Gerjen’s name is mentioned at first in 1211 among the properties of the Abbot of Ti/,nys“... The neighbouring Fatod (today Fadd) is boarded by the river Gergyen which goes out of river Danube.”

In 1520 the village was called Gergyën, later Gergyen and was mentioned as a crossing point of Danube. Originally the village was located west from the river. The so called Vettle puszta belonged to Gerjen. From that place the inhabitants moved to Gerjen and the old village was used as agricultural and burial land. (Even in the last century some people were burĘed there). According to descriptions from 1690 three sides of the village were bordered by the river Danube. In 1720 eighteen farmer families lived in the place. In 1928 twenty-five families were mentioned. In 1829 the old village was described the following way: “... It is a bit hilly and the whole place is surrounded by water. The village consists of two streets, disorderly and densely built.”

The village could be reached by boat, so it was an important vehicle. Houses were small, covered with mud and had hedge walls. On the Old Village hill, which was a place risen out of the water, there was the Turkish church. In 1752 the church was said to have stood there for a long time. The roof of that was destroyed in the Rákóczi era. In 1844 the Old Village burnt down. Houses were close and eaves touched each other, so the fire spread easily. After this huge destroy people had to move. At that time our ancestor chose a place a bit east from the old one, close to the river where earlier fruit trees stood. This is the present location of the village. Avoiding a catastrophe, streets of the new village were constructed accurately. At first the walls of the houses were made of hedge, too. Although the village was inundated by flood many times, inhabitants found shelter on the top of the levee. The level of the 1893 flood is indicated on the eastern side of the Calvinist Church. When river Danube was regulated the village got to the bank of it.

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