Boz (Alba)

Boz
Bußd
Buzd

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Alba

Municipality :

Doștat

Coordinates :

45 ° 57 ' N , 23 ° 48' E Coordinates: 45 ° 56 '52 " N , 23 ° 48' 6" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

297 m

Residents :

445 (2002)

Postal code :

517276

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 58

License plate :

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Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Boz ( German Bußd , Hungarian Buzd ) is a Romanian village in the Alba district in Transylvania . It is part of the Doştat municipality .

The place is also known under the former Romanian name Buzdu and the German Bussendorf .

location

Boz ( Buzd ), in the Josephine land survey from 1767 to 1773.

Boz is located in the Zekesch highlands ( Podișul Secașelor ) in southwestern Transylvania. In a hilly landscape on the county road ( Drum județean ) DJ 141D, the place is located about 3 kilometers southwest of the Doștat municipality and 18 kilometers (as the crow flies) east of Sebeş ( Mühlbach ).

history

Boz, a former Hörigendorf of the Unterweißburger county , was first mentioned in a document in 1295 or 1334 according to different sources. The name of the place "Boz" comes from the Slavic and means elderberry .

The residents lived and live primarily from agriculture and livestock.

population

The population of the village developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	807	449	24	223	111
1900	1,013	646	25th	342	-
1930	1,213	633	5	541	34
1977	578	382	1	132	63
2002	445	433	1	6th	5

1941 the largest population of the place was registered with 1241 (627 Romanians, 612 Germans and two Hungarians). The highest proportion of Germans (612) was in 1941, Romanians (663) in 1910, Magyars (27) in 1880 and Roma (111) in 1850. After the Second World War , almost all Transylvanian Saxons emigrated .

Attractions

The Protestant fortified church with the fortified church and the associated bell tower, which at some point also housed a school, is a listed building. Above the choir - exceptionally oriented to the south - and the nave, a fortified storey was added around 1523; this is supported by cantilevered consoles.

The Romanian Orthodox Church

The Unitarian Church