Page "Tura, Hungary" Paragraph 8

Until 1873 Tura was owned by the Esterházy family, but they sold it to Baron Sigismund Schossberger.

On 20 July 1849 one of the biggest battles of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 took place in Tura, between Mór Perczel's and Alexander Petrovich Tolstoy ’ s troops.

In 1910 there were 900 houses and 4759 inhabitants.