Szaján

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Sajan

Szaján is an ancient Hungarian personal name. The first certified records we know of originate only from the mid-15^th century. After the Battle of Mohács, the noble landowners and serfs fled from there, and then it remained a plain for a long time. At the beginning of the 19^th century it was the property of János Tajnay, who settled tobacco gardeners there from the outskirts of Szeged in 1806. In 1848 it burned down completely. In 1849, near Szaján, a place called Vilmatér, named after Mrs. Tajnay Vilma Jeszenszky, was formed from German-speaking settlers. This settlement was united with Szaján in 1883. In 1855, a flood destroyed the fields outside the village, and in 1873, cholera took many lives. The Kecskelléri plain belonged to the village, as well as the following inhabited places: Bika-telek, Dinnyeföld, Kenter-tanya, Rókás-tanya.