A Kesztölcről Fehérvárra menő hadút
Megjelenés dátuma: 2007
Kulcsszó: Tihanyi alapítólevél
helynév
szórvány
ómagyar kor
Kesztölc
Tolna megye
lokalizálás
helynév
szórvány
ómagyar kor
Kesztölc
Tolna megye
lokalizálás
Abstract:
RUDOLF SZENTGYÖRGYI, The military road from Kesztölc to Fehérvár //
The oldest authentic linguistic record of Hungarian which survived in the original version was the
Latin charter of foundation of Tihany Abbey (1055) which preserved a well-known Hungarian phrase
indicating a place: ad castelic [-] & feheruuaru rea meneh hodu utu. This paper makes an attempt to
give the unambiguous localization of the denotatum of this fragment. The author demonstrates that the
expression is undoubtedly related to a common section of two important Roman roads of the ancient
province Pannonia still existing in the early Middle Ages. After identifying Fehérvár (with the ancient
Gorsium-Herculia in its neighbourhood) and the former castelic (Kesztölc, between Bátaszék and
Szekszárd) by using lots of 19–20th century microtoponyms, the author justifies the fact that the
Fehérvár – Kesztölc military road formed part of the Sopianae – Aquincum Roman road, which
joined up with a section of the limes road along the Danube to the north of Szekszárd. In the
medieval period the Fehérvár – Kesztölc military road became a section of the international
commercial and pilgrimage road (established by Stephen I around 1018) that connected Rome and
Western Europe with Byzantium, and later with Jerusalem.