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

Dismantling the castle, the long "freedom" lawsuit and the swamp draining

started the second process, the famous long “freedom” lawsuit, lasting one hundred years, being ended in 1877.

Despite the hard conditions caused by the lawsuits, the number of the population was slowly growing: there were 390 inhabitants in 1711, while the census of 1784 numbered 702 inhabitants. In 1828 the population increased already to 1275 people. The demographic growth, however, remained below the level of other settlements in the region. In parallel, Nagyecsed grew poor and became gradually isolated. The reform ideas of the first half of the 19th century have not reached the town. The lawsuit was suspended during the revolution of 1848-1849, and the abolition of serfdom brought radical changes. The Károlyi family proposed to share the estate with the community in order to reach agreement, in 1853. The final solution was reached only after many compromises and delay in 1877. Thus, the community received 4684 acres of land, winning the case of the litigation, but losing its status of market town, which it had for centuries. Nagyecsed was integrated as village (Satu Mare County, Mátészalka small rural district) in the new territorial administrative system, established in 1876. At the same time, new forms of properties and activities, characteristic to the bourgeois society have developed at Ecsed: large and middle sized domains, industry and trade. This latter branch was controlled

Opincă, începutul sec. al XX-lea Bocskor, 20. sz. eleje Sandals, early 20th c.

împletirea papurei Gyékényfonás Weaving the bulrush

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