 In 1926, after the village and region was united with the Kingdom of Romania, 16 Romanian families from Transylvania were settled here.By 1941, there were 5,086 people, including 886 Romanians and 4,086 Danube Swabians.However, over 2,000 people (mostly German-speaking) fled the advancing Soviet army on 22 September 1944 with their Pastor Andreas Nagelbach.