Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Berveni. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)
Historical data
descendants of Gutkeled family, too. In 1517, the Báthori family obtained the confirmation of their possessions at Berveni, the former owners, disappeared from the life of the village. During the 16th century, the Báthori family gradually became the owner of the entire village of Berveni, and included it in the domain with the center at Ecsed. According to statistics of 1615, there were 25 plots of serf-land, 15 half-plots of serf-land and 68 deserted plots, Berveni being the biggest among the settlements of Ecsed domain. Like every neighboring village, the inhabitants of Berveni had to pay a specific tax, for using the swampy area. In the second half of the 17th century, there was an economic and demographic recession at Berveni. The number of serfs was increasing as compared to the decreasing number of free people, while the individual property of the inhabitants was growing lower. There were 138 oxen in the village in 1648 which could provide people a fair living, but within several years, their number drops to 12, and 11 of the families of Berveni had no possessions at all. After the extinction of the Báthori family, Berveni become the property of the Bethlen family and later, in the early 17th century, it was inherited by the Rákóczi family. The Peace of Satu Mare (1711) favored the Károlyi family, the great winner, and they obtained Berveni, among other properties belonging to the prince Francis II Rákóczi. Starting from this, until the 20th century, Berveni remained in the possession of the Károlyi counts. Berveni was one of the few villages in the area where were not colonized Swabs, despite of the drastic decrease of the population at the beginning of the 18th Monumentul păcii Béke emlékoszlop Monument of Peace 25
