Bulzeștii de Sus

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Bulzeștii de Sus
Bulzesd
Bulzeștii de Sus does not have a coat of arms
Bulzeștii de Sus (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Hunedoara
Coordinates : 46 ° 18 '  N , 22 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 18 '0 "  N , 22 ° 45' 38"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 500  m
Area : 110.04  km²
Residents : 271 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 2 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 337150
Telephone code : (+40) 02 54
License plate : HD
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Bulzeştii de Sus, Bulzeştii de Jos , Giurgeşti , Grohot , Păuleşti , Ruseşti , Stănculeşti , Ticera , Tomnatec
Mayor : Mirel-Ion Suba ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 35
loc. Bulzeștii de Sus, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337150
Website :

Bulzeştii de Sus [ ˈbulzeʃti de sus ] (obsolete Bulzeşti ; Hungarian Bulzesd ) is a municipality in Hunedoara County in Transylvania , Romania .

Bulzeştii de Sus is also known under the Romanian outdated name Bulzeştii and Bulzăşti and the Hungarian Felsőbulzesd .

Geographical location

Location of Bulzeștii de Sus in Hunedoara County
View of a mountain near Bulzeştii de Sus

The municipality of Bulzeştii de Sus is located in the historic Motzenland , north of the Transylvanian Ore Mountains . In the north of the district, on the Uibăreşti brook and the county road ( drum județean ) DJ 762, the place is about 30 kilometers (18 km as the crow flies) north of the small town of Brad ( Tannenhof ); the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ) is located about 70 kilometers (46 km as the crow flies) south of Bulzeştii de Sus.

The road between the community center and the incorporated villages is paved only to Bulzeştii de Jos (Hungarian Alsóbulzesd ), otherwise the connecting roads are only gravel forest paths.

history

The place Bulzeştii de Sus was first mentioned in 1956. However, the history of settlement in the region goes back a long way. On the area of ​​the incorporated village of Grohot (ung. Alsógrohot ), on the rock called Pod by the locals , finds were made - according to reports by G. Téglás , I. Marțian and M. Roska - which indicate settlement in the Stone Age .

population

At the 1850 census, 3195 people lived in the area that is today the municipality. 3169 of them were Romanians and 26 Roma . The highest population (4250) - at the same time that of the Romanians (4238) - was reached in 1900. The number of inhabitants in the area of ​​today's municipality has decreased significantly since the peak in 1900. The highest number of Roma (56) was recorded in 1930. In addition, one inhabitant each in 1910 and 1966 and three inhabitants in 1992 described themselves as Germans . In 2002 there were only 406 Romanians living in the entire municipality of Bulzeștii de Sus, compared to 271 in 2011.

Attractions

  • The wooden church Sf. Ioan Gură de Aur , built in Bulzeștii de Sus in the 19th century, is a listed building.
  • The wooden church Sf. Arhangheli , built in Bulzeştii de Jos in 1852 and renovated in 1908, is a listed building.
  • The municipality is a popular holiday area due to its karst landscape. The incorporated village of Ruseşti is a starting point for the Găina mountain ( 46 ° 21 ′  N , 22 ° 45 ′  E , 1486  m ), where the largest festival in the Apuseni Mountains is held every year on the third Sunday in July - the girls' market on the mountain Găina ("Târgul de Fete de la Muntele Găina") - takes place on the Găina plateau (1467 m).

  • Wooden church in Bulzeştii de Sus

  • Wooden church in Bulzeştii de Sus

  • Wooden church in Bulzeştii de Jos

  • Wooden church in Grohot ( Străuți )

  • Surroundings of Grohot

Web links

Commons : Bulzeștii de Sus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  3. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  4. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Grohot, accessed 8 March 2011 (Romanian)
  5. ↑ Census, last updated November 2, 2008, p. 71 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)
  6. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  7. ↑ Information about the church Sfinților Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril in Bulzeștii de Jos on www.cimec.ro
  8. ^ Film from the festival 2010 (2:42 min.), On YouTube, accessed on March 8, 2011