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Comloșu Mare (; ; ) is a commune in
Timiș County Timiș () is a county (''județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical regions of Romania, historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Ro ...
,
Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. It is composed of three villages: Comloșu Mare (commune seat), Comloșu Mic and Lunga.


Name

Comloșu Mare has been known throughout history under several names: ''Conuș'', ''Conaș'', ''Comloșul Bănățean'', ''Comlăușul Mare'' or ''Comloș'' (in
Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
); ''Nagykomlós'' and ''Bánátkomlós'' (in Hungarian); Велики Комлуш/''Veliki Komluš'' (in
Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...
); ''Großkomlosch'', ''Komlosch'' or ''Großhopfendorf'' (in
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). Comloșu Mic was known as ''Ostern'' in
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, ''Osztern'' and ''Kiskomlós'' in Hungarian and Мали Комлуш/''Mali Komluš'' in
Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...
. The current form, Comloșu Mic, is retaken after 1918 from the Hungarian toponym ''Kiskomlós'', originally used by the Austro-Hungarian administration. Lunga was founded in 1824. Originally known as ''Constanța'', the village was named in honor of Constanze Nákó de Nagyszentmiklós, the widow of Joseph Nákó de Nagyszentmiklós. The name ''Constanța'' was used until 1888, when Hungarian officials turn it into ''Kunszőllős''. The toponym ''Constanța'' was retaken between 1909 and 1921, after which in 1930, it was given the official name ''Lunga'' (which means 'long' in
Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
) because the village stretches for a length of .


Geography

Comloșu Mare is located on the northwestern border of
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and borders the communes of Gottlob, Lenauheim and Teremia Mare and the town of
Jimbolia Jimbolia (; ; ; ; Banat Bulgarian: ''Džimbolj'') is a town in Timiș County, Romania. Geography Jimbolia is located in the west of Timiș County, from the county seat, Timișoara, which is connected by the county road DJ59A and the Kikinda ...
. The territory of the commune forms the state border with
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. Comloșu Mare is located in the plain area of Mureș, having some depressions left by the routes of Galatea and Soltur valleys that have dried up.


Climate

The climate receives Mediterranean influences from the south, having a temperate character (the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C), with warm summers, not too cold winters, quite early springs and sometimes very long autumns. The average annual precipitation is , and ranges from . Most of the precipitation falls between May and August, with torrential rains accompanied by
hail Hail is a form of solid Precipitation (meteorology), precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets (American English "sleet"), though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailsto ...
. The dominant wind is the austru, which blows almost all year round.


Flora and fauna

The dominant vegetation is grassy. The arboreal vegetation is characterized by the presence of
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s,
mulberries ''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of 19 species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 subordinate ...
and
poplars ''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood. The we ...
, and that of shrubs by
blackthorn ''Prunus spinosa'', called blackthorn or sloe, is an Old World species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is locally naturalized in parts of the New World. The fruits are used to make sloe gin in Britain and patxaran in Basq ...
s and hawthorns. The most common and harmful to crops weeds are ''
Cirsium arvense ''Cirsium arvense'' is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native throughout Europe and western Asia, northern Africa and widely introduced elsewhere.Joint Nature Conservation Committee''Cirsium arvense'' The standa ...
'' (field thistle), ''
Rubus fruticosus ''Rubus fruticosus'' L. is the ambiguous name of a European blackberry species in the genus ''Rubus'' (part of the rose family). The name has been interpreted in several ways: *The species represented by the type specimen of ''Rubus fruticosu ...
'' (blackberry), ''
Centaurea cyanus ''Centaurea cyanus'', commonly known as cornflower or bachelor's button (among other names), is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Europe. In the past, it often grew as a weed in cornfields (in the broad sense of "co ...
'' (cornflower), ''
Papaver ''Papaver'' is a genus of 70–100 species of frost-tolerant annual plant, annuals, biennial plant, biennials, and perennial plant, perennials native plant, native to temperateness, temperate and cold regions of Eurasia, Africa and North America ...
'' spp. (poppies), ''
Atriplex hortensis ''Atriplex hortensis'', known as garden orache, red orache or simply orache (; also spelled orach), mountain spinach, French spinach, or arrach, is a species of plant in the amaranth family used as a leaf vegetable that was common before spin ...
'' (orache), and lately
sorghum ''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the Poaceae, grass genus ''Sorghum (genus), Sorghum'' cultivated for its grain. The grain i ...
has spread. The plain area is used for various crops:
wheat Wheat is a group of wild and crop domestication, domesticated Poaceae, grasses of the genus ''Triticum'' (). They are Agriculture, cultivated for their cereal grains, which are staple foods around the world. Well-known Taxonomy of wheat, whe ...
,
maize Maize (; ''Zea mays''), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native American ...
,
barley Barley (), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC, giving it nonshattering spikele ...
,
oat The oat (''Avena sativa''), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural). Oats appear to have been domesticated as a secondary crop, as their seeds ...
,
rye Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is grown principally in an area from Eastern and Northern Europe into Russia. It is much more tolerant of cold weather and poor soil than o ...
, legumes, textiles, oilseeds and other industrial plants, vegetables and fodder plants, orchards with fruit trees and vines. In terms of fauna, this area is suitable for
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s,
hamster Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera. They have become established as popular small pets. The best-known species of hamster is the golden or Syrian ...
s,
steppe polecat The steppe polecat (''Mustela eversmanii''), also known as the white or masked polecat, is a species of mustelid native to Central and Eastern Europe and Central and East Asia.It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wi ...
s,
hare Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores and live Solitary animal, solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are precociality, able to fend for themselves ...
s and, among the bird species,
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s,
quail Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes. The collective noun for a group of quail is a flock, covey, or bevy. Old World quail are placed in the family Phasianidae, and New ...
s,
partridge A partridge is a medium-sized Galliformes, galliform bird in any of several genera, with a wide Indigenous (ecology), native distribution throughout parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. Several species have been introduced to the Americas. They ar ...
s,
pheasant Pheasants ( ) are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Although they can be found all over the world in introduced (and captive) populations, the pheasant genera's native range is restricted to Eura ...
s,
starling Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine (perching) birds known for the often dark, glossy iridescent sheen of their plumage; their complex vocalizations including mimicking; and their distinctive, often elaborate swarming behavior, know ...
s and rollers.
Locust Locusts (derived from the Latin ''locusta'', locust or lobster) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstances they b ...
s,
cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
s and other insects are found in large numbers.


History

The first recorded mention of Comloșu Mare dates from 1446, when the toponym ''Komlós'' is mentioned in a Hungarian diploma. By 1453,
John Hunyadi John Hunyadi (; ; ; ; ; – 11 August 1456) was a leading Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian military and political figure during the 15th century, who served as Regent of Hungary, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526), Kingdom of Hungary ...
had properties here. After the defeat of the Hungarian army at
Mohács Mohács (; Croatian: ''Mohač''; ; ; ; ) is a town in Baranya County, Hungary, on the right bank of the Danube. Etymology The name probably comes from the Slavic ''*Mъchačь'',''*Mocháč'': ''mъchъ'' (moss, Hungarian ''moha'' is a loanword ...
in 1526, the Ottomans occupied Hungary and
Banat Banat ( , ; ; ; ) is a geographical and Historical regions of Central Europe, historical region located in the Pannonian Basin that straddles Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. It is divided among three countries: the eastern part lie ...
. Following
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Bali's campaign in 1529, several localities, including Comloșu Mare, were destroyed by the Ottoman troops. Two centuries followed in which the Ottomans devastated the settlement many times, which led to its depopulation. By 1552, Comloșu Mare was part of the
Sanjak of Çanad The Sanjak of Çanad () was a sanjak (district) of the Ottoman Empire located mostly in what is today northwestern Banat (northernmost Serbia, southernmost Hungary and northwesternmost Romania), centered at Cenad (, in modern Romania). It existed ...
. In the Turkish
defter A ''defter'' was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Etymology The term is derived from Greek , literally 'processed animal skin, leather, fur', meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used along with papyrus ...
from 1557 to 1558 two villages are mentioned: ''Comloș'' with three houses and ''Comloșu Vechi'' ("Old Comloș") with nine houses, both inhabited by Romanians and Serbs. After the
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in Zenta in 1697 of
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over the Ottoman army, several families of Serbian shepherds settled here, so that the 1717 census recorded 20 dwellings in the village of ''Comleusch'', in the district of
Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...
. Under the Habsburgs, starting with 1716, when the district organization was introduced, Comloșu Mare belonged to
Cenad Cenad (, during the Dark Ages ''Marosvár''; , archaically ''Maroschburg''; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cenad. The village serves as a customs point on the border with Hungary. Today's village ...
. Between 1734 and 1740, several Oltenian families arrived in the village from
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, Slatina and
Polovragi Polovragi is a commune in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Polovragi and Racovița. The commune is located in the northeastern part of Gorj County, from the county seat, Târgu Jiu, on the border with Vâlcea County. ...
, who took refuge here to escape the Turkish incursions from
Oltenia Oltenia (), also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions – with the alternative Latin names , , and between 1718 and 1739 – is a historical province and geographical region of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Da ...
. During this period, Bulgarian settlers from Vinga also appeared. In the autumn of 1743, a group of Oltenian refugees arrived in the village, and in 1745 other Romanian families came from Vinga. With the help of the Romanians from Oltenia, the Austrian administrators rebuilt the roads and the canalization and drainage systems of the swamps both in the commune and in the neighboring localities. Starting with 1779, when Banat was incorporated into Hungary and the county organization was introduced, Comloșu Mare was part of the
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, with the seat at
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(present-day
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,
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). In 1770–1771, on the outskirts of Comloșu Mare, Comloșu Mic was founded, under the direct guidance of the regional director for colonization, Hildebrand (a native of Timișoara), through the contribution of German and French settlers brought from
Alsace Alsace (, ; ) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in the Grand Est administrative region of northeastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine, next to Germany and Switzerland. In January 2021, it had a population of 1,9 ...
,
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and the
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. The German name of the village was ''Ostern'', as it was founded at
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. In 1781, Comloșu Mare was bought by two wealthy merchants and entrepreneurs, brothers Christoph and Kyrill Nákó from the Aromanian Nákó family. They begin to colonize other populations here as well. Thus, in 1782, they brought here several families of
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Slovaks from
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, who did not stay long and left in 1788 for Stamora. Germans from
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and
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began to settle here in 1771. In 1840, Johann Nákó, Kyrill's grandson, built a mansion in Comloșu Mare, which would later be known as the San Marco Mansion. It was used as a permanent residence and also included a theater with a permanent season (in the summer of 1868
Mihai Eminescu Mihai Eminescu (; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romanians, Romanian Romanticism, Romantic poet, novelist, and journalist from Moldavia, generally regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Emin ...
also stopped here) and a Viennese-style park; the park was cleared and turned into a football field and base for agricultural machinery during communism. Johann Nákó's only heiress, daughter Mileva, became Duchess of San Marco by marriage. After the Duke's death in 1888, the Duchess devoted herself to charitable causes. In 1889 she called the
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to Comloșu Mare, for whom she had a monastery built with rooms for a girls' boarding school and an educational wing. In 1824, the village of Lunga was founded on the estate of Count Johann Nákó. He decided to set up a settlement to stabilize the labor force he needed for his estate. He divided the land into lots of houses, which he gave to 138 Romanian families and 100 German families, all of which were used for agricultural work on Nákó's estate. As in Comoloșu Mare, the Romanians who were colonized here were Oltenians from the
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.


Demographics

Comloșu Mare had a population of 4,737 inhabitants at the 2011 census, down 1% from the 2002 census. Most inhabitants are
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(72.7%), larger minorities being represented by
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(18.15%),
Germans Germans (, ) are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution of Germany, imple ...
(2.41%),
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(1.31%) and
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(1.08%). For 3.76% of the population, ethnicity is unknown. By religion, most inhabitants are
Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...
(77.79%), but there are also minorities of
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s (6.84%),
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s (6.23%) and
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s (4.2%). For 3.78% of the population, religious affiliation is unknown.


Culture

The cultural activity takes place in the three existing cultural centers in the three villages. In Comloșu Mare, the Iulian Grozescu National House has a capacity of 400 seats in the performance hall, a 60-seat conference room, kitchen and locker rooms. The building is a
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, once home to the post chaise between
Kikinda Kikinda ( sr-Cyrl, Кикинда, ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the North Banat District in Serbia. The city's urban area has 32,084 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 49,326 inhabit ...
and
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. The cultural center in Comloșu Mic has a capacity of 200 seats, while the cultural center in Lunga has 150 seats. There is also a communal library with a collection of 8,000 volumes. The spiritual life is represented by several Christian denominations:
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. There are eight churches, of which three Orthodox, two Roman Catholic, one Greek Catholic, one Baptist and one Pentecostal. Magazines and publications have a longstanding tradition in Comloșu Mare. ''Suflet nou'' ("New Soul") is the longest-lived rural cultural publication in Romania. The magazine was founded in 1934 by lawyer Andrei Bălan and has been published monthly since then. ''Comloșanu'' is another local publication written and edited by a group of young volunteers; it appears since 2001 with a quarterly frequency. There is also a children's theater troupe, ''Neghiniță Junior'', where teachers, volunteers and children work. Annually, the ''Femina'' club presents plays staged by its female volunteers.


Notable people

*
Iulian Grozescu file:IGrozescuVBugariu.jpg, Portrait of Grozescu on a biography published in 1941 Iulian Grozescu (June 20, 1839–) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Romanians, Romanian journalist and poet. Born in Comloșu Mare, Torontál County, in t ...
(1839–1872), poet and journalist *
Arthur Biedl Arthur Biedl (4 October 1869 – 26 August 1933) was a Hungarian pathologist born in what today is Comloșu Mare, Comloșu Mic, Romania. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, and from 1893 served as an assistant to Salomon Stricke ...
(1869–1933), pathologist * Anna Sage (1889–1947), prostitute and brothel owner ("Woman in Red") * (1909–1990), poet and writer *
Vasile Chiroiu Vasile Chiroiu (August 13, 1910 – May 9, 1976) was a Romanian football defender who played for Romania in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Honours ;Ripensia Timişoara *Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and official ...
(1910–1976), football player * (b. 1951), writer


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References

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