| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study. To show the role of pastoral animal husbandry in dualism in a large
Hungarian city where the majority of the population lived from industry, trade, mining and
transport. How did the city assembly approach the maintenance of the pasture that made up
part of the land.
Applied methods. We examined the archives of the Baranya County Archives of the Hungarian
National Archives, the archives of the city assembly and the city council, the accounting office,
the economic supervision, the city regulations and cadastral maps, documents and maps, and
we reviewed the local press. Literature and statistical data were compared with the opinions of
contemporaries.
Outcomes. Research has convincingly demonstrated that pasturage was essential to the lifestyles
of the poorer, more self-exploiting suburban residents in particular, and even in the 1910s, most
cattle were driven out to Megyeri and Szigeti suburban pastures. In our period, however, the
area of pastures decreased significantly due to the conversion of pastures into arable land and
meadows, the expansion of the city, and the needs of the military (training ground, shooting
range). | hu |
