Salonta

Salonta is a municipality in Bihor County, inside the geographical place of Crișana, north-western Romania, close to the Hungarian border. The town, a part of the Kingdom of Hungary, become first documented in 1214 under the call of Zolonta and in 1332 a Papal report used the call Zalanta. From 1587 the Hungarian spelling Szalonta changed into used. Until the 16th century, it was most effective a small village of about three hundred population and changed into on the land of the Toldi family. A larger metropolis become the fort of Culiser, which became however destroyed by way of the Turks in 1598.

Culiser turned into in no way rebuilt and Salonta started to have a extra important function inside the region after 1606, when the prince of Transylvania, Stephan Bocskai settled 300 infantrymen here and appropriated land for them. They built their very own farms, however had to keep their hands equipped to repel an attack by way of the Turks. Three June, the day wherein the infantrymen were settled, is these days d "the day of the town".