Belin (Covasna)

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Belin
flower
village Bölön
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Belin (Covasna) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Covasna
Coordinates : 45 ° 56 '  N , 25 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 56 '6 "  N , 25 ° 34' 6"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 493  m
Area : 70.70  km²
Residents : 2,859 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 527030
Telephone code : (+40) 02 67
License plate : CV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Belin, Belin-Vale
Mayor : Imre Sikó ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Pricipală nr. 360
loc. Belin, jud. Covasna, RO-527030
Website :

Belin (outdated Belini ; German  flower village , Hungarian Bölön ) is a municipality in the Covasna district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place Belin is also known under the Hungarian names Kisbölön , Középbölön and Nagybölön , the German outdated name Böllen and the Transylvanian-Saxon Bleimenderf .

Geographical location

Location of the Belin municipality in Covasna County

The municipality of Belin 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 Belinul Mare stream - a right tributary of the Olt (Alt) - and the district road (Drum județean) DJ 103E, Belin is 20 kilometers south of the small town of Baraolt and about 35 kilometers northwest of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) away.

The train station in Apața (Geist) on the Teiuș – Brașov railway line is six kilometers on the opposite side of the Olt River from Belin.

history

Belin, which is mostly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1334.

Numerous archaeological finds on the area of ​​the community center, called Umbra luncii (in Hungarian Lügetárnyék ) by the locals , were assigned to the Late Bronze Age and are located in the Muzeul Național Secuiesc (Szekler National Museum) in the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe, which was founded in 1875 .

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 Belin developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 2,227 562 1,522 - 143
1941 2,726 23 2,437 1 265
1977 2,594 695 1,627 1 271
2002 2,643 1,043 1,049 2 504
2011 2,859 391 1,024 - 1,444

Since 1850, the area of ​​the municipality of Belin has had its highest population in 2011. The highest number of Magyars (2,437) was in 1941, Romanians (1,177) in 1992, Roma (1,306) in 2011; Romanian Germans were often registered two each.

Attractions

  • In the community center, the Adormirea Maicii Domnului Orthodox Church , built in 1776, is a listed building.
  • The Unitarian fortified church in the 16th century and its church, built from 1893 to 1895, are under monument protection.
  • The reformed church built in 1770 and its bell tower built in 1911 are under monument protection.
  • According to the directory of historical monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) the houses are at No. 537 in the 18th century, No. 579 built in 1868, No. 580 built in 1885 and No. 524 in the 19th century. Built in the 18th century, are under monument protection.

  • Reformed Church in Belin

  • Unitarian fortified church in Belin

  • Belin Orthodox Church

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Belin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).
  2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved October 27, 2019 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Belin , accessed October 30, 2019 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
  6. ↑ Information on the Orthodox Church in Belin at biserici.org, accessed on October 30, 2019 (Romanian).
  7. ↑ a b c d List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  8. ↑ Information on the Unitarian Church in Belin at biserici.org, accessed on October 30, 2019 (Romanian).
  9. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Belin at biserici.org, accessed on October 30, 2019 (Romanian).
  10. ↑ Information on Sándor Farkas Bölöni from epa.oszk.hu accessed on October 27, 2019 (Hungarian)