Botiz

Botiz is a commune in Satu Mare County, Transylvania, Romania, consisting only of the village of residence with the same name. The first documentary mention of Botiz dates back to 1369, when a certain Simon asked King Ludovic I of Hungary to become the owner of the village. In 1422, Jakab Vetéssy invaded the settlement and robbed the serfs who lived here.
In 1433 Botizul belonged to the Mórocz family, but when it disappeared, in 1496, the village became the property of the Drăgoșești family and the Báthory family.
Other landlord families who later had land in the village were Jakó, Fényes, Osvát and Ecsedy since the late 18th century.
In 1920, the village of Oșvarău, which had 665 inhabitants, mainly ethnic Romanians, and which was attested since 1215[4], joined Botizul. Before that, 1,505 people lived in Botiz, of which 754 Romanians, 667 Hungarians and 64 Jews.