Frumușeni
Frumuşeni ( German Schöndorf, Hungarian Szépfalu ) is a town in Arad County, Banat, Romania. At the community Frumuşeni also includes the village Alunis.
Geographical Location
Frumuşeni located on the left Maroschufer, in the north of the Banat, in the south of Arad County, 17 kilometers southeast of the county capital Arad, on the county road DJ 682B.
Neighboring towns
History
At the Mercy map from 1723, the place was registered under the name " Sefdin ". The site was inhabited in the time of the Teresian settlement in the years 1764-1766 with Germans. The Romanians were living there because of unrest and the disturbed neighborly relationship to the " Prädium Klek " in present-day Serbia, resettled. Head of construction work and the settlement was the officer of the Lippaer salt Office, Carl Samuel Neumann Edler von Buchholt. The settlers came primarily from the Rhineland, Baden -Württemberg, from Luxembourg and Lorraine.
1768, Emperor Joseph II, his approval Sefdin in " Schöndorf " rename. Schöndorf was a Urbarialgemeinde and from the founding until 1781 owned by the Viennese Court Chamber. 1781 Schöndorf passed into private ownership. The new laird " Michael Spech " took over the patronage of the village and the church. In 1794 he had a new house of prayer bells build. The following squire and patron Baron " Alexander Pronay de Tothpronna " tore down the dilapidated wooden church 1815-1825 and built the still existing church. 1779 the old school was built in 1866 and built the present school building.
In the center of town there is a park, in the Roman Catholic church, the rectory and the school, as well as the war memorial and the statue of Holy Trinity. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, a Romanian Orthodox church was built at the eastern end of the park. The cultural center now houses a small museum with archaeological relics from the places of discovery " Schanzberg ", " Turkish Fountain " and "Goat Hill".
Economy
The main occupation was agriculture and animal husbandry. On the hills to the vineyards spread out in the valley near the river Mures plum plantations were established. Also, tobacco and hemp cultivation was operated. Furthermore, were created in the lowlands of the river Mures willow plantations. The basketry was after the Second World War, after the expropriation of land, one of the main economic activities of the village. Nice village was known for its weaving and their export at home and abroad. In Schöndorf there were two corn mills and eight shops. In the resort almost every trade was represented.
After the Banat as a result of the Treaty of Trianon in 1920 was incorporated into Romania, initially led to a positive economic development. It was established producers cooperative. This unfolded as a consultant with regard to the utilization of milk, purchase of seeds, pesticides, fertilizers, purchase and export of pigs and grain, and the use of agricultural machinery of all kinds
By spreading into the Soviet Union in January 1945 and the deportation to the Bărăgan Steppes 1951, the economy collapsed in the town. After the expropriation of 1945 and the collectivization of agriculture did the migration of village youth to Arad. After the 1978 agreement between Germany and Romania Schöndorfer many emigrated in the wake of family reunification Germany. Their houses came into the possession of immigrant Romanians from other parts of the country, as a result of a demographic change took place, which is shown in the following table.