Taut Monography

The village is known in the second half of sec. the XII century, and in 1465 is cited as "fair" (town).

On the main street are kept two old stone bridge, called "On the" and "La Duru.

Tradition noted that the village was spread on the valleys and hills from the village Nadas, side that today is called "old village". In this place, in l729, was sanctified wooden church with the patron "Assumption." In 1786, Bishop Paul Avacumovici (1786-1816) of Arad sanctified a new wooden church, who had as patron "Pious Paraschiva, situated in the place where is also the village cemetery. In the year 1881 thay began building the current church wall with the patron of the old one demolished.

West of the road leading to the Nadas on the mound 50 m high, we find Taut fortress, a tradition attributed to the Turks.

The current state of research could indicate that here there was a fortress whose diameter roadbed have over 100 m.

Old walls that appear to date much before Turkish invasion, is kept a portion of about 14 m.

Vestiges of the Middle Ages exists also at the edge of the village, at Delut.

Hill high, circular in shape, dominate both Taut, which once was in the neighborhood, the place called "old village, and access roads north-south.

There are seen traces of buildings made of stone of gneis and feldspar. The walls were defended by two rows of devices of ditches.

Some researchers think fortifications here belonged Knights Templars and then to John Knights, also certified to Taut documentary.

The proportions of the building Delut but were lower than those of "Fortress".

Cigher river with its tributaries Timercea, Nadas, Postoiciu, Chilodia, Minis, due to their irregular course every year threatens to flood the land around them.

That's why on the edge of the village Taut was a huge barrage of land, the largest of its kind in the country, covered with massive concrete forming a large accumulation lake.

Commune Taut - confirmed the existence of settlement by documents since 1198.

Is situated in the Western part of the country and situated in the county of Arad, at a distance of 50 km by The city of Arad and 17 km by Pâncota, the nearest town. As boundaries are adjacent to the east with Vasoaia, Pãiuseni, Chisindia and Buteni, at the West with localities Chieri, Tarnova and Dud, at south with towns Draut, Conop, Bârzava and in North with Camna, Luguzãu and Silindia.

Commune Taut has a profile economic and agricultural livestock having 20,642 ha. land from 3982 to 4115 ha of arable land. natural pastures, hayfields 695 natural, 39 ha. vineyards, 206 orchards, 11,605 other lands which include the 10,157 ha. forest fund.

In the east of the village Taut stream Cigher valley through the village Nadas streams Chesa valley and along villages Minisel and Minisu Upper streams local valleys characteristic for the settlements of this region.

Taut commune includes:

Taut - capital village - Minisel, Minisu de Sus and Nadas. From People's Council seat until Minisel town there are 13 km., To the town Minisu de Sus 8 km. and until Nadas village 10 km.

Population of Taut village on 1 December 1974 was 4140 inhabitans of 2062 men and 2087 women. By each village the population is: Taut 1602 people, representing 395 of the population of the village, the village Minisel has 450 inhabitants representing 10.5% Minisu de Sus has 460 inhabitants representing 11.2% and the village Nadas has 1628 representing 39.3%.

In the village Taut there are 37 inhabitants of Slovak nationality situated on the village Nadas and constituted in a number of 14 families. There are also 3 families of Hungarian nationality and the rest of the population are Romanian. We recall that Taut had a population of 4573 inhabitants at the census of 1966. Evolution currently is decreasing by the number of deaths from births and migration of families to urban economic center (Pâncota, Arad, Ineu, etc.).

Local road 708 A Taut - Arad village liaises with the county seat and the railway away from a 12 km we find railway station located Tarnova - Zarand. Components of the villages are connected with roads by municipal seat of stone.

Regarding the transport of persons who made great dificulty to urban centers and in other towns in 1959 was introduced the first bus route Ineu - Nadas with passage Taut and in May 1964 has yet entered a bus on route Minisu de Sus - Arad, at this time the village has 4 Taut buses departing daily in each locality to Arad, Oradea and Ineu and during the day one bus provided transportation of students from School General of Taut in the village of Minisu de Sus and from the General School of Nadas in Minisel.

Precise data on the establishment of the locality are not find. The center of village Taut was the place called "Old village", the Eastern front of the village today. The actual center is due to the floods that taked place each year in the former center by Cigher river.

Pope Kelemen V th by bubble, abolishes the order of Knights and this commune toghther with others pass property to Johns order, remaining in the property, probably.

At the exit of the village to Nadas to the left next to the livestock of CAP Taut we can see the ruins of a church and a former prison of Johns and to the right we find the cemetery with the stone crosses whose inscription can not be decoded. Inside the village we see the ruins of a fortress that was a Turkish city. In prezent we can not see it well because is covered with productive land, which were granted to peasants reform since 1921. Taut village once was the royally residence during the Ottomans.

Old name of the village Taut was FELTOT then TAUCZ as it emerges from the donation of King Charles III - century from 1732 when it became the property of Prince Reznald Modena. As common property Taut passed along from the Toldz Stefan Petnez, Has in the year 1648 became the property of George Rakosko and later belonged to the family Kovacs, from approximately 1872 was as snapped the property as follows: Fidel Konigsagf, paper Antal, Pozsai Harol, Corhardl Terez and Antal Sulcovschi, Prince Joseph.

Commune Taut possesses total area of 12,678 iugãre of land to the reform of 1921 the heirs have owned the 8177 iugãre area of land in 1927 when the appropriation was done were granted peasants from Taut, Nadas, and Tarnova, Silndia 3314 with iugãre arable land. On reform of 1945 was granted by 130 peasants iugãre land lots and 17 house seats.

Area held by the landowners was worked by peasants who were paid in cash, dijmã and other forms, the peasants were called clãcasi.

Historical data show that old people of the invaded from Transylvania.

Among shows that natural memories were planted 4 acacia as a symbol of the abolition of serfdorm after the revolution of 1848 in the village, but over the years they have been cut.

Aside and another of our village there are, in east Dealul Rusii , at west Jirnova and Mocrea. As surveyors names include: Tîrboi, Bîrzãvita, Pietrar, Bulvani, Bremnea, Satul Batran, Govia, Bouãria, Paraginea and others.

In the spontaneous vegetation we can remember: forests of beech, oak, pine and briars, juniper. Among animals: rabbits, foxes, wolves, roe buck, wild boar, etc. Birds: pheasants, ducks wild partridges, and a number of turter doves good songster.

In the past the houses in Taut village were made of wood or vãiugã and were covered with straw or sindrilã, they included a camera and a small room for food and between them there are tend. In tend hearth was fire oven, horne, the door of the house at the bridge and climb the ladder to the attic .În camera is a stove made of ground, wooden bed, placed beside lavite bed and walls.

The doors were made of tick boards without window closes and locks with wood (ruler) or a hook. The walls were tinner lime and tend the earth color (muruialã) on this groove were ornaments with your finger, and the room walls were hung with traditional local dishes and mirrors.

Popular port of this settlements was represented by the men and tights shirts woven from linen housewives our straw hat and winter hat motley leather sheep and rabbits.

Among local customs mention the winter, when going to stride were organized bees households, boys and girls to marry up. At weddings and local strigãturi joy to play dead in wake of books over night. Women are occupied with the tissue linen and torsul fuioarelor occupation less common in the present.

Up to 1944 villages in common and primary schools operating in old buildings or houses, two buildings of dispensaries and human Taut and Nadas also old, over the villages the valleys of our bridges were crossing wooden bridges. Worked in houses and buildings in the small space as private shops serving sideboards population.