Dudeștii Vechi

Dudeștii Vechi
Altbeschenowa
Óbesenyő
Stár Bišnov

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Banat

Circle :

Timiș

Coordinates :

46 ° 3 ' N , 20 ° 29' E Coordinates: 46 ° 2 '31 " N , 20 ° 28' 35" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

85 m

Area :

95.64 km²

Residents :

4,203 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

44 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

307150

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 56

License plate :

TM

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Dudeștii Vechi, Cheglevici , Colonia Bulgară

Mayor :

Cucalan Bono ( PNL )

Postal address :

Loc. Dudeștii Vechi, no. 255
jud. Timiș, RO-307150

Website :

www.e-primarii.ro/primaria-dudestiivechi

Location of Dudeștii Vechi in Timiș County

Dudeștii Vechi on the Josephine land survey (1769–1772)

Dudeştii Vechi (obsolete Besenova Veche , besenova-Mare , Bejenari ; German Altbeschenowa , Bulgarian Стар Бешенов Star Beschenow , Banat Bulgarian STAR Bišnov , Hungarian Óbesenyő , Nagybesenyő or Bottalütőbesenyő ) is a commune in Timiş County , in the region Banat , in south-western Romania . The place is mostly populated with Banat Bulgarians or Palćene ; a regional Bulgarian minority with predominantly Roman Catholic faith. They are descendants of around 1,738 established here Paulician and come originally from the north of Bulgaria . An estimate from 2007 put the total population of the place at 4,411.

Neighboring places

Beba Veche	Kiszombor	Cenad
Banatsko Aranđelovo		Sânnicolau Mare
Valcani	Teremia Mare	Tomnatic

language

The community is officially bilingual . Romanian and Banat Bulgarian are the working languages for public signage as well as in administration and justice.

history

Dudeștii Vechi consists of three villages: Cheglevici , Colonia Bulgară and Dudeștii Vechi .

Colonia Bulgară (Banat-Bulgarian Telepa , German Bulgarian Colony , Hungarian Bolgartelep ) was founded in 1846 by Roman Catholic Bulgarian settlers . In 1910 the population here consisted of 714 Bulgarians . By 1930 it rose to 830, but with only 353 Bulgarians and 338 Hungarians , 123 Germans , 13 Romanians and 3 Roma . In the census of 1940, the realized Ion Antonescu - regime not Bulgarians as a separate ethnic group , to the population of 729 consisted of 295 Hungarians, 107 Germans, 13 Romanians and 314 others .

After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867), the Banat was annexed to the Kingdom of Hungary within the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary .

The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in the division of the Banat into three parts , whereby Dudeştii Vechi fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

As a result of the Waffen-SS Agreement of May 12, 1943 between the Antonescu government and Hitler's Germany , all men of German origin who were conscripted into the German army. The Germans from Romania had to pay for this after Romania switched sides on August 23, 1944. Before the end of the war, in January 1945, all ethnic German women between the ages of 18 and 30 and men between the ages of 16 and 45 were deported to the Soviet Union for reconstruction work .

The Land Reform Act of March 23, 1945 , which provided for the expropriation of German farmers without compensation, as former members of the German ethnic group in Romania , deprived the rural population of their livelihood. At the same time, the houses of the Germans were also expropriated without compensation. Land and farmhouses were distributed to smallholders, farm workers and colonists from other parts of the country.

The nationalization law of June 11, 1948 , which provided for the nationalization of all industrial and commercial enterprises, banks and insurance companies, resulted in the expropriation of all commercial enterprises. In the early 1950s, the collectivization of agriculture took place.

Since the population along the Romanian-Yugoslav border was classified as a security risk by the Romanian government after the rift between Stalin and Tito and his exclusion from the Cominform alliance, "politically unreliable elements" were deported to the Bărăgan on June 18, 1951 . Steppe regardless of ethnicity. At the same time, the Romanian leadership aimed to break the resistance against the impending collectivization of agriculture. When the Bărăgan abductees returned home in 1956, the houses and farms expropriated in 1945 were returned to them. However, the field ownership was collectivized.

Culture and religion

The school in Dudeştii Vechi was built in 1745 by the Bulgarian settlers with the help of the Roman Catholic Church. It is the oldest school in the Bulgarian diaspora and the only school in Romania where all classes are optionally taught in Bulgarian. The majority of the inhabitants still belong to the Roman Catholic denomination today . Roman Catholic churches exist in the districts Colonia Bulgară and Dudeştii Vechi .

Roman Catholic Church in Dudeştii Vechi
Divine service in Dudeştii Vechi

Population development

Elevation		Ethnic distribution
year	population	Romanians	Banat Bulgarians	German	Magyars	Roma	Serbs	Jews	Slovaks	Other
1880	11,690	2754	unknown	1295	1101	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	6366
1910	12,638	3121	unknown	1403	2152	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	5962
1941	11,334	2661	unknown	1206	1187	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	6280
1948	11,620	2754	5771	1327	1415	232	53	34	20th	-
1956	9653	2340	5610	478	995	210	6th	5	7th	-
1977	8030	2221	4669	319	694	109	6th	2	5	9
1992	6409	1996	3633	57	379	305	11	1	9	17th
2002	5807	2368	2987	44	330	62	16	-	-	-
2005	4486	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
2011	4203	1103	2439	27	159	222	6th	-	6th	241

literature

Crețan, Remus, Dicționar toponimic și geografico-istoric al localităților din județul Timiș , Editura Universității de Vest, Timișoara, 2006 ISBN 973-7608-65-8
Ana Ronkov, Ioan Sârbu, Ioan Vasilcin, Monografia localității Dudeștii Vechi, jud. Timiș , Editura Mirton, Timișoara, 2006, ISBN 973-661-997-4

Web links

Commons : Dudeștii Vechi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)

[vz2011-1] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)

[2] Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)