Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Berveni. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)

Historical data

Regularization of Floods and Water Infiltration on the Left Bank of Szamos River was founded in 1889. Under the leadership of count Tibor Károlyi and with considerable funding, the work of draining went fast, and ended a decade later. The route of the Crasna Canal was designed to include Berveni, where a bridge was also built. As a consequence, the agricultural land area of the village grew considerably, but typical activities and specific habits of the marshland have vanished. After more then a century, the draining of Ecedea Swamp proved to be not an entirely good idea. For this reason, there is a project to restore partially the swamp, which would include a part of the territory of Berveni.

With all the changes that challenged the locality in the 19th century, the economy of Berveni prospered at the end of the century. The infrastructure was improved by the building of the railway that made connections among the towns on the territory of the former swamp and the urban centers of the area. Agriculture also developed by cultivating new varieties of plants, among which the most popular were hemp and potato. In Berveni, two factories were built for processing products of this type. The hemp factory started to operate with 200 workers in 1906, while the factory of starch, extracted from potatoes, was also set up at the beginning of the 20th century. There was a steam mill in the village in this period, too. The end of the World War I brought significant changes in the life of the village. The border between Romania and Hungary was set near Berveni, laying the locality in a peripheral position. The hemp factory was affected because the producers of the raw material

Monumentul eroilor

Hősök emlékműve

The monument of war-heroes

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