Cehu Silvaniei
town in Sălaj, Romania
Cehu Silvaniei (Hungarian: Szilágycseh) is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. Four villages are administered by the town: Horoatu Cehului (Oláhhorvát), Motiș (Mutos), Nadiș (Szilágynádasd), and Ulciug (Völcsök).
History of the town
The first written mention of the town dates from 1319 under the name Cheevar. In 1405, the city was mentioned under the name Chehy. The Hungarian name of the city referred to a stand of Czech origin.
The town was until 1918 part of the Kingdom of Hungary and specifically of the Principality of Transylvania. In 1529, the voivode István Báthory granted the city the right to govern itself.
After the dissolution of the principality of Transylvania in 1867 and its direct integration into the Austro-Hungarian Empire as part of Hungary (see the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867), the city is attached to Szilágy County in 1876. In 1918, during the disintegration of the empire at the end of World War I, the city became part of the Kingdom of Romania.
From 1940 to 1944 it was annexed by Hungary as a result of the Second Vienna Award.
“Cehu Silvaniei” enters the record as town in Sălaj, Romania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cehu, Silvaniei and town can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q737276. VIAF identifies the subject as 245904196. Authority coordinates are 47.412, 23.180. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1319, 1405, 1918 and 1529.
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