Ceanu Mare (; ) is a commune in the north-west of Romania, in

Cluj County Cluj County () is a county () of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat is Cluj-Napoca. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Kolozs megye''. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Kolozs County, ) existed s ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

. It is composed of thirteen villages: Andici (depopulated since 1985; ''Andics''), Boian (''Mezőbő''), Bolduț (''Boldoc''), Ceanu Mare, Ciurgău (''Csurgó''), Dosu Napului (''Oláhtóhát''), Fânațe (''Csániszénafű''), Hodăi-Boian (''Mezőbőifogadó''), Iacobeni (''Mezőszentjakab''), Morțești (''Morcest''), Stârcu (''Csóka''), Strucut (merged with Gherea in 1968; ''Sztinkutdűlő''), and Valea lui Cati (''Sárospatakdűlő''). The village is known in

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

after the Schröder family discovered that the father of former Chancellor

Gerhard Schröder Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (; born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician and Lobbying, lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (S ...

was buried there in a common grave in 1944. Lieutenant Fritz Schröder was a soldier in the German army during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

and he died at the age of 32 near the city of

Turda Turda (; , ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the European route E81, and from nearby Câmpia ...

(''Thorenburg'' in German) on 4 October 1944, without ever seeing his newborn son Gerhard.

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there were 4,322 people living in this commune; of this population, 94.08% were ethnic

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

, 3.51% ethnic Roma, and 2.36% ethnic

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. At the 2021 census, Ceanu Mare had a population of 3,333; of those, 84.7% were Romanians and 1.41% Roma.

References

{{Cluj County Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania