Aita Mare

Aita Mare (outdated Aitonul Mare ; German Aitau , Hungarian Nagyajta or Ajta ) is a municipality in the Covasna district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Aita Mare in Covasna county

The municipality of Aita Mare is located east of the Transylvanian Basin (Podișul Transilvaniei) in the western foothills of the Baraolter Mountains in the so-called Szeklerland . In the west of the Covasna district on the Aita brook - a right tributary of the Olt (Alt) - and the district road (Drum județean) DJ 131, the place Aita Mare is 15 kilometers south of the small town of Baraolt and about 40 kilometers northwest of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) away.

history

Aita Mare, which is mostly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1332.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Miklósvár chair district in the Háromszék County ( Romanian Comitatul Trei-Scaune ), in which Nagyajta was the administrative seat. Subsequently, this belonged to the historical district of Trei-Scaune (in German three chairs ) and from 1950 to today's Covasna district.

population

The population in the municipality of Aita Mare developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,656	331	2.184	12	129
1941	2,884	13	2,854	12	5
1992	1,824	159	1,662	3	-
2002	1,771	168	1,598	1	4th
2011	1,715	151	1,546	-	18th

The highest number of inhabitants has been recorded in the territory of the municipality of Aita Mare since 1850 and that of the Magyars in 1941. The highest number of Romanians (382) was registered in 1930, that of Romanian Germans in 1850 and 1941 and the highest number of Roma (119) was registered in 1850. Furthermore, Slovaks were also registered in some censuses , the highest number nine, in 1910.

Attractions

In the community center, the Orthodox Church , according to the Directory of Historic Monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) Sf. Gheorghe , or Sf. Nicolae , built in 1866 and the Unitarian fortified church built in the 14th century and renovated several times until the 19th century, are listed as historical monuments.

The entire estate of the Hungarian noble family Donáth built in the 19th century is a listed building.

The town hall of Aita Mare, built between 1904 and 1908, is a listed building.

In the incorporated village of Aita Medie (in Hungarian : Középajta ) the reformed church built in the 16th century, rebuilt several times and the bell tower built in 1794 are under monument protection.

Because of several smaller ponds and swamps around Aita Mare, there are numerous stork nests in the village. Up to 100 white storks leave the place every year .

Unitarian fortified church in Aita Mare
Orthodox Church in Aita Mare
Reformed Church in Aita Mare

Personalities

István Kovács (1799–1872) was a historian.
István Bara (1808–1868) was a scientist.
János Kriza (1811–1875) was an ethnographer, poet, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and from 1861 Hungarian Unitarian Bishop of Transylvania until his death.

Town twinning

The municipality of Aita Mare maintains a partnership with the Hungarian municipality of Majosháza in the Szigetszentmiklós district .

Web links

Commons : Aita Mare - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

The municipality of Aita Mare at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
↑ Information on the Orthodox Church in Aita Mare at biserici.org, accessed on October 23, 2019 (Romanian).
↑ Information on the Unitarian fortified church in Aita Mare at biserici.org, accessed on October 23, 2019 (Romanian).
↑ Information on the Donáth property at castelintransilvania.ro , accessed on October 23, 2019 (Hungarian, Romanian, English).
↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Aita Medie at biserici.org, accessed on October 23, 2019 (Romanian).
↑ Orașul berzelor. Retrieved October 23, 2019 (Romanian).
↑ Information on István Kovács at mek.oszk.hu , accessed on October 23, 2019 (Hungarian).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Karoly Kocsis, Eszter Kocsis-Hodosi: Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin. (PDF; 12.1 MB) Corvinus Library, accessed on October 23, 2019 (Hungarian).
↑ Information on János Kriza at mek.oszk.hu accessed on October 20, 2019 (Hungarian)

[VZ2011-1] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).

[HHGS-2] Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .

[3] Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).

[rokm-4] List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).

[5] Information on the Orthodox Church in Aita Mare at biserici.org, accessed on October 23, 2019 (Romanian).

[6] Information on the Unitarian fortified church in Aita Mare at biserici.org, accessed on October 23, 2019 (Romanian).

[7] Information on the Donáth property at castelintransilvania.ro , accessed on October 23, 2019 (Hungarian, Romanian, English).

[8] Information on the Reformed Church in Aita Medie at biserici.org, accessed on October 23, 2019 (Romanian).

[9] Orașul berzelor. Retrieved October 23, 2019 (Romanian).

[10] Information on István Kovács at mek.oszk.hu , accessed on October 23, 2019 (Hungarian).

[CorvinusLibrary-11] Karoly Kocsis, Eszter Kocsis-Hodosi: Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin. (PDF; 12.1 MB) Corvinus Library, accessed on October 23, 2019 (Hungarian).

[12] Information on János Kriza at mek.oszk.hu accessed on October 20, 2019 (Hungarian)