Aghireșu

Aghireşu
Erldorf
Egeres

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Cluj

Coordinates :

46 ° 52 ' N , 23 ° 14' E Coordinates: 46 ° 52 '17 " N , 23 ° 14' 16" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

477 m

Area :

99.45 km²

Residents :

7,116 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

72 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

407005

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 64

License plate :

CJ

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Aghireşu, Aghireşu-Fabrici , Arghişu , Bagara , Dancu , Dorolţu , Inucu , Leghia , Macau , Ticu , Ticu-Colonie

Mayor :

Sorinel-Gelu Lehene ( PNL )

Postal address :

St Fabricii, no. 86
loc. Aghireșu, jud. Cluj, RO-407005

Website :

www.aghiresu.ro

Aghireșu (outdated Aghireș ; German Erldorf , Hungarian Egeres ) is a municipality in Cluj County in Transylvania , Romania .

Aghireșu is also known by the Romanian outdated names Aghireșul and Gara Șorecani and the Hungarian Kalotaszeg and Nádas-mente .

Geographical location

Location of Aghireșu in Cluj County

Ruin of the Bocskai Castle

The municipality of Aghireșu is located in the west of the Transylvanian Basin , west of the Cluj Mountains . Located in the historic Cluj-Napoca County on the Nadăș stream - a left tributary of the Someșul Mic ( Little Somesch ) -, the Oradea – Cluj-Napoca railway line and the DJ 108C district road ( drum județean ), the place is 27 kilometers east of the small town of Huedin ; the district capital of Cluj ( Klausenburg ) is located about 30 kilometers southeast of Aghireșu.

The ten incorporated villages, most of which can be reached on gravel roads, are located on an area of 9,945 hectares, 2.5-15 kilometers from the community center. On the area of the village of Aghireșu there are two disused mines with a ventilation shaft and underground tunnels. 69% of the community area is used for agriculture. Because of frequent landslides in the region, 80% of the houses have cracks in the walls. Most affected are the incorporated villages of Dâncu (Hungarian Dank ) and Ticu-Colonie (Hungarian Ferencbánya ) north of Aghireşu .

history

The place Aghireşu was first mentioned in 1263, was a Hungarian village and belonged to Mănăştur ( Abtsdorf ). Due to archaeological finds northwest of Aghireșu, in a valley called Valea Capronţa (Hungarian Kaproncavölgy ) by the locals , the history of settlement in the region can be dated back to Roman times , according to K. Torma .

At the end of the 18th century coal was found on the area of the village Aghireșu - at that time under the name Șorecani - as well as in the incorporated villages of Ticu ( Hochbrunn ) and Băgara (Hungarian Bogártelke ) . The first coal mine opened in 1850; from 1878 the promotion was intensified. After several changes of ownership in a short period of time, the amount extracted rose from 2931 tons in 1903 to 35,829 tons of coal within six years; the peak of production was reached in 1927 with 92,492 tons. From 1948 the pits were under state administration; the coal was mined until 1970/71, the mines then closed.

At the end of the 19th century, gypsum and limestone were mined on the area of the incorporated village of Leghia ( Tannendorf ) ( 46 ° 50 ′ N , 23 ° 11 ′ E ). In 1880 T. Krammer opened the first gypsum factory in Aghireșu-Fabrici; the current one opened in 1911. 46.84029 23.18864

population

At the 1850 census, 3621 people lived in the area of today's municipality. 1292 of them were Romanians , 2115 Hungarians , three Germans , 146 Roma and 56 others. The highest number of inhabitants (9075) - and at the same time that of the Romanians (4698) - was reached in 1977. The highest number of Hungarians (4832) was determined in 1941, that of Germans (48) in 1890 and that of Roma (344) in 1992. In addition, in almost every recording, some residents identified themselves as Ukrainians (up to four), Serbs (up to three) and Slovaks (32 in 1930). In 2002 there were 7,120 people in the municipality of Aghireșu, of whom 3934 were Romanians, 2908 Hungarians, 272 Roma, four Ukrainians and two Germans.

The community is officially bilingual. Romanian and Hungarian are used in public signage, education, justice, and public administration.

Attractions

The ruins of the Bocskai Castle (1571).

The Catholic Church, built in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 16th; in the nave is the tombstone of Gábor Bocskai (1616).

The Laguna Albastră ( 46 ° 53 ′ N , 23 ° 17 ′ E , "Blue Lagoon"), a lake about 4.5 kilometers (as the crow flies) northeast of Aghireșu, as well as several lakes, formed by quartz sand and kaolin extraction.46.88985 23.29063

The wooden church Sf. Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil (1780) from the village of Văleni (municipality of Călățele ) was set up in Aghireșu .

The wooden church Naşterea Maicii Domnului (1885) from the village Dumbrava (municipality Căpuşu Mare ) was set up in the incorporated village of Aghireşu-Fabrici (ung. Egeres-gyártelep ).

The wooden church Sf. Arhangheli , built in 1641, in the incorporated village of Ticu.

The wooden church Sf. Varvara (approx. 1735) from the village of Tămașa (municipality of Cuzăplac , Kr. Sălaj ) was set up in 1935 in the incorporated village of Ticu-Colonie. Wall paintings from 1775 can be seen in the church.