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

Historical data

period, Căuaş was part of the county of Solnocu de Mijloc, and later, in the interwar period, Sălaj county. The settlement was included in the county of Satu Mare only after the administrative reform of 1968, as center of the commune with the same name. The first data attesting the existence of the school date from the 19th century. There were two schools in Căuaş at that time: a Greek Catholic confessional school, and a state school founded in 1896. They carried out their activities in separate buildings.

Romanians of Căuaş embraced rather late the union with the Church of Rome. A note on an old liturgical book attests that the church was still Orthodox, in 1768. At that time, the community used a wooden edifice. The present church is dedicated to The Birth of the Holy Virgin and was built between 1878 and 1882. It was restored several times, the most significant works of renovation being carried out between 1966 and 1969. The roof was changed, electricity was introduced, the interior and exterior painting was fully restored, and the iconostasis was replaced. The tower is included in the nave, and is fit with a clock and an onion-bulb-shaped roof. Two niches were made on both sides of the main entrance, containing painted representations of the Holy Virgin with the child, and of Jesus Christ. The interior painting is an imitation of marble, interposed with floral decorations. The frame of the iconostasis is sculpted in wood and painted in gold. The Greek- Catholic church of Căuaş has been recently built, being finished after the year 2000. The entry is made through a small porch. The tower is added to the nave, and the altar has the shape of a semicircular apse. The

Biserica reformată din Căuaş Az érkávási református templom The Calvinist church of Căuaş

Casa natală a pictorului Aurel Popp

Aurel Popp szülőháza

The birth-place of the artist Aurel Popp

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