 Caspar Pecho Tavern File Name: MU002T.jpg
Approximate date: About 1910
Submitter: Mary Ann Unger
The Caspar Pecho Tavern, Engelsbrunn (now Fintinele, Romania).
Photo was taken circa 1910. From left: Anna Kiefer, Unknown, Terezia
Dukarm Kiefer, Pancratz Kiefer, Elizabeth Dukarm Pecho and Caspar Pecho.
This elegant building was once owned by the Dukarm family. It's ownership
passed to Caspar Pecho. The tavern was operated by Pancratz Kiefer and wife
Terezia. When Pancratz died in 1911, wife Terezia and her blind mother Anna
Koska Dukarm operated it. Caspar Pecho ran the butcher shop portion.
Following WWII, the ornamental work was knocked down from the building and
it became the town store for many years. The building was razed in the late
1990s and an apartment house stands on the site.
My grandmother (Anna Kiefer) recalled that Anna Koska
Dukarm, despite her blindness, ran a tight establishment and knew customers
by their walk. As WWI approached, more and more soldiers came into the
tavern and the women were becoming apprehensive. Anna Kiefer emigrated to
Trenton, NJ in March 1914. Her mother Terezia Dukarm Kiefer came in 1922.
Anna Koska Dukarm, Elizabeth Dukarm Pecho and Caspar Pecho remained in
Engelsbrunn until their deaths.
 Present site of Caspar Pecho Tavern File Name: MU001T.jpg
Submitter: Mary Ann Unger
The home of Anna Koska Dukarm remains: it is to the left of the new apartment building.
Color photo by Ed Dukarm of Texas.
 Catholic Church in Engelsbrunn File Name: MU003T.jpg
Submitter: Mary Ann Unger
First some information on Engelsbrunn, now Fintinele. The town was
established in 1766 with 97 colonist families (352 people). The settlers
came mainly from Trier, Lorraine, Luxembourg and the Saarland. By the
spring of 1767 there were 104 families and 500-600 people! The original
name was "Kisfaluda" meaning "small village" in Hungarian. In 1768
following a visit of Josef II, the town was renamed "Engelsbrunn" because
the founder had put an angel (probably of wood) on the well over the spring
in the center of the town. Today there is a column with a metal angel in
the park in front of the Catholic Church, on the old spring's site.
The Catholic Church was dedicated in 1780, after the steeple scaffold fell
during construction in 1799, killing five people and injuring another 19. In
1848, during the Hungarian Revolution, the church was struck (and still
bears scars) by cannon balls. In 1853, the church received an organ and a
870 pound bell, new benches were purchased and the floor was covered in
Kehlheim marble. In 1916, for the war, the benches are removed and the bells
are requisitioned along with the organ pipes. In 1923, new bells are
purchased, the organ gets its pipes and benches are installed. In WWII, the
church sustains light damage.
Catholic Church and park, in foreground, white column has the
"Angel over the Sring" statue at top.
Photo credits: Ed Dukarm.
 Catholic Church in Engelsbrunn File Name: MU004T.jpg
Submitter: Mary Ann Unger
View of the main altar from choir loft.
Photo credits: Ed Dukarm.
 Catholic Church in Engelsbrunn File Name: MU005T.jpg
Submitter: Mary Ann Unger
View of the Mary altar from choir loft.
Photo credits: Ed Dukarm.
 Catholic Church in Engelsbrunn File Name: MU006T.jpg
Submitter: Mary Ann Unger
Organ as it appears today.
Photo credits: Ed Dukarm.
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