Birchiș

Birchiș Birkisch, Pirkisch Marosberkes
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Banat
Circle :	Arad
Coordinates :	45 ° 58 '  N , 22 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 '53 "  N , 22 ° 10' 11"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Area :	102.28  km²
Residents :	1,854 (2011)
Population density :	18 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	317050
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 57
License plate :	AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Birchiș, Căpâlnaș , Ostrov and Virișmort
Mayor :	Guțu Ioan ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală No. 162 loc. Birchiș, jud. Arad, RO-317050
Website :	www.comunabirchis.ro

Location of Birchiș in Arad County

Birchiș on the Josephinian land survey

Birchiș (German: Birkisch , Pirkisch , Hungarian: Marosberkes ) is a municipality in the Arad district , in the Banat , in western Romania . The villages of Căpâlnaș , Ostrov and Virișmort also belong to the municipality of Birchiș .

Geographical location

Birchiș is located on the left bank of the Marosch , in the historical Banat region , 81 km from the district capital Arad .

Neighboring places

Bulci	Vărădia de Mureș	Săvârșin
Virișmort		Căpâlnaș
Groși	Făget	Bunea Mare

history

The first written mention of the village of Pierter comes from 1596.

In the course of the centuries different place names appeared: 1596 Pierter , 1717 Birtesch , 1734 Pirkess , 1787 Birkis , 1808 Birkis , 1828 Birkis , Pirkisch , 1839 Birkis , 1858, 1863 Birkis , 1877 Birkis , 1882 Birkis , Birchisiu , 1891, 1893 Birkis , 1900 Birkis , 1909 Birchiş , Birkis , 1910, 1913 Marosberkes , 1921 Birchiş , Marosberkes , 1925 Birchiş .

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 Burkisch 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 Marosberkes . The Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 resulted in border regulation, whereby Birchiș fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

In the Banat Village Museum , a branch of the Banat National Museum in Timișoara , a pottery house from Birchiș is exhibited together with a pottery wheel and kiln .

Population development

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	3763	3705	21st	32	5
1910	3984	3770	133	27	54
1930	3714	3506	64	23	121
1977	2705	2592	12	1	100
1992	2106	1948	14th	-	144
2002	2044	1793	10	2	239

Web links

• ghidulprimariilor.ro , Birchiş City Office
• virtualarad.net , Birchiş on VirtualArad

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citypopulation.de , census October 20, 2011
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ arcanum.hu/hu , Birchiș
4. ↑ muzeulsatuluibanatean.ro , pottery house from Birchiș
5. ↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002