Apoldu de Jos

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Apoldu de Jos
Kleinpold
Kisapold
Coat of arms of Apoldu de Jos
Apoldu de Jos (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Coordinates : 45 ° 53 '  N , 23 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '47 "  N , 23 ° 50' 51"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 338  m
Area : 48.83  km²
Residents : 1,350 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 28 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 557010
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Apoldu de Jos, Sângătin
Mayor : Ioan Nicoară ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 72
loc. Apoldu de Jos, jud. Sibiu, RO-557010
Website :

Apoldu de Jos (outdated Apoldul Mic , Polda Mică ; German  Kleinpold or Klein-Apolden , Hungarian Kisapold ) is a municipality in the Sibiu County , in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known under the German name Klein-Polden .

Geographical location

Location of Apoldu de Jos in Sibiu County

The municipality of Apoldu de Jos is located in the historic Unterwald in the southwest of the Transylvanian Basin , on the upper reaches of the Secaș a tributary of the Sebeș . South of the Zekescher highlands ( Podișul Secașelor ) in the Apolder Depression , the place Apoldu de Jos is located at the confluence of the Amnaș and Apold streams in the Secaș. Apoldu de Jos is about 35 on the district road ( drum județean ) DJ 106G, which is partly also a connecting road between the A1 autostrada with the European roads E 68 and E 81 , which run together here , and on the Sibiu – Vințu de Jos railway line Kilometers west of the district capital Sibiu .

history

Apoldu de Jos, located in the historic Reussmarkter Stuhl , was once founded by the Transylvanian Saxons and was first mentioned in 1289. According to JM Ackner , C. Goos and V. Christescu , archaeological finds were made on the area of ​​Apoldu de Jos - called Între Apoalde and La Rodeni by the locals - that indicate settlement in Roman times .

1750 lived in Kleinpold 1236 Romanians , 1765 12 Romania German , 1773 or 1774 based in Kleinpold about 60 Landler from Austria to.

Today the residents live mainly from agriculture and cattle breeding.

population

Since the first survey in 1850, the highest population of the municipality (3388) was counted in 1920 and at the same time that of the Romanians (3342) and the Germans (9). The highest number of Hungarians (84) and that of Roma (165) were registered in 1850. In addition, in 1880 a resident referred to himself as a Serb . In 2002, 1525 people lived in the community of Apoldu de Jos, 17 of them were Roma, two Germans, one Hungarian, the rest of them were Romanians. In 2011, 1291 of the 1350 people in the community identified themselves as Romanians and 20 as Roma.

Attractions

  • The wooden church Sf. Ioan Evanghelistul , built in Apoldu de Jos (from Ocna Sibiului ) in 1771 and renovated in 1881, is a listed building.
  • The wooden church Sf. Arhangheli , built in Sângătin in 1687, is a listed building.

  • Wooden church in Apoldu de Jos

  • Wooden church in Sângătin

Personalities

  • Damasus Dürr (1537–1585), humanist, lived here in Kleinpold from 1568 or 1569, where he worked as a clergyman until his death.

Web links

Commons : Apoldu de Jos  - 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. ^ Anton Adolf Schmidl, Wilhelm F. Warhanek: Das Kaiserthum Oesterreich. Geographical, statistical, topographical with alphabetical local dictionary , LC Zamarski, Vienna 1857
  4. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  5. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Apoldu de Jos from cimec.ro accessed on December 6, 2014 (Romanian)
  6. ↑ Christa Wandschneider, Martin Bottesch: On the history of the place Großpold at sevenbuerger.de
  7. ↑ Census, last updated November 4, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)
  8. ↑ 2002 census (Romanian)
  9. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (Romanian; PDF; 7.10 MB)
  10. ↑ Report on Damasus Dürr at sevenbuerger.de