Seventy years ago, the unified Hungarian water service was reorganized. The history and beginnings of the establishment of the Nyíregyháza Water Directorate in 1953

Abstract

In the years after the Second World War, the water organizations in Hungary could only continue their professional work with great difficulty after the destruction caused by the war. The years between the nationalization and the establishment of the water management directorates (1948-1953) were also a very difficult period in terms of the country's political, social and economic conditions. Conceptual proceedings were launched against the leading professionals of several water organizations in the Upper Tisza, some association workers were not accepted into the state service and their professional careers were split in two, making their livelihood impossible. After the nationalization, the water management organizations in the Upper Tisza region were mainly subordinated to the Debrecen Water Management District, subordinated to the National Water Management Office (OVgH), and a smaller part to the Miskolc Water Management District. Within the framework of the Debrecen Water Management District, the Nyíregyháza Stream Engineering Branch, the Nyíregyháza River and Inland Water Protection Branch and the Mátészalka River and Inland Water Protection Branch were established. On January 1, 1950, the Nyíregyháza Water Management District began its independent life, which was selected from the large Debrecen district. From February 1951, following the reorganization of the Nyíregyháza Water Management District, the Nyíregyháza Flood Protection and Flow Control Office and the Nyíregyháza Cultural Engineering and Inland Water Management Office were established. By abolishing the fragmentation of the water service, on October 1, 1953, the National Water Directorate General and regional water directorates were established, including the Nyíregyháza Water Directorate. In the announcement, we present the organization of the above legal predecessor institutions and the board of directors, the team of professionals.