Az Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület története: 1896–1938
History of the Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület: 1896–1938

Summary/Abstract: The end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century is one of the most exciting periods in the history of Hungarian sport. In the capital and in the countryside, countless clubs were founded which played a decisive role in the cultivation and dissemination of physical culture. One of these clubs was the Eperjesi Torna és Vívó Egyesület (Slovak: Prešovský telocvičný a šermovný spolok, English: Gymnastics and Fencing Club of Eperjes), which became one of the first sports clubs in the eastern part of Upper Hungary, also having a tremendous social impact. Throughout its history, the ETVE has been a staunch advocate of Hungarian identity, not only promoting sport, but also working for assimilation of ethnic minorities in the period before the First World War and against assimilation of Hungarians after 1920. Although the name of ETVE is not unknown to those interested in Hungarian sport history, the history of the club's development remains completely unexplored, and the aim of this research is to fill this gap, which also provides an opportunity to gain, through sports, insight into the life of a Hungarian community that has almost completely disappeared by now.

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