Comloșu Mare

Comloșu Mare (Großkomlosch; Nagykomlós; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Comloșu Mare (commune seat), Comloșu Mic and Lunga.

Comloșu Mare has been known throughout history under several names: Conuș, Conaș, Comloșul Bănățean, Comlăușul Mare or Comloș (in Romanian); Nagykomlós and Bánátkomlós (in Hungarian); Велики Комлуш/Veliki Komluš (in Serbian); Großkomlosch, Komlosch or Großhopfendorf (in German). Comloșu Mic was known as Ostern in German, Osztern and Kiskomlós in Hungarian and Мали Комлуш/Mali Komluš in Serbian. The current form, Comloșu Mic, is retaken after 1918 from the Hungarian toponym Kiskomlós, originally used by the Austro Hungarian administration. Comloșu Mare is located in the plain area of Mureș, having some depressions left by the routes of Galatea and Soltur valleys that have dried up.

The cultural activity takes place in the three existing cultural centers in the three villages. In Comloșu Mare, the Iulian Grozescu National House has a capacity of 400 seats in the performance hall, a 60 seat conference room, kitchen and locker rooms. The building is a historical monument, once home to the post chaise between Kikinda and Budapest. The cultural center in Comloșu Mic has a capacity of 200 seats, while the cultural center in Lunga has 150 seats. Magazines and publications have a longstanding tradition in Comloșu Mare. Suflet nou ("New Soul") is the longest lived rural cultural publication in Romania. The magazine was founded in 1934 by lawyer Andrei Bălan and has been published monthly since then. Comloșanu is another local publication written and edited by a group of young volunteers; it appears since 2001 with a quarterly frequency. There is also a children's theater troupe, Neghiniță Junior, where teachers, volunteers and children work. Annually, the Femina club presents plays staged by its female volunteers.