Dudeștii Vechi
Dudeştii Vechi (also besenova Veche, besenova -Mare, Bejenari, Altbeschenowa German, Bulgarian Стар Бешенов / Star Beshenov, Banat Bulgarian StAR Bišnov, Hungarian Újbesenyő, Nagybesenyő or Bottalütőbesenyő ) is a municipality in Timiş county in Romania. The place is mostly populated by Banat Bulgarians or Palćene; a regional Bulgarian minority with predominantly Roman Catholic faith. They are descendants of which in 1738 established here Paulicians, are originally from the north of Bulgaria. An estimate from 2007 estimated the total population of the village with 4,411.
Neighboring towns
Language
The community is officially bilingual. Romanian and Bulgarian Banat are the working languages for both the public signage, as well as in the administration and the judiciary.
Districts
Dudeştii Vechi consists of three villages: Cheglevici, Colonia Búlgara and Dudeştii Vechi.
Colonia Búlgara ( Banat Bulgarian Telepa, German colony Bulgarian, Hungarian Bolgartelep ) was founded in 1846 by Roman Catholic Bulgarian settlers. 1910 was the population here, 714 Bulgarians. By 1930, it rose to 830, but with only 353 Bulgarians, Hungarians and 338, 123 Germans, 13 Romanians and Roma 3. In the census of 1940, the Ion Antonescu regime Bulgarians not recognized as a separate ethnic group; so the population consisted of 729 out of 314 " other ", 295 Hungarians, 107 Germans and 13 Romanians.
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 of the Bulgarian diaspora and the only school in Romania, in the optional all classes are taught in Bulgarian. The majority of the population belongs today to the Roman Catholic denomination. Roman Catholic churches exist in the districts of Colonia Búlgara and Dudeştii Vechi.
- Roman Catholic Church in Dudeştii Vechi
- Service in Dudeştii Vechi