Bodrogkeresztúr, the field town

The Urbariums of 1517 and 1520 already mention Bodrogkeresztúr as a small market-town, with a population exceeding that of Tokaj - but at the same time the population was constantly exposed to the Turkish-Austrian-Hungarian struggles. For example, the census of 1567 lists the town as a place destroyed by the Turks, and we know that in 1604 the entire population had to hide from Austrian soldiers. On the latter occasion, the town's code of law disappeared, which was redrafted in 1607 by the town council as a memento.

The town also had the right of pallos in the 17th century, but never once did the municipality make use of it.

Bodrogkeresztúr has long been famous for its national fairs. The four national fairs of the town were held on the days of Matthias, the Holy Trinity, Bartholomew and Catherine, and usually lasted 8-10 days, sometimes even 14. Merchants from Venice, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Lemberg, Kiev and Constantinople had permanent warehouses in the village to serve the trade fairs. In the first half of the 18th century, Jewish merchants from Pest also regularly attended the fairs. At the same time, the municipality had the right to hold markets several days a week.

With the development of the towns in the area, the fairs' reputation slowly declined, but even in the first half of the 20th century, this was still the biggest fair in the whole region.

The fact that the national trade route from Debrecen - Tokaj - Kassa passed through Bodrogkeresztúr was also suitable for fairs and markets. This is linked to the tradition that the Lebuj road bend area between Bodrogkeresztúr and Tokaj was the camp of the bandits who attacked merchants transporting their goods.