Bokortanya is a special kind of settlement, they are between a hamlet and a dwarf village and located around my hometown Nyíregyháza.
They formed from 1753 and functioned as a supplementary settlement and belong to the mothertown Nyíregyháza. The plain is a rich farming ground for crops and domestic animals. They used to be the pantry of the town. In the beginning the farmers have lived in town and only came here to plough from spring to autumn. Later they moved here with their families and relatives using it as a permanent quarter. In the old days these farms were thriving with live agriculture and economy, more and more came to settle down here. In the 1950s, during the Communism they started declining and nowadays it is only a remembrance of the good old days.
My grandma used to live in one of these settlements and she often told me about the old days. After she passed away I started to explore the area and visit the people who still live there.
Bokortanya is a special kind of settlement, they are between a hamlet and a dwarf village and located around my hometown Nyíregyháza.
They formed from 1753 and functioned as a supplementary settlement and belong to the mothertown Nyíregyháza. The plain is a rich farming ground for crops and domestic animals. They used to be the pantry of the town. In the beginning the farmers have lived in town and only came here to plough from spring to autumn. Later they moved here with their families and relatives using it as a permanent quarter. In the old days these farms were thriving with live agriculture and economy, more and more came to settle down here. In the 1950s, during the Communism they started declining and nowadays it is only a remembrance of the good old days.
My grandma used to live in one of these settlements and she often told me about the old days. After she passed away I started to explore the area and visit the people who still live there.