Bélapátfalva is a town in Heves County , the seat of the Bélapátfalva district , which lies north of Eger on the western side of the Bükk Mountains. The settlement is located along a country road running in the valley of the Eger stream .
Facing the town is the Bél-kő mountain which rises 811 meters and is one of the highest peaks of the Bükk mountains.
History
The settlement was once the property of the Bél genus . Its name was first mentioned in charters in the 13th century in the form Bel, Beel, Beyle .
1330 in “village of the monastery’s prior, known as the father’s village” was mentioned in the form, and then in 1415 from Apátfalva mentioned the name.
The Belian Abbey II. It was founded by Bishop Kilit in 1232 for the Cistercian monks.The church and the monastery ruins in Bélapátfalva
1241 in IV. King Bela ‘s armies fled the Tartars and fought at the abbey with the Tartars persecuting them .
1412 in King Sigismund , and later in 1460 in King Matthias confirmed the rights of the old abbey. However, after Matthias’ death, these estates were occupied by ecclesiastical and secular persons.
In 1495 it was the property of the abbot of Verebély, who transferred the income of the abbey to Bishop Tamás Bakócz of Eger, and from then on it remained the property of the bishopric of Eger .
Until 1534 , the monks lived in the monastery, then Péter Perényi also occupied the estates of the bishopric, and the area around Eger converted to the Reformed faith. At that time the monks left the monastery due to the harassment. The monastery, which was abandoned by its inhabitants and deprived of its possessions, slowly began to collapse, the church also fell into ruin, and Apátfalva became part of the Szarvaskő castle until 1562 .
In 1678 , King Leopold I gave the village to the chapter of Eger.
In 1700 , at the request of Bishop Telekessy of Eger, the king donated all the property of the abbey to maintain the priestly seminary in Eger .
From 1700 to 1945 the settlement was the property of the Eger priestly seminary.
In 1910 , out of 1852 inhabitants, 1833 were Hungarians. Of these, 1,721 were Roman Catholics, 36 Reformed, and 70 Israelites.
At the beginning of the 20th century , it belonged to the Sajószentpéter district of Borsod county .
He received the city rank in 2004 .
