Brodfeld

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Historical Regions of Romania (1926)
Miklós Nagy: The Brodfeld (1870)

The Brodfeld (seldom also Brotfeld , Rum. Câmpul Pâinii , Hungarian Kenyérmező ) is a historical landscape in the lower forest west of Mühlbach (hence also often Brodfeld near Mühlbach ) in the south of Transylvania , Romania . The area is located between Orăştie (German Broos) and Sebeş (German Mühlbach) , on the former area of ​​the Broos chair on Mureş (German Mieresch) .

The name of the field goes back to the two localities that are in the area: Oberbrodsdorf (Rum. Vinerea , Hungarian Felkenyér ) and Unterbrodsdorf (Rum. Șibot , Hungarian Alkenyér ). These places were settled by the Transylvanian Saxons until the Battle of Brodfeld in 1479. After their depopulation, Romanians moved here. The old Hungarian name of the Cugir River is Kenyér (= "bread"), which could have led to the German name Brodfeld . The natural borders of the region are the Mühlbach Mountains in the south , the Mieresch in the north and the Mühlbach in the east.

The region gained particular fame through the battle on the Brodfeld. In 1479 the royal Hungarian army won an important victory over the army of the Ottoman Empire with the support of the Transylvanian Saxons and the Szeklers . In memory of this victory, Stephan Báthory von Ecsed , Voivode of Transylvania, had a chapel built.

The most important settlement on the Brodfeld today is Cugir (Hungarian Kudzsir , German Kudschir ).

Settlements on the Brodfeld

  • Vințu de Jos (German Unterwintz or Winzendorf , Hungarian Alvinc )
  • Pianu de Jos (German German , Hungarian Alsópián, Szászpián )
  • Tărtăria (old Hungarian name Tartaria , later Alsótatárlaka )
  • Săliştea (Hungarian Alsócsóra )
  • Balomiru de Câmp (Hungarian Balomir )
  • Șibot (German Unterbrodsdorf , Hungarian Alkenyér or Zsibotalkenyér )
  • Vinerea (German Oberbrodsdorf , Hungarian Felkenyér )
  • Cugir (German Kutschir , Hungarian Kudzsir )
  • Aurel Vlaicu (formerly Binținți , German Benzenz, Hungarian Bencenc )
  • Pișchinți (Hungarian Piskinc )
  • Vaidei (German Weidendorf , Hungarian Vajdej )
  • Romos (German Rumes , Hungarian Romosz )
  • Gelmar (Hungarian Gyalmár )