A Drágffy család margójára – gazdálkodás, innováció, tudomány = Farming, innovation, science – notes on the Drágffy family

Kazareczki, Noémi (2025) A Drágffy család margójára – gazdálkodás, innováció, tudomány = Farming, innovation, science – notes on the Drágffy family. LEVÉLTÁRI KÖZLEMÉNYEK, 96. pp. 25-51. ISSN 0024-1512

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Abstract

This study presents selected prominent members of the Drágffy family, founded in1828 by József Drahokupil, an estate manager of the Primate’s domain who wasgranted predial noble status and land. The estate received from the Archbishop ofEsztergom was managed by József’s son Miklós and his family, while Miklós’sbrother Sándor was a member of parliament for the Vác constituency between1865 and 1870. Miklós’s son, Sándor Drágffy, directed the family estate inÉrsekvadkert until the mid-1930s, but his name is remembered for a completelydifferent activity. He was the inventor of the pocket sundial, for which he filed apatent application on May 4, 1925, which was registered in 1930.The paper also examines the work of Miklós Drágffy, a distinguished memberof the third generation of the family and a judge appointed to the Hungarian RoyalMinistry of Justice. At the Hungarian Institute of Public Administration, foundedby Professor Zoltán Magyary, he pursued significant academic research. As a stu-dent of Magyary, he received several scholarships established by Kuno Klebelsbergduring the interwar period, which enabled him to study systems of public admin-istration in Western European countries. He published his research not only inKözigazgatástudomány, the journal of the Institute of Public Administration, butalso in numerous monographs.

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