Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Cămin. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2010)
Historic data
of Cămin Village, along with 17 people from the same locality, in Bobald, in order to steal the horses of the Károlyi family, cared by the serfs of the village. The biggest problem aroused not from the offense that was committed, recoverable through a trial, but from the fact that the animals were kept (deliberately, according to the document) in a shelter for pigs and were thus infected with scab. Important events, such as ecclesiastical or political, had significant influence over the life of Cămin Village. During the second half of the 16th century, the villagers, following the model of their masters from the Báthori family, embraced the Protestant religion. The first priest in the village belonging to this cult was mentioned in documents in 1629. Another major term in the history of the village was determined by the change of the ownership after the extinction of the Báthori family, in 1613. With the death of Gabriel Báthori, in the absence of male descendants, the whole domain of Ecedea was taken over by the Royal Treasury. As such, Ecedea Domain and, therefore, Cămin Village, changed their owner depending on the modifications undertaken by the unstable political regime of the period. In 1622, Gabriel Bethlen, prince of Transylvania at that time, took over seven counties that were previously part of the Kingdom of Hungary, including Satu Mare. The domain was then one of the largest in the area. In 1654, Cruce Kereszt Cross 19
