Ancient history

In the Pilis Mountains, the first humans appeared towards the end of the last ice age.In the cave of Kiskevély and in the stone cave of Plough, the so-called ?cave gravitics? or

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Middle Ages

After the Migration Period, there is no mention of a settlement of Szentivan or anything of that name in the Buda Hills.The Tatars raided and burned the villages in the area.A

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Roman era

Ancient Rome between 35 BC and AD. 9 BC, conquered Pannonia (about the present-day Transdanubia and part of Croatia) and Iliria (about Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina).

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Turkish-kor

In 1543, Lala Mustafa had a strong palisaded castle built at Red Castle, with a perimeter of 1000 paces, two gates and a moat. It was named Red Castle after the colour of its walls.

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Land tenure in the municipality

On 15 May 1708, the count granted the territories of Szentivan and Lower and Upper Kovácsi to Count János Pál Brankovics. 5 months later, on 30 October 1708, its legal successor

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The settlement of the municipality

Five German families had already arrived in 1723, and the settlement contract was signed with them on 24 April 1724 by the vicar of the Buda Augustinians, Father Patrik Scharinger. This document

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