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During the 14th century, the Saxons found the fortress destroyed and built on its ruins, on several steps, a peasant fortress. They named it: Reps (much later t...
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During the 14th century, the Saxons found the fortress destroyed and built on its ruins, on several steps, a peasant fortress. They named it: Reps (much later the Hungarians named it Kőhalom, meaning "rock heap"). It was for the first time mentioned in a document (castrum Kuholm) from 1324, referring to the old Saxon peasant fortress situated on the basalt rock on the northwest side of the town.
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