Zădăreni

Zădăreni ( Saderlach German, Hungarian Zádorlac ) is a town in Arad County, Banat, Romania. The municipality includes the village Zădăreni Bodrogu Nou.

Geographical Location

Zădăreni located on the left Maroschufer, in the north of the Banat, in western Romania, in the county road DJ 692 and on the railway line New - Arad - Greater St. Nicholas, eight kilometers from the county capital Arad. On the boundaries of the municipality, four kilometers west of Zădăreni, is the Greek Orthodox monastery Hodos - Bodrog, a native of the Middle Ages pilgrimage.

Neighboring towns

Etymology

The place name Zádorlac indicates an owner name " Zádor " and the Hungarian epilogue " lak " for place of residence.

History

The oldest mention of the settlement " Zadarlaka " comes from the papal Zehentlisten 1332-1337. In 1514, the "lock Zadorlak " was sacked by the insurgents Dózsas and destroyed all feudal documents. In the summer of 1661 the Castle of Mehmed III was. taken. During the Turkish occupation, only a small settlement " szállás " ( Praedium ) is mentioned by about 30 people in the vicinity of today's " Sallaschberges ".

After the Banat was as a result of the Peace of Passarowitz (1718 ) Habsburg crown land, began the state-directed, systematic settlement of this largely deserted stretch of land. The majority of the Saderlacher settlers came from the southern Black Forest, from the zwing and spell the monastery of St. Blaise, from the county town of Bonn, from the country Stühlingen County, the county land Unterklettgau and the Principality of Fürstenberg. Several families came from the Hotze forest, from the county of Hauenstein and from the Frick valley.

In 1719, the Salpeterer Johann Fridolin Albiez ignited the Salpetererunruhen. After the defeat of the last uprising of 1755 Maria Theresa had banish 122 insurgents in the Banat. The Saderlacher settlers came, as a group, between the first and second Swabian ( 1740-1780 ). After the Banat historian " Leo Hoffmann " is 1737 to consider the year of the first immigration of Hotzen. Saderlach was the only German colony in southeastern part of Europe with Alemannic dialect. The Alemannic prevailed over all other language influences.

Tourism

The monastery Hodos - Bodrog is an important tourist attraction. Dating from the 12th Century monastery is in possession of an extensive collection of icons from the 15th to the 18th centuries, as well as numerous books, manuscripts, silver vessels and artifacts from the Roman era, which were uncovered during excavations in the years 1976-1977.

Demography

Personalities

• Andreas Porfetye (1927-2011), composer, educator and Director of Music