Szőcs Péter Levente (szerk.): Ecsed. Ghid cultural şi istoric (Satu Mare, 2009)
Nagyecsed după desecarea mlaştinii şi pănă în zilele noastre - Nagyecsed a láp lecsapolásától napjainkig
has supplied electricity for nearly 30.000 inhabitants, in the region from Uzhhorod (Ungvár) to Mátészalka. Due to the growing requirements, the electric plant was increased in 1943 by six 900 1/s electric engines, produced by the company Siemens. Today, the factory is a monument of industrial patrimony, but the equipment is still functional. As the result of these developments, the population and the territory of the locality grew rapidly. The territory of the municipality comprised 7543 acres with 471 houses, in 1895, while there were 7596 acres, 601 houses with 3851 inhabitants in 1907. Out of the total population, 3312 people were Hungarian Calvinists, 236 Jews, 190 Greek Catholic Ruthens moved here from Fábián - háza, and 100 Roman Catholics of which 77 Schwabs, moved here from Vállaj and Merk. Jews have settled in Nagyecsed at the middle of the 18th century, while the Greek Catholics at the end of the century. In 1828, there were 21 Jews and 19 Roman Catholics in the locality. The synagogue was built in 1888 (since 1902 it already had a rabbi), but the Roman Catholic parish was organized only in 1929, while the church was built in 1935. In this period, a small community of intellectuals established here, comprising the leaders of the municipality, the doctor, the pharmacist, the staff of the power plant, the priests and members of the church council. A public elementary school with eight classrooms was set up instead of the confessional school, in 1903. A model for the church’s involvement in the organization Stăvilarul de pe Crasna A Kraszna-zsilip Flood-gate on the Kraszna River Maşinile uzinei de pompare A szivattyútelep gépei Engines of the pumping plant 41
