Blandiana
Blandiana Stumpach Karna |
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Historical region : | Transylvania | |||
Circle : | Alba | |||
Coordinates : | 45 ° 59 ' N , 23 ° 23' E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Height : | 280 m | |||
Area : | 78.43 km² | |||
Residents : | 923 (October 20, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 12 inhabitants per km² | |||
Postal code : | RO-517160 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 58 | |||
License plate : | FROM | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2016) | ||||
Community type : | local community | |||
Structure : | Blandiana, Acmariu , Ibru , Poieni , Răcătău | |||
Mayor : | Nicolae Gherman ( PNL ) | |||
Postal address : | Str. Principală, no. 15 loc. Blandiana, jud. Alba, RO-517160 |
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Blandiana ( German Stumpach , Hungarian Maroskarna or Karna ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .
location
The village of Blandiana is located on the right bank of the Mureș River , on the southern edge of the Transylvanian Ore Mountains , part of the Apuseni Mountains , in the southwest of the Alba County. With its four incorporated villages, the place extends over an area of 7843 hectares. The next town of Sebeş is about 13 kilometers to the east as the crow flies.
history
There are numerous archaeological sites on the territory of the municipality, which, according to reports by G. Téglás , M. Roska , Kurt Horedt and others, indicate settlement since the Bronze Age . There were also necropolises from the La Tène period and from 10/11. Century AD and the remains of a settlement from.. Dako - Roman found time.
The village was first mentioned in 1733 under the name Kerna (1854 under Karna , later under Maroskarna ). In the 19th century it belonged to the Catholic cathedral chapter of Alba Iulia and was in the Unterweißburger county . The residents were almost exclusively Romanians . After the village belonged to Austria-Hungary until the end of the First World War , it became part of Romania in 1918/1920. In this context, the name Cârna , which was used until then in Romanian, was changed to Blandiana .
population
The population developed as follows:
census | Ethnic composition | |||||||
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year | Total population | Romanians | Hungary | German | other | |||
1850 | 1,875 | 1,826 | 6th | 1 | 42 | |||
1900 | 2,587 | 2,569 | 15th | 3 | - | |||
1930 | 2,463 | 2,409 | 2 | - | 52 | |||
2002 | 1,187 | 1,174 | 3 | - | 10 |
In 2002 there were 696 people living in the village of Blandiana itself, and 491 in the incorporated villages (Acmariu 444, Ibru 3, Poieni 9 and Răcătău 35). The highest number of Germans (11) on the territory of today's municipality was registered in 1890.
Attractions
- The Romanian Orthodox Church Sf. Arhangheli , built in 1890 instead of a wooden church . The new church differs from the wooden one by the attached bell tower. The relatively low nave with a semicircular wooden ceiling extends over the apse .
- The wooden church Sf. Nicolae , built in 1768 in the incorporated district of Acmariu ( Meergrub ) and redesigned in the 19th century, was a listed building in 2004. This is no longer included on the list of the Romanian Ministry of Culture from 2010.
- The Piatra Tomii nature reserve
Blandiana in the Josephine land survey from 1767 to 1773
Others
The writer Ana Blandiana (* 1942) named herself after Blandiana, the birthplace of her mother.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
- ^ Institute Of Archeology - Blandiana, accessed October 23, 2012 (Romanian)
- ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
- ↑ Blandiana at sate-comune.ro ( Memento from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Romanian)
- ↑ Ignaz Lenk: Transylvania geographical, topographical, statistical, hydrographical and orographic lexicon. Volume 1: A - F. Strauss-Verlag, Vienna 1839, p. 212.
- ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 58 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ↑ Information about the church at biserici.org accessed on February 16, 2016 (Romanian)