Fancikove
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Fancikove village has 2209 inhabitants and it’s situated on the right side of Tisa river, 8 km from Vinogradovo, on the road that connects Ujgorod to the centre of the district. The village is mentioned for the first time in 1303, when the children of Felician: Fancsika, Mihai and Martin of the Hontpazmany family shared their possessions from the districts of Bihor and Ugocea. Fancsika and Mihai favored Bihor county, and Martin would inherit the estates from Ugocea, and Francikove among them.
A local legend mentions the name of the locality Fancikove in connection with the king Matia Corvin. It is said that the king used to walk around the country in common clothes, without procession, in order to observe from a close sight the problems of the inhabitants. While a journey in the forested area of Ugocea district, Matia has noticed a beautiful girl washing clothes on the bank of a brook. The two fell in love and the beautiful story lasted until the king had to return to his duties. Matia gave the girl called Fanni an estate in the area when he left. The village that rose on that land carries the girl’s name in its caressing form (Fancsika, in Hungarian). Historically, the reality is different and the name of the village can be traced from the name of its first owner, Fancsika, who left the area at the beginning of the 14th century, in order to move in Bihor.
Martin, the owner of the village, after its dismemberment in 1303, is the heir of several aristocratic families in the area, of which the most important would be the Fancsikai. After a while, the village becomes a typical example for the localities inhabited by the small aristocrats: there are no more serfs, and the domain is divided among more than 20 families of nobles in the 16th century.
In 1717, during the Tartar invasion, 50 people from Fancikove were taken prisoners and only 26 managed to return home.
During the census from the time of Maria Teresa, in the 18th century, the serfs appear as mentioned among the local aristocrats within the village.
Fancikove and the entire region of Transcarpathia are included in the USSR after the Second World War. 81 villagers were taken to labor camps in different locations, in July 1945. Nothing is known about these persons because none of them ever returned home.
The village used to have a church since the 14th century that will turn to the Calvinist religion after 1560. Nowadays, the village has four churches: the Pravoslav, the Greek-Catholic (this cult was accepted again after 1990), the Calvinist and the Roman-Catholic. Their buildings are no more preserved in their original shape.
A local legend mentions the name of the locality Fancikove in connection with the king Matia Corvin. It is said that the king used to walk around the country in common clothes, without procession, in order to observe from a close sight the problems of the inhabitants. While a journey in the forested area of Ugocea district, Matia has noticed a beautiful girl washing clothes on the bank of a brook. The two fell in love and the beautiful story lasted until the king had to return to his duties. Matia gave the girl called Fanni an estate in the area when he left. The village that rose on that land carries the girl’s name in its caressing form (Fancsika, in Hungarian). Historically, the reality is different and the name of the village can be traced from the name of its first owner, Fancsika, who left the area at the beginning of the 14th century, in order to move in Bihor.
Martin, the owner of the village, after its dismemberment in 1303, is the heir of several aristocratic families in the area, of which the most important would be the Fancsikai. After a while, the village becomes a typical example for the localities inhabited by the small aristocrats: there are no more serfs, and the domain is divided among more than 20 families of nobles in the 16th century.
In 1717, during the Tartar invasion, 50 people from Fancikove were taken prisoners and only 26 managed to return home.
During the census from the time of Maria Teresa, in the 18th century, the serfs appear as mentioned among the local aristocrats within the village.
Fancikove and the entire region of Transcarpathia are included in the USSR after the Second World War. 81 villagers were taken to labor camps in different locations, in July 1945. Nothing is known about these persons because none of them ever returned home.
The village used to have a church since the 14th century that will turn to the Calvinist religion after 1560. Nowadays, the village has four churches: the Pravoslav, the Greek-Catholic (this cult was accepted again after 1990), the Calvinist and the Roman-Catholic. Their buildings are no more preserved in their original shape.
