In the year 1211, the town was mentioned for the first time as
Tecu. Later, in 1333 as
Thecho, in 1334
Teucev, in 1335
Theuchev. The town was founded by Saxon and Hungarian colonists in the second half of 13 century. Until 1920, as part of
Máramaros County it was part of the
Kingdom of Hungary. In 1939, following the annexation of the whole of
Carpathian Ruthenia, the city became again part of
Hungary until the end of
World War II.
Jewish history Upon the departure of Rabbi
Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, called the "''Ba'al Kedushes Yom Tov''" () who was the city's rabbi until
his father's death, the town replaced him with his brother, Rabbi Eliyahu Betzalel Teitelbaum. A few years after Rabbi Eliyahu Betzalel's death, his son, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, was appointed to the rabbinate, but died soon after, leaving the position vacant for several years, until he was succeeded by Rabbi Mayer Gruenwald, son of Rabbi Avrohom Yosef of Ungvar, son of Rabbi
Moshe Greenwald of
Chust, Hungary and progenitor of the
Pupa Hasidic dynasty, who inherited the previous rabbi's position upon marrying his daughter in 1928. Rabbi Chaim Teitelbaum, Eliyahu Betzalel's other son, was the rabbi of the community of the
Sighet hasidim, and was supported by the followers of the
Kosov sect as well. Rabbi Mayer established a
yeshiva for 45 teenagers (
bochurim, "Yeshiva students"). In January 1940, Rabbi
Joel Teitelbaum of
Satmer visited the town to support his cousin Rabbi Chaim Teitelbaum's claim to the rabbinate. The settlement reached a peak of 1,000 Jewish inhabitants by the year 1940. In late May, 1944, the Nazis marched into town. Shortly thereafter the town's Jewish residents were deported to concentration camps. Rabbi Teitelbaum was put alive in fire, and Rabbi Grunwald and his family were taken to death camps in
Auschwitz. While his wife and 9 children were murdered in
Auschwitz, Rabbi Grunwald survived and after the war was instrumental in establishing and strengthening Orthodox Judaism in
Toronto. He died in 1965. ==Demographics==