Criciova
Criciova (; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Cireșu, Cireșu Mic (depopulated), Criciova (commune seat) and Jdioara. History Criciova was first mentioned in 1444 as Krychyowa, although it is much older. The fragments of masonry discovered here in the late 1970s attest that the village has existed since Roman Dacia. The first recorded mention of Cireșu is found in a Hungarian diploma from 1603, in which it appears with the name Cziresul. Marsigli mentions in his notes from 1690–1700 the locality of Csíres or Cserestömös, in the Timiș River meadow. Around 1900, Ukrainians woodcutters began to settle on the hearth of the village, coming to work on the estates of Hungarian lords. In 1964, Cireșu incorporated the old village of Cireșu Nou, which had 129 inhabitants in 1966. Also, the hamlet of Cireșu Mic, once a colony of Ukrainian miners, belonged to Cireșu. It then became an independent village, but today it is completely depopulated. The history of Jdioara is closely related to the homonymous medieval fortress, located about one kilometer northeast of the village, on one of the peaks that form the mountain ends towards the Timiș Valley, today only