganza, the later Portuguese king, or count Pál Teleki, the prime minister, who always stayed there when he was in Kolozsvár. The house was the property of the Esterházy’s until 1949, when the communist Romanian government expelled the residents and nationalized it. The family got the house back in 2008.

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