Hecea (Ukrainian Геча (Gecsa)) or Gecse, is a village in Ukraine, Transcarpathia in Beregovo County. Settlement from the Árpád era. The name of the settlement was first mentioned in chronicles in 1232. The Tivadar, Kisfaludi, Peres, Bay, Wass and Bényei families owned land here in the last centuries. Starting from the 18th century, more and more property here came into the hands of the noble Kajdy family. “In place of the old wooden church, with the royal permission of June 25, 1805, Lajos Kajdy and his wife, Teréz Ludányi Bay, built the current stone church and rectory for the church, the consecration took place on September 21, 1817 during the time of pastor János Fazekas.
“In place of the old wooden church, with the royal permission of June 25, 1805, Lajos Kajdy and his wife, Teréz Ludányi Bay, built the current stone church and rectory for the church, the consecration took place on September 21, 1817 during the time of pastor János Fazekas. The Reformed Church was founded in 1719 and its register begins in 1777. András Vályi’s description from 1796: Hecea, a Hungarian village in the county of Beregovo, its owners are various gentlemen, its inhabitants are reformed, it is three miles from Beregovo, its border is easy to cultivate, and it grows all kinds of grain even without fertilization, its market is sufficient , where you can sell your property, there are also mountains with vineyards in the area, where I can earn money with my hands; but since its pasture is close, it belongs to the third class.
