Boian (Sibiu)

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Boian
Bonnesdorf
Alsóbajom
Coat of arms of Boian (Sibiu)
Boian (Sibiu) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Municipality : Bazna
Coordinates : 46 ° 12 '  N , 24 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '3 "  N , 24 ° 13' 37"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 297  m
Residents : 1,557 (2002)
Postal code : 557031
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration (as of 2008)
Community type : Village
Mayor : Lucian Gligor Scumpu ( PNȚCD )
Bonnesdorf in the Josephinische Landesaufnahme von Siebenbürgen from 1769 to 1773
Bonnesdorf - view of the village
Bonnesdorf fortified church

Boian (German Bonnesdorf , såksesch Bonnesdref , Hungarian Alsóbajom ) is a village in Transylvania in Sibiu county ( Sibiu ), Romania . It belongs to the municipality of Bazna (Baaßen).

location

The place is located in a southern side valley of the Târnava Mică ( Small Kokel ) in the Zwischenkokel area , about 5 km west of Bazna ( Baaßen ) and 19 km northwest of Mediasch .

history

Bonnesdorf emerged as a subordinate community in the area of Kokelburg County . The place name is traced back to the old German personal name Bonno . In contrast to the localities of the neighboring Mediascher Stuhl , the village did not succeed in joining the Königsboden, but retained its slave status on the county floor .

The first documentary mention comes from the year 1309, when theodricus de villa Boneti was listed among the plebans of the little Kokel ("de minori Kukullev") on the occasion of a tenth dispute between the Weißenburg cathedral chapter and the (Transylvanian) Saxon deaneries .

  • In 1335 Bonnesdorf was mentioned again as a subordinate community of Kokelburg County as belonging to the archidiaconatus de Kukullev .
  • In 1395 the place was named as the property of the royal castle Kokelburg (Romanian Cetatea de Baltă , Hungarian Küküllővár ).
  • In 1402 the construction of the church was completed in its original form. The unusually large dimensions of the church, which gives a monumental impression with its massive wall surfaces, proves that Bonnesdorf must have been very populous and prosperous at the time.
  • In 1452 the place came into the possession of the nobleman Georg von Ludbereg.
  • In 1489 King Matthias Corvinus enfeoffed the Moldovan voivode Stefan the Great with the Kokelburg and its possessions.
  • The fortified church was built in 1506. The wall ring is 7 m high and has a covered battlement, a gate and a bell tower.
  • In 1529 King Johann Zápolya awarded the Kokelburg and its possessions to the Moldovan voivode Petru Rareș . The Moldovan coat of arms with the aurochs head on the gate tower and the church remind of the Moldavian feudal period.
  • In 1784 Count Nikolaus Bethlen owned part of Bonnesdorf, the other part remained as the property of the Kokelburg.

population

While the large dimensions of the Protestant church indicate a numerically strong Transylvanian-Saxon population in earlier times, the place was far less influenced by them in the 20th century than the surrounding places of the Medias See. After the revolution of 1989, most of the residents of German descent emigrated. The number of inhabitants has decreased significantly since then. Today the place is mostly inhabited by Romanians and Roma .

year Residents including Germans
1910 2028 317
1920 1955 334
1930 2045 366
1941 2286 388
1966 2144 227
1977 2077 166
1992 1622 29
2002 1557 6th

Attractions

  • The fortified church with the Protestant church
  • The Greek Catholic Church (built 1999-2001)

Web links

Commons : Boian, Sibiu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  • Walter Myß (Ed.): The Transylvanian Saxons. Dictionary. History, culture, civilization, science, economy, living space Transylvania (Transylvania). License issue. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2018-4 .
  • Juliana Fabritius-Dancu : Saxon fortified churches in Transylvania. 2nd, revised edition. Transilvania magazine, Sibiu 1983.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The diocese of Weißenburg (Hungarian Gyulafehérvár , Latin and Romanian Alba Iulia ), whose foundation goes back to King Ladislaus I of Hungary , was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kalocsa and was divided into twelve archdeaconates (also called chapters) on the territory of Transylvania.
  2. ↑ Árpád E. Varga: Szeben megye településeinek etnikai (anyanyelvi / nemzetiségi) adatai 1850-2002. (Online document) (PDF file; 582 kB).