Böszörmény

Böszörmény was a market town on the plain north of Debrecen. Its judges and jurors appear in records of 1410, and its owners included the Hunyadi and Báthory families. In 1609 Prince Gabriel Báthory moved the privileged hajdu soldiers from Kálló to Böszörmény, ending a dangerous dispute between them and the imperial garrison. The town later became the seat of the Hajdu District, whose communities guarded their collective liberties.