Bălcaciu
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Bălcaciu Bulkesch Bolkács |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Alba | ||||
| Municipality : | Jidvei | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 11 ' N , 24 ° 4' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 325 m | ||||
| Residents : | 1,251 (2002) | ||||
| Postal code : | 517389 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 58 | ||||
| License plate : | FROM | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Bălcaciu [ bə'katʃiu ] ( German and Såksesch Bulkesch , Hungarian Bolkács ) is a village in Transylvania in the Alba district in Romania . It belongs to the Jidvei ( Seiden ) municipality .
The place is also known by the German names Bolkatsch , Bulgatsch and Bolgatsch , and the Hungarian Szászbalkács .
Geographical location
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The village of Bălcaciu is located in the Zwischenkokel area in a southern side valley of the Kleine Kokel , ten kilometers southwest of the Jidvei ( Seiden ) community center . The nearest small town Blaj ( bubble village ) is about 20 km to the west. Mediaș ( Mediasch ) in Sibiu County is about 40 kilometers (20 km as the crow flies) east of Bulkesch. On the Blaj – Praid railway line , Bălcaciu has a stop about six kilometers from the village.
history
The place founded by Transylvanian Saxons was first mentioned in a document in 1309. Administratively, the village was divided for centuries, while the eastern part belonged to Kokelburger County and was owned by the Hungarian noble family Bethlen, the western part belonged to the so-called Seven judges goods in the possession of since 1494 Sibiu chair .
Several archaeological finds - called the parish garden by the locals - show that the area of the place, according to Kurt Horedt , was already settled in the Neolithic . Formerly a winegrowing village, the place was known for its good wines.
population
The population of the village developed as follows:
| census | Ethnic composition | |||||||
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| year | population | Romanians | Hungary | German | other | |||
| 1850 | 1,205 | 89 | 2 | 981 | 133 | |||
| 1900 | 1,499 | 392 | 49 | 1,056 | 2 | |||
| 1941 | 1.926 | 542 | 15th | 1,332 | 37 | |||
| 1966 | 1,990 | 924 | 59 | 987 | 20th | |||
| 1992 | 1.103 | 777 | 19th | 37 | 270 | |||
| 2002 | 1,251 | 1,066 | 21st | 24 | 140 | |||
The highest population until 2002 in Bălcaciu was determined in 1966; that of the Romanian Germans in 1941, the Romanians in 2002, that of the Magyars in 1966 and that of the Roma (269) in 1992.
Attractions
- The Protestant fortified church, built according to various sources in the 14th or 15th century, is located on a hill above the village. The choir of today's fortified church comes from the church that was once built, which was converted into a three-aisled church in the 19th century due to lack of space, so that seats were created for around 1000 visitors. There is a three-storey sacristy on the north side of the choir. The stones of the inner ring wall of the fortified church were used for these modifications. In 1856 the slender bell tower with the entrance hall was built. Today the buttress-supported fortified church and its circular wall are listed as historical monuments.
literature
- Sara Klein (Ed.): Bulkesch - Land and People: Life in the Siebenbürger Kokelgebiet , 1998. ISBN 3-922979-48-3
- Regina Ludwig: Legends and Schwänke from Bulkesch , equbli GmbH, Berlin 2014. ISBN 978-3-8442-7738-8
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
- ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
- ^ Lukas Joseph Marienburg : Geography of the Grand Duchy of Transylvania. Sibiu, 1813.
- ^ Institute Of Archeology - Bălcaciu, accessed September 17, 2014 (Romanian)
- ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)