Pecica

Sister cities

• Battonya
• Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

History

Due to the abundance of archaeological finds of the zone an important historic period known as the Periam-Pecica culture was named after the settlement. The history of the localities Pecica, Bodrogu Vechi, Sederhat and Turnu is closely connected with the events making highly memorable the entire zone of the Arad Plateau. The first mention in documents of the locality dates back to 1335 when it was known as Petk. Sederhat was registered only in 1913, Turnu in 1333 under the name of Mok, while Bodrogu Vechi in 1422 under the name of Bodruch. It has a complex political and multicultural history with periods of direct Ottoman rule, periods of Habsburg monarchy and Kingdom of Hungary. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, it became part of the Kingdom of Hungary within Austria-Hungary. When the Treaty of Trianon was signed, Pecica and the surrounding area became part of the Kingdom of Romania. Since then the town has been part of Romania. Important in the history of Pecica is in 1689 when the Habsburg monarchy carried out a massive colonization with Serbs, in order to protect the border on the Mureș river against the Turks. They passed into Arad County. 70-80,000 Serbs together with their bishop from Serbian Patriarchate of Peć , Arsenije Petrović. In this way, the Orthodox church in the region was placed under the hierarchy of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci. The colonizers received several privileges in exchange for border services. However, coexistence with the feudal administration of the region does not prove to be entirely viable. Thus, between 1751-1752, the revolt with Captain Pera Segedinac broke out in Pecica. Following its suppression, a number of approx. 32,000 Serbs emigrated to the steppes on the right bank of the Dniester. Numerous villages…