Egresch (German)Igrisch (German) – Egres (Hungarian) – Hégerieux (French) – Igris, Romania (Official)
Timis County – Western Romania
A village in the commune of Sânpetru Mare, on the left bank of the Mureș . It borders to the north with the Arad town of Nădlac , the connection being made through DJ682E and by crossing the Mureș River with a floating bridge. The distance to Sânpetru Mare is about 8 km. 12 km southwest is the town of Sânnicolau Mare , to which Igriș is connected by a communal road. To the south it borders the town of Saravale .
In 1179 the monastery of the Cistercian (Benedictine) monks was erected here , then destroyed by the Tartar invasion in 1241 .
The Igriș Monastery was founded by the wife of King Béla III of Hungary, Anne of Chatillon. Founded as a branch abbey of the Pontigny Monastery , it was originally inhabited by monks from France . Here was the nucleus of the first actual library on the Romanian territory. In 1202, the monks from Igriș established their own branch abbey, the Cârța monastery , near Sibiu . In the Igriș monastery the second wife of King Andrew II of Hungary, Yolanda de Courtenay, daughter of the Latin emperor of Constantinople , Pierre d’Auxerre, was buried.
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Between 1951-1956, 288 people were deported from Igriș to Bărăgan Steppe.
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Last updated: 06/28/2025