Territorien, Grenzen und Grenzziehungen in den südungarischen Komitaten Bács und Bodrog am Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts.

The article illustrates certain aspects of the process of shaping territorial space, using the example of the legal dispute between the southern Hungarian counties of Bács and Bodrog. The documents studied for this research show a great variety in terms of the methods and approaches used by the members of the relevant commissions, the participating lawyers, and the people interviewed on the ground to describe and perceive the space and boundaries between the particular territories. The article traces the logic behind the giving of evidence in the boundary-drawing process. This was based on historical documents and maps on the one hand, and on the questioning of witnesses on the other. The resulting boundaries and territories of the counties can be described as the outcome of a process that brought forth new spaces on the basis of the memory passed down both orally and in written form. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]