History

The harmonious joining of plain and hill with forest offered some of the most favourable conditions to settle in ever since the primitive age. The tools found in the place called „The Brook with Bones” (1 km from the locality) and also the discoveries from Coşava and Româneşti are proofs that homo Neaderthalensio and homo sapiens fosilis settled in this area.

Even if the exact time when the foundation of the locality was set is not known, it is said that the location was used by Duke Glad as a summer residence (during winter he stayed in Gladna Română) and that is where he kept his entire Court (Curtea). Documents attest that the locality was established on July 6, 1442, when most of the Romanian lands were passed through force to the Hungarian feudal state. On December 8, 1506, the settlement is known as Wdwarhely – the court place, and six years later a document attests it to have 22 families of serfs, with an estimated population of 88-100 persons. A document from 1512 mentions the „molendino de Wdwarholy”(Curtea mill), the pillars were discovered during the works to a new bridge over a branch of Bega river.

In 1597 the locality is known as Kurthe. In 1776 the first primary school is built as part of the church parish. In 1892 the men formed a chorus on four voices, participating at religious and cultural events.