Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Cămin. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2010)
Historic data
the troops visiting the area, staying away from home for six weeks. Even in these conditions, the population dropped sharply: in 1715, the village was populated only by seven families of serfs. By 1746, the number of inhabitants (200, members of 28 families), remained, however, still small compared with the previous period. After the defeat of the revolt, the Rákóczi Family fell into disgrace and all of its estates were confiscated. Ecedea Domain was one of the properties recovered by the Károlyi Family through purchase, in the years 1746 and 1758. Following the strategy applied by the Károlyi Family in many of the villages that made up their vast domain, the Protestant residents of Cămin were moved to Berveni around year 1750, and swabian families were colonized instead. The earliest data on the presence of the German residents in Cămin dates back in 1752 and, presumably, the colonization ended six years later, in 1758. In 1766, there were 64 swabian families in the village. Despite their numerical increase, the number of families remained relatively constant due to the legacy system based on the principle of primogeniture. Thus, in 1828 there were almost the same number of families of German origin (66) in the village as in the 18th century. After the Swabs’ settling, during the second half of the 18th century and especially during the 19th century, the village experienced a considerable economic Capela din Cimitir Temetőkápolna The chapel of the Cemetery 23
