Brâncoveneşti

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Brâncoveneşti
Wetsch
Marosvécs
Brâncoveneşti Coat of Arms
Brâncoveneşti (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 51 '  N , 24 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '24 "  N , 24 ° 45' 36"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 402  m
Area : 87.62  km²
Residents : 3,972 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 45 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547130
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Brâncoveneşti, Idicel , Idicel-Pădure , Săcalu de Pădure , Vălenii de Mureș
Mayor : Ferencz Őrdőg ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 303
loc. Brâncoveneşti, jud. Mureș, RO-547130
Website :
Others
City Festival : 1st Sunday in June, Culesul cireșelor (cherry picking )

Brâncoveneşti [ ˈbrɨnkoveneʃtʲ ] (obsolete Ieciu or Delavrancea ; German  Wetsch , Hungarian Marosvécs or Vécs ) is a municipality in the Mureş district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Brâncoveneşti in Mureş County

The municipality of Brâncoveneşti is located in the Reener Ländchen (Ținutul Reghinului) in the northern part of the Transylvanian Basin . On the right bank of the Mureș (Mieresch) , at Drum național 15 and on the Târgu Mureș – Deda – Gheorgheni railway line , the place is ten kilometers northeast of the city of Reghin (Saxon Rain) and about 40 kilometers northeast of the district capital of Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) . The incorporated villages are between five and ten kilometers from the community center.

history

The place Brâncoveneşti was first mentioned in 1228.

Archaeological finds in the garden of the Brâncoveneşti Castle indicate that the place was settled in Roman times . In the 1970s, excavations led by the archaeologist Dumitru Protase found traces of the Brâncoveneşti castle . Furthermore, over 40 urns were found in a forest north of the community center, these have not yet been assigned to an era. Also in the incorporated village of Vălenii de Mureș (alleys) , a watchtower is noted on the area, called by the locals (Elövár) , which also dates from Roman times.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Régen Felső (Ober-Regen) district in Maros-Torda County , then to the historical Mureș District and, from 1950, today's Mureș District.

population

The population of the Brâncoveneşti municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,619 1,950 1,370 - 299
1920 5,032 2,978 2.005 4th 45
1941 5,529 2,830 2,421 8th 270
2002 4,518 2,080 2,256 - 182
2011 3,972 1,593 1,852 - 527

Since 1850 the highest number of inhabitants (5,568) was registered in 1977 in the area of ​​today's municipality. The highest number of Romanians was determined in 1920, that of the Magyars (2,837) in 1977, the Roma (298) in 2011 and that of the Romanian Germans (36) in 1900. In addition, 15 Ukrainians were registered in 1941 .

Attractions

  • In Brâncoveneşti, the Kemény Castle, built in the 16th century and renovated in the 19th, was nationalized in 1948 and, in a neglected state, served as a home for disabled children. The last owner of the castle was the writer Janos Kemény (1903–1971). The castle was officially taken over by his descendants on November 8, 2014.
  • In the community center, the reformed church built in 1727 and a Roman camp on the grounds of the Kemény castle, are listed as historical monuments. Furthermore, next to the Roman camp to the so-called "Pădurea Trandafirilor" ( Rosenwald , Hungarian Rószás a) Roman road and a pottery noted.
  • In the incorporated village of Vălenii de Mureș the reformed church was built in the 16th century. Here are grave monuments from 1764 of the Hungarian noble family Rhédei . The church is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Săcalu de Pădure (Bartdorf) , the wooden church Înălțarea Domnului built in the old cemetery in 1809 is a listed building.

  • Reformed Church in Brâncoveneşti

  • Wooden church in Săcalu de Pădure

  • Reformed Church in Vălenii de Mureș

  • The Kemény Castle

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved August 27, 2018 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  4. ↑ Nicolae Gudea : The Dacian Limes. Materials on its story. In: Yearbook of the Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. 44, 2, 1997, p. 67f., ( Digitized version ).
  5. ^ A b Institute Of Archeology - Brâncovenești , accessed on August 31, 2018 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Vălenii de Mureș accessed on August 31, 2018 (Romanian)
  7. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  8. ↑ View of the castle
  9. ↑ Contribution to the official handover of the castle in Brâncoveneşti on November 11, 2014 on YouTube , accessed on August 31, 2018 (Romanian)
  10. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Brâncoveneşti at biserici.org, accessed on August 31, 2018 (Romanian)
  11. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
  12. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Vălenii de Mureș at biserici.org, accessed on August 31, 2018 (Romanian)
  13. ^ Website of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies: NÉMETH Csaba. Camera Deputaților, accessed August 31, 2018 (Romanian).