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

projects. The Calvinist church tried to set the situation by distributing 96 house-plots from its domain, near the cemetery. Later, the National Land Office distributed 1000 acres for the poor. The Újtelep quarter was set up, at this time, creating 360 plots for houses. Elementary school flourished, and new schools were built for the hamlets outside the new settlement. The railway station was extended, the fire-brigade station and the doctor’s cabinet were rebuilt. The fairs and trade subsidies contributed to the strengthening of economy. In 1931, the road to Porcsalma was ranked in the secondary roads. During the same period, the fair was set on the place of the former castle, building a well, a ticket box and a weighing device. All these development, though did not changed significantly the rather poor social and cultural status of Nagyecsed. The monument dedicated to Prince Rákóczi, located in front of the Calvinist church in 1931, attests well the spirit of the age.

Nagyecsed suffered much more during the World War II than the previous one. A lot of people left the settlement after the arbitration of Vienna, and later on, after the German occupation, the Jews (approximately 250 people) were deported. The problems caused by the war was the looking after orphans and invalids of war, maintaining the economy of war and, at the end, the Soviet occupation. The reconstruction started quite quickly, with the land reform in 1945. Small and medium estates were formed, but this process was interrupted in 1951 by the nationalization and collectiviza-Interiorul bisericii reformate din Ecedea Az ecsedi református templom belsője Enteriőr of the Calvinist church of Ecsed

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