Peciu Nou
Peciu Nou ( German Neupetsch or Ulmbach, Serbian Cyrillic Ulbeč - Улбеч, Hungarian Újpécs ) is a municipality in Timiş, Banat, Romania.
Location
The community Peciu Nou is located in the Banat plain, 25 kilometers southwest of Timisoara and is crossed by the road DJ593.
Neighboring towns
History
At the time of Roman rule was located on the territory of today's Peciu Nou a settlement called Vibech. 1333 for the first time a settlement under the name Veybech was occupied in writing. 1401-1406 was the site of Hungarian royal territory and had city status under the name Opidum Regys Vyebech while he bore the name Vzbech in the 16th century.
1526, when Hungary was under Turkish rule and the place was inhabited by Serbs, he was named Vibech Peciui, and in the 17th century Peciuiu. At the Mercy map of 1723-1725 the place did not occur, suggesting that the settlement was destroyed during the Turkish wars. The first German settlers settled down here in 1723. The conscription of 1743 noted a settlement called Uypez.
On 4 June 1920, the Banat was divided into three parts as a result of the Treaty of Trianon. The largest, eastern part, which included Neupetsch, fell to Romania.
Due to the Waffen-SS Agreement of May 12, 1943 between the Antonescu government and Hitler's Germany all ethnic German conscript men were drafted into the German army. Even before the war, in January 1945, the deportation of all ethnic German women between 18 and 30 years and men aged 16-45 years was held kidnapped for construction labor in the Soviet Union. The land reform law of 23 March 1945 which provided for the expropriation of German farmers in Romania, the rural population deprived the livelihood. The nationalization law of June 11, 1948, provided for the nationalization of all industrial and commercial establishments, banks and insurance companies, whereby all farms were expropriated, regardless of ethnicity.
As the population along the Romanian- Yugoslav border of the Romanian governance after the rift between Stalin and Tito and his exclusion was classified from the Cominform alliance as a security risk, took place on 18 June 1951, the deportation " of politically unzuverlässlichen elements " in the Bărăgan - steppe, regardless of ethnicity. Romanian leadership aimed at the same time to break the onset of resistance to the upcoming collectivization of agriculture. Bărăganverschleppten When returning home in 1956, they received the 1945 expropriated houses and farms refunded. possession of the field, however, was collectivized.
Cultural life
The School of Peciu Nou was built in 1726, the language of instruction was German. In 1823 the building of today's kindergarten was built in 1874 and the new school. Between 1871 and 1919 the Hungarian language of instruction. Beginning of the 20th century there were in Peciu Nou next to an elementary school and a girls' school and a two-year training for craftsmen.
Economy
In Peciu Nou especially the logging, the wood processing industry and the food industry and metal processing are developed. But the animal breeding (such as cattle ) plays an important economic role in addition to the cultivation of grain and wine.
Caritas Children's Home of St. Nicholas
In the first months of 1990 large quantities were brought in aid to Romania in order to better equip the local children's homes. Very quickly grew the realization that this is not enough, but also the staff must be qualified. This resulted in a technical school for Home and special education in Timisoara, but the will to open a so-called model children's home. In 1990, the Caritas workers found in the diocese of Essen a large, vacant rectory in Peciu Nou. With the help of the state government of North Rhine -Westphalia five houses were in total Peciu Nou for this purpose, completely renovated and furnished. Today, a total of 22 children are cared for here.
Population
- 2002 lived in Peciu Nou 2988 inhabitants, of which 2618 Romanians, 92 Hungarians, 50 German and 228 Others.