Bonțida

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Bonțida
Bonisbruck
Bonchida
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Bonțida (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Cluj
Coordinates : 46 ° 55 '  N , 23 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 54 '41 "  N , 23 ° 48' 49"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 296  m
Area : 80.38  km²
Residents : 4,856 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 60 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 407105
Telephone code : (+40) 02 64
License plate : CJ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Bonțida, Coasta , Răscruci , Tăușeni
Mayor : Aurel-Emil Cărhaț ( PNL )
Postal address : Mihai Eminescu Street, no. 446
loc. Bonțida, jud. Cluj, RO-407105
Website :

Bonțida [ ˈbont͡sia ] (outdated Bonțîda; German  Bonisbruck or Bruck , Hungarian Bonchida ) is a municipality in the Cluj County , in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the Bonțida municipality in Cluj County

The municipality of Bonțida is located approximately in the northern half of the Transylvanian Basin on both sides of the lower reaches of the Someșul Mic (Little Somesch) . The community center is located on the right bank of the Little Somesch , on Drum național 1C and the Apahida – Dej railway 19 kilometers south of Gherla (New Castle) and about 30 kilometers north of the district capital of Cluj-Napoca (Klausenburg) .

history

The place Bonțida was first mentioned in documents in 1245 or 1263, according to different sources, and belonged to the Hungarian noble family Csák , later to the noble family Bánffy, with Transylvanian Saxons living among the free residents .

According to E. Orosz, archaeological finds that indicate a settlement of Bonțida up to the Neolithic Age were made on the area called Podărie (Hungarian Pados ) by the locals . Both in the incorporated village of Coasta (Hungarian Gyulatelke ) and in Răscruci (Hungarian Válaszút ), archaeological finds from the Bronze Age were made at the mouth of the Borşa brook in the Someşul Mic .

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's community belonged to the chair district Kolozsvár in County Cluj , then the historic district of Cluj and from 1950 to today's Cluj County at.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,643 2,325 946 15th 357
1920 4,373 3,094 1,562 14th 67
1956 5,658 3,824 1,282 2 550
1992 4,447 3,075 833 1 538
2002 4,722 3,037 902 1 746
2011 4,856 2,897 812 - 1,147 (962 Roma)

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants in the area of ​​today's municipality was determined in 1956. The highest population was Romanians (3896) in 1977, Magyars (2859) in 1941, Roma in 2011 and Romanian Germans (89) in 1900. Furthermore, in almost every recording, individual residents identified themselves as Ukrainians , Serbs or Slovaks .

Attractions

  • The Gothic Reformed Church with Renaissance elements in Bonțida, built in the 13th century and the wooden bell tower in the 19th century, are listed buildings.
  • The former baroque castle Bánffy , was built in 1652 by the Italian builder Augostino Serena , rebuilt and expanded again and again from 1750 to 1850, is a listed building. The last owner was the large landowner and politician Miklós Bánffy . The Electric Castle music festival has been taking place here since 2013 .
  • In the incorporated village of Coasta, the Dujardin manor , built at the end of the 18th century, today the village school, is a listed building. The village has been inhabited by Romanians since around 1600, with a church built in 1669.
  • In the incorporated village of Răscruci , the reformed church built in the 17th century and the Bánffy manor house with its park in the 18th century, are listed buildings.

  • Roman Catholic Church

  • reformed Church

  • The Banffy Castle around 1890

  • The Bánffy Castle around 2017

  • The Bánffy Castle in Răscruci

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Information on the website of the municipality ( memento of the original from October 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.comunabontida.ro
  3. ↑ a b c d Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  4. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Bonţida , accessed on July 6, 2017 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Coasta , accessed on July 6, 2017 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Răscruci , accessed on July 6, 2017 (Romanian).
  7. ↑ Census, last updated November 2, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 525 kB)
  8. ↑ a b c d List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (Romanian; PDF; 12.7 MB)
  9. ↑ Information on the church in Răscruci from biserici.org accessed on July 9, 2017 (Romanian)