Șelimbăr

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Șelimbăr
Schellenberg
Sellenberk
Șelimbăr does not have a coat of arms
Șelimbăr (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Coordinates : 45 ° 46 '  N , 24 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 46 '13 "  N , 24 ° 11' 19"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 411  m
Residents : 7,028 (October 20, 2011)
Postal code : 557260
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Șelimbăr, Bungard , Mohu , Veștem
Mayor : Marius Grecu (independent)
Postal address : St. Mihai Viteazu nr. 234
loc. Șelimbăr, jud. Sibiu, RO-557260
Website :

Șelimbăr ( German  Schellenberg , Hungarian Sellenberk ) is a municipality in the Sibiu district in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

View of the Schellenberg Protestant Church

The community is located just outside of Sibiu in the southeast of the urban area on the Cibin (Zibin) . In the cadastral community of Mohu , the Hârtibaciu (Harbach) flows into the Zibin.

The place also includes three more cadastral communities, which results in a long overall appearance.

history

Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave)

The village, founded by Transylvanian Saxons , was first mentioned in documents in 1323.

For many centuries, the Saxons formed the majority of the population. From around the 18th century Romanians began to settle. In the 1960s there were about as many Saxons as Romanians in the village.

Already during the socialist period , but especially after the political change of 1989 in Romania , the majority of the German-speaking population emigrated to the Federal Republic of Germany .

The "Battle of Schellenberg"

The place gained historical importance through the Battle of Schellenberg , in which Mihai Viteazul ( Michael the Brave ) was able to achieve a victory against Andreas Báthory as an ally of the Habsburgs on October 18, 1599 .

Subsequently, Mihai Viteazul was able to temporarily unite Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldova . Large parts of Romanian historians attach particular importance to these events.

present

The townscape is today characterized by the expansion of the district capital, the Sibiu " industrial area south". Shopping centers and supermarkets line the national road west of the town center.

traffic

The place is on the national roads DN1 and DN7, which run together here, and the European roads E68 and E81 , immediately after the Sibiu city exit in a southerly direction. Construction is currently underway on the Romanian A1 motorway .

There is also a CFR railway station on the Sibiu – Avrig line in the village . The Wusch narrow-gauge railway used to run through the village.

Attractions

  • Church (13th century, bell tower 1807)
  • Orthodox Church (1937)
  • Memorial to the "Battle of Schellenberg"

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Șelimbăr  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de