Șaroş pe Târnave

Șaroş pe Târnave
Sharosch
Szászsáros

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Sibiu

Municipality :

Dumbrăveni

Coordinates :

46 ° 12 ' N , 24 ° 33' E Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '24 " N , 24 ° 32' 41" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

333 m

Residents :

1,692 (2002)

Postal code :

555502

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 69

License plate :

SB

Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Saros pe Târnave (obsolete Şaroşul Săsesc ; German Saris , såksesch Schuersch , Hungarian Szászsáros ) is a village in the region of Transylvania in Sibiu county in Romania . It belongs to the city of Dumbrăveni (Elizabeth City ) .

The place is also known by the Romanian outdated names Șaroşul pe Târnave and Șaroş , the German Sharosch an der Kokel , Gross-Scharss and Sharesch and the Transylvanian-Saxon Schmersch .

location

The place Șaroş pe Târnave is located in the Kokeltal south of the Târnava Mare (Great Kokel) on the national road DN 14 three kilometers southwest of Dumbrăveni.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1283. The church's bell tower was added to its west side in the 16th century. A covered battlement ran along the curtain wall.

population

The population in the village developed as follows from 1850 to 2002:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	1,432	414	-	902	116
1930	1,661	467	53	1,029	112
1977	1,616	763	3	654	196
1992	1,671	1,368	79	35	189
2002	1,692	1,334	81	13	264

Attractions

The Scharoscher church castle was built in the 14th and the rectory in the 16th century and both were renovated in the 18th century. They are under monument protection.