Șoimuș (Hunedoara)

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Şoimuş
Falkendorf
Marossolymos
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Șoimuș (Hunedoara) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Hunedoara
Coordinates : 45 ° 55 '  N , 22 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 54 '53 "  N , 22 ° 52' 52"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 194  m
Area : 68.59  km²
Residents : 3,371 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 49 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 337450
Telephone code : (+40) 02 54
License plate : HD
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Șoimuș, Bălata , Bejan , Bejan-Târnăvița , Boholt , Căinelu de Jos , Chișcădaga , Fornădia , Păuliș , Sulighete
Mayor : Mihai Gabriel Irimie ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 310
loc. Șoimuș, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337450
Website :

Șoimuș (outdated Șoimușul Mureșan ; German  Falkendorf , Hungarian Marossolymos or Maros-Solymos ) is a municipality in the Hunedoara district in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known under the Hungarian names Solymos and the German Scholmosch .

Geographical location

Location of Șoimuș in Hunedoara County

The municipality Șoimuș is located south of the Transylvanian Ore Mountains ( Munții Metaliferi ) southwest of the Transylvanian Basin ( Podișul Transilvaniei ). At the mouth of the Boholt - a right tributary of the Mureș ( Mieresch ) - and the national road ( drum național ) DN 76, the place is about five kilometers from the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ). The nine incorporated villages are on the approx. 6,800 hectares of the community between 3 and 13 kilometers from the community center. About 63% of the community area is cultivated.

The Romanian A1 motorway should (when finished) also run on the site of the village.

history

Șoimuș a former Roman settlement, was first mentioned in 1278. In 1459 the place became a market town in the historical Hunyad County ( Eisenmarkt County ). Until 1839, Șoimuș was a raft port and a customs station for the salt rafting on the Mieresch . According to reports by G. Téglás , B. Pósta , H. Schroller , u. a. back to the Early Bronze Age . Archaeological finds were made in Șoimuş near La Telegi ; in the incorporated village of Boholt ( Bolden ) on Mount Ciuta .

The Deva – Brad railway , which was built after 1940 and which was finally closed in 1996 due to the landslides in the region and sold as old iron, ran on the area of ​​the municipality, near the incorporated villages of Chişcădaga and Păuliş .

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3910 3715 73 18th 104
1900 4962 4778 113 44 27
1941 4952 4896 27 8th 21st
2002 3549 3462 68 4th 15th

Since the official census of 1850, mostly Romanians have been registered in the area of ​​today's municipality . The highest population (5219) - at the same time that of the Romanians (4945) and the Magyars (184) - was determined in 1910. The highest population of the Roma (100) was registered in 1850 and that of the Romanian Germans was registered in 1900. In addition, one each of the Slovaks was registered in 1890 and 2002, two Slovaks in 1930, one Serb each in 1900, 1930, 1977 and 1992 , and one Ukrainian each in 1966, 1977 and 2002 . The 2011 census counted 3371 people in 1489 households in the municipality.

Attractions

  • The wooden churches Sf. Nicolae in Șoimuș, built in 1705, extended in the 19th century, and the Adormirea Maicii Domnului in Sulighete , built in the 18th century and renovated in the 19th century, are listed as historical monuments.
  • On the area of ​​the incorporated village of Boholt, the nature reserve of the same name once extended to about one hectare because of its three mineral water springs. One of the springs gives about 10,000 liters per day and has been bottled since 1883. Currently the reserve is limited to the gorges of the Teiului Valley , surrounded by plants on limestone.

photos

  • Wooden church in Șoimuș

  • Church in Șoimuș

  • Wooden church in Sulighete

  • Wooden church in Căinelu de Jos

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  3. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Șoimuș, accessed on March 21, 2013 (Romanian)
  5. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Boholt, accessed March 22, 2013 (Romanian)
  6. ↑ Census, last updated November 2, 2008, p. 147 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)
  7. ↑ Information on the church in Șoimuș from biserici.org accessed on March 22, 2013 (Romanian)
  8. ↑ Information on the church in Sulighete from biserici.org accessed on March 22, 2013 (Romanian)
  9. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  10. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Rezervatia Boholt nature reserve (English)