Întregalde

Întregalde (outdated Intregălzi, Intre-Galde ; German Koliben , Hungarian Havasgáld or Középgáld ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

location

Location of the municipality of Întregalde in the Alba district

Întregalde is located in the Trascău Mountains in western Transylvania. The district capital Alba Iulia is located about 35 kilometers southeast of Întregalde. In a mountainous landscape, the place can be reached via the county road (Drum județean) DJ 107K, which leads from Drum național 1 on the county road 107H through the valley of the Galda river into the Trascău mountains to Mogoş .

history

The oldest surviving mention of the place can be found in a document from 1525.

population

The 877 inhabitants of the municipality designated in 2002 except for two Hungarians throughout as Romanians . The population has decreased significantly since its peak in 1941 (then 2385). The same applies to the actual place Întregalde; here the number of residents fell from 243 to 94 between 1956 and 2002. The highest number of Romanian Germans (3) was counted in 1956, Hungarians (12) in 1910, and Roma (7) in 1930. In 1966 a Slovak was registered.

economy

The place is characterized by pasture farming.

Attractions

The wooden church , Sf. Ilie from 1774 with interior paintings from 1789, rebuilt in the 19th century, is a listed building.
The ethnographic museum, opened in 2007.
In the area there are several valley gorges in which the ridges of the Trascău Mountains are broken by streams, z. B. the Cheile Întregalde , the Cheile Galditei and the Cheile Tecşeştilor . Some of the most famous peaks in the mountains, e.g. B. Vârful Piatra Cetii (1233 m), Măgulicea (1128 m) and Piatra Craivii (1078 m), can be reached in day hikes from Întregalde.