Pădureni

History

The first recorded mention of Pădureni dates from 1332, under the name of Legvid. At the same time, there is a village called Mira (1310), now disappeared, which legend has it was destroyed in a Turkish raid. In an Ottoman defter, around 1590, the name of Ligit is also mentioned. After this moment no other data are known until 1761, when it appears again mentioned with the name Lighed or Temeslighed and a number of 312 houses. According to historian , after the conquest of Banat by the Austrians, the locality was systematized by Count Mercy, from where until then the village was a "clog" on Trajan's Wall in the area called Iarc. It has been mostly Romanian ever since; the Romanian majority was preserved even during the periods of intense colonization of Banat.

Geography

Pădureni is located about south of Timișoara, at the angle formed by the "dead" Timiș and the "flowing" Timiș. It borders Șag to the north, Liebling to the east, Jebel to the south, and Parța to the northwest.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  89
• Eurasian Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  70
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  60
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  53
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  49
• Eurasian Moorhen

  Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  45
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  44
• False-acacia

  Robinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida
  42

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2024-08-10
  5 km NNE of Ohaba Lungă, Romania
• M 4.7 — 2023-06-06
  6 km SW of Frumu?eni, Romania
• M 4.1 — 2023-05-22
  2 km S of Fântânele, Romania
• M 4.1 — 2018-12-23
  2 km NW of Hajdu?ica, Serbia
• M 2.9 — 2016-03-18
  2 km SSE of Carani, Romania
• M 4.1 — 2014-10-31
  1 km NNE of Teregova, Romania