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

Date istorice - Történelmi adatok

1221. One family was charged in this year that they took over the land that belonged to the people of the Satu Mare castle. The case was brought before the Convent of Oradea for the Judgment of God, but the accusers did not submitted themselves to the red iron prove, therefore, the accusation was declined. Further documents revealed that the accused family belonged to the Kaplony kindred, being the widow and children of comes Andreas, who already owned a large part of Vada. The descendants of the family became the exclusive owners of Vada and Urziceni throughout the Middle Ages.

In the 1325, Urziceni was first mentioned as Chalanus, as an uninhabited territory of the village of Vada. Urziceni was attested as a village in documents only since 1431, as Chanalas. For a long time it was considered that the name Chalanuswada, mentioned in the documents during the second part of the 14th century, refers to the village of Urziceni, that would have also taken over the name of the older settlement. Lately, however, it became clear that the name refers to a part of the village Vada, which was located towards Urziceni.

Beside the geographical proximity, the strongest connection between the two settlements was the identity of the owners: the nobles of the Kaplony kindred. This ancient kindred was divided into branches rather early, and some members established their residency in the region between Crasna and Someş rivers. The

Biserica romano-catolică din Urziceni

A csanálosi római katolikus templom

The roman-catholic church of Urziceni

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