Bârzava (Arad)

Bârzava Bersowa Marosborsa
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Screeching area
Circle :	Arad
Coordinates :	46 ° 6 '  N , 22 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 6 '24 "  N , 21 ° 59' 40"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	256.43  km²
Residents :	2,707 (2011)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	317030
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 57
License plate :	AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Bârzava, Bătuța , Căpruța , Dumbrăvița , Groșii Noi , Lalașinț , Monoroștia and Slatina de Mureș
Mayor :	Faur Gabriel ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală No. 314 loc. Bârzava, jud. Arad, RO-317030
Website :	www.comunabarzava.ro

Location of Bârzava in the Arad district

Street in Berzova, oil on canvas, by László Paál

Bârzava on the Josephine land survey

Bârzava (German: Bersowa , Hungarian: Marosborsa ) is a municipality in the Arad district , in the Kreischgebiet , in western Romania . The villages of Bătuța , Căpruța , Dumbrăvița , Groșii Noi , Lalașinț , Monoroștia and Slatina de Mureș also belong to the municipality of Bârzava .

Geographical location

Bârzava is located at the foot of the Zărand Mountains , on the National Road Drum național 7 , 61 km from the district capital Arad .

Neighboring places

Covăsinț	Minișel	Slatina de Mureș
Conop		Groșii Noi
Belotinț	Lalașinț	Baia

history

The first written mention of Bozova comes from 1471.

Over the centuries different spellings of the place name appeared: 1471 Bozova , 1479 Nagbozwa , 1506, 1510 Berzova , 1508–1510 Alsoborza , 1519 Also Bozwa , 1650 Bosowa , 1808 Berzava , 1839 Berzova , 1858–1900 Berzova , 1909 Bârzava , Berzova , 1910 Marosborsa , 1913 Marosborsa , 1921 Bârzava , Marosborsa , 1925 Bârzava .

Until the First Austrian Turkish War (1526), ​​the settlement belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary and then to the Ottoman Empire (1526–1699).

After the Peace of Karlowitz (1699), Arad and the Maroscher Land came under Austrian rule , while the Banat south of the Marosch remained under Turkish rule until the Peace of Passarowitz (1718) . On the Josephine land survey is Bersowa entered.

As a result of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867), the Arad region, like the whole of Banat and Transylvania, was annexed to the Kingdom of Hungary within the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy . The official place name was Marosborsa .

The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in the regulation of the borders , whereby Bârzava fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	6955	6680	111	69	95
1910	7349	6923	326	69	31
1930	6069	5749	92	48	180
1977	3982	3887	18th	6th	71
1992	3279	3225	12	4th	38
2002	3019	2959	12	5	43

Web links

Commons : Bârzava (Arad)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Bârzava town hall
• virtualarad.net , Bârzava on VirtualArad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citypopulation.de , census October 20, 2011
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ arcanum.hu , Szabó M. Attila : Historical and administrative place names book of Transylvania, Banat and Partium
4. ↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002