Fehérgyarmat, the
centre of the area called Erőhát(Back of Forest), is a small
town with 9 thousand inhabitants in the north-east corner of the
country.
The second part of its name refers to the historical fact that the
conquering Gyarmat tribe partly settled down here in the triangle taken
by rivers Tisza, Szamos and Túr in the tenth
century. The Garmath placename can be read in a document from
the fifteenth century, which means that our ancestors considered this
area long-standing quarters. It shows the rank of the
settlement that it is mentioned in another document from 1387. This
time it is called Germad, while a document from 1403 mentions as
Jarmath.