Bixad (Covasna)

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Bixad
Sepsibükszád
Bixad Coat of Arms (Covasna)
Bixad (Covasna) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Covasna
Municipality : Bixad
Coordinates : 46 ° 6 '  N , 25 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 6 '7 "  N , 25 ° 51' 23"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 663  m
Area : 60.59  km²
Residents : 1,799 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 30 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 527116
Telephone code : (+40) 02 67
License plate : CV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Bixad
Mayor : Márton-Csaba Bács ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Principală nr. 558
loc. Bixad, jud. Covasna, RO-527116
Website :

Bixad (obsolete Bicsad ; Hungarian Sepsibükszád or Bükszád ) is a commune in Covasna County , in the region of Transylvania in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Bixad in Covasna County

The place Bixad is located in a valley on the upper reaches of the river Olt (Alt) north of the Baraolter Mountains in the historical Szeklerland . In the north of the Covasna county, the place is on the national road Drum național 12 - part of the European route 578 - and the railway line Sfântu Gheorghe-Adjud five kilometers from the small town of Băile Tuşnad in Harghita county and about 30 kilometers north of the county capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) removed.

history

The town of Bixad, mainly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1342.

In a settlement of its territory in the Neolithic indicate remains of a castle, known locally Sea (Hungarian Várvópója ), below the mountain Murgăul Mic , and the ruins of a castle on the mountain Piatra Soimului (Hungarian Sólyiomkrö ). The latter has not yet been assigned to an era. Numerous archaeological finds from the municipality, from different ages, are in the museum of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary Bixad belonged to the Sepsi chair district in the Háromszék County ( Romanian Comitatul Trei-Scaune ). Subsequently, Bixad belonged to the historical district of Trei-Scaune (in German three chairs ) and from 1950 to the present-day district of Covasna.

Until 1968 Bixad was an independent municipality, from 1968 to 2004 part of the neighboring municipality of Malnaș , then again independent.

population

The population of the municipality of Bixad developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 813 378 403 - 32
1930 2,109 735 1,147 136 75
1966 2,617 163 2,476 2 3
2002 1,811 21st 1,765 - 25th
2011 1,799 17th 1,708 2 72

Bixad has had the highest population since 1850 and that of the Magyars in 1966. The highest number of Romanians, Romanian Germans and Roma (44) were registered in 1930. In addition, 23 Slovaks were recorded in 1930.

Attractions

  • The Orthodox Church of Sf. Gheorghe (formerly Greek Catholic ) built in 1712 and renovated in 1835, is a listed building.
  • The ruins of a former castle, called Șea (Hungarian Vápa , Várvópója ), near the train station, about 47 meters above the Olt and the Rachitaș brook (Hungarian Rakkotyás ) about two and a half kilometers southwest of Bixad, is a listed building. According to the register of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) finds in the castle point to the Latène and Bronze Ages .
  • The ruins of a medieval castle, on the mountain called Piatra Șoimului (Hungarian Sólyiomkrö ) at the confluence of the Calului brook into the Olt, is a listed building.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).
  2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  3. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Bixad , accessed December 4, 2019 (Romanian).
  4. ↑ Information on the municipality's website , accessed on December 4, 2019 (Romanian, Hungarian)
  5. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
  6. ↑ Information on the Orthodox Church in Bixad at biserici.org, accessed on December 4, 2019 (Romanian).
  7. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  8. ↑ Atlasul siturilor dacice din estul Transilvaniei: Bixad - Vapa-vára. Retrieved December 4, 2019 (English, Romanian, Hungarian).