The Most Iranian City In Europe

  After the end of the Turkish rule, Leopold I sold the Jászság to the Teutonic Knights (22. March 1702) and disestablished the privileges of the county. The Teutonic Knights also took Jászberény as the main seat and made it the official capital of the county Jászkun, consisting of Jászság, Kiskunság, and Nagykunság. In the general population, the sale was opposed. The region, therefore, supported Francis II Rákóczi in Rákóczi's War of Independence but, after defeat, they took to legal means, collected the required sum, and bought their own county back. 1745, the re-buy (redemption) was approved by Maria Theresa of Austria who also reestablished the county's privileges