Altbeschenowa (German) – Alt Beschenowa (German) – Óbesenyö (Hungarian) – Stár Bišnov (Bulgarian) – Dudestii-Vechi, Romania (Official)
Timis County – Western Romania
There are three villages in Dudeştii Vechi: Cheglevici, Colonia Bulgară and Dudeştii Vechi. Dudeştii Vechi is mostly populated by Banat Bulgarians (Palćene), a regional minority group of ethnic Bulgarians that profess Roman Catholicism, who came from northern Bulgaria, and who are descendants of Paulicians that settled in the area around 1738.
Altbeschenowa was among 190 villages deported to the Bărăgan Steppe in 1951.
Catholic Church Name: Maria Himmelfahrt (Churches of the Banat)
Last updated: 08/08/2025