The central settlement of the Celtic Eraviscus tribe was situated in the Southern slope of the St Gellért-hill, Budapest. In the first half of the 1st century the Roman government moved some part of the Eraviscus people to the plains of Albertfalva. A significant part of the ancient settlement lay in Albertfalva.

The Ráckeve dominion was shifted into the ownership of Mária Krisztina (5th child of Mária Terézia) through a marriage she made in 1766 with Wettin Albert Kázmér Ágost (1738-1822) - prince of Szászteschen. After her death the dominion was inherited by her husband.

The wine collection exhibits more than 600 kinds of wine of 32 countries. Each of the 600 bottles of wine originate from different countries. Flags on the bottles indicate the country of origin. The collection work started off 30 years ago and is still carried out today. All wines have a separate catalogue.

Following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, the extensive economical, industrial and cultural development taking place proved that the formerly active coops did not function according to the requirements of the times. The Act 17 of 1884 accordingly required qualification to practice trade. It also organized trade authorities, ordering the formation of trade associations on the territory of every trade authority to which every tradesman was obliged to join.