1111 A name in the Zobor charterMeno v Zoborskej listine

The oldest document that seems to name this place is the Zobor charter of 1111, where historians read the forms Toarsin and Doardi as Tvrdošín; a charter of King Béla III adds the form Turz in 1183. Be careful about what that proves. It is a fact about a piece of parchment, and about how scholars read a name written on it — not about when the first family built a house by the river. What it does show is that the crown was already interested in this spot, because the charter is concerned with tolls, and this is where the road to Poland could be watched.Najstaršia listina, ktorá zrejme pomenúva toto miesto, je Zoborská listina z roku 1111; historici v nej čítajú tvary Toarsin a Doardi ako Tvrdošín, listina Bela III. z roku 1183 pridáva podobu Turz. S tým, čo to dokazuje, treba narábať opatrne. Je to údaj o pergamene a o tom, ako bádatelia čítajú jedno meno — nie o tom, kedy si tu prvá rodina postavila dom pri rieke. Ukazuje však, že kráľa toto miesto už zaujímalo: listina hovorí o mýtach a práve odtiaľto sa dala strážiť cesta do Poľska.