Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Berveni. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)
Historical data
century. Instead, the Calvinist priest of the village, Bodoki Henter Márton, encouraged the settlement of Szeklers in Berveni. Population was gradually completed throughout the 18th century with Hungarian inhabitants from the neighboring villages, who moved here in Berveni after the arrival of Schwabs. This way, the village became somehow unique in the area, for its ethnic and religious structure, being inhabited by Hungarian Calvinists. Through history, the life of the inhabitants of Berveni was marked by the surrounding marshland. The Swamp of Ecedea created a specific natural environment that strongly influenced the daily life. The village was situated on a strip of land that went forward inside the swamp, forming a peninsula with only one access road toward the village of Cămin. Surrounded from three sides with the swamp, people have adapted themselves to the specific economy determined by the marsh-land. Their life was influenced by climate variations more than elsewhere. Any extreme phenomenon had disastrous effects on the village: the rainy years transformed the swamp into a huge water surface, which stopped all agricultural activities, while in the years of drought, the dry vegetation spread quickly the fires, which destroyed, therefore, the whole area. The fires did not disappear even in the subsequent years after the draining of the swamp: in 1903, fire destroyed not only Berveni locality, but also the nearby village, Căpleni. The marsh-land climate encouraged the spreading of epidemics. That is why, in the year 1873, Berveni was affected by the cholera epidemic, making 143 victims. Biserica romano-catolică din Berveni A börvelyi római katolikus templom The roman-catholic church of Berveni 27
