Bunești (Brașov)

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Buneşti
Bodendorf
Szászbuda
Coat of arms of Buneşti (Braşov)
Bunești (Brașov) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Brașov
Coordinates : 46 ° 6 '  N , 25 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 6 '26 "  N , 25 ° 3' 39"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Area : 149.10  km²
Residents : 2,357 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 16 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 507035
Telephone code : (+40) 02 68
License plate : BV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Buneşti, Criț , Meşendorf , Roadeş , Viscri
Mayor : Mircea Pălășan ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 119
loc. Buneşti, jud. Brașov, RO-507035
Website :

Buneşti ( German  Bodendorf , Hungarian Szászbuda ) is a municipality in Transylvania , Romania .

location

The village is located in the Repser Ländchen , a small region on the northwestern border of the Brașov district , named after the city of Rupea ( Reps ).

Official bilingual entrance sign for Buneşti / Bodendorf
Buneşti Greek Catholic village church (used by the Orthodox community since 1948)

history

Within the Königsboden , an administrative structure of the Transylvanian Saxons , Bodendorf belonged to the Schäßburg Chair , where it was part of the so-called "Lower Chair".

The place, which was originally shaped by Transylvanian Saxons, has been predominantly Romanians living since the 1960s. After the fall of 1989, the proportion of the German-speaking population fell rapidly.

In 1992, 34 people reported German nationality in the census.

During the second half of the 20th century, Buneşti developed into a large municipality comprising five villages.

Education, economy and social

The community has five kindergartens and five primary schools . The residents of the municipality of Buneşti are mainly involved in animal husbandry , agrotourism , trade, and agriculture and forestry .

traffic

The place is located on the European route E 60 , which is important for national and international long-distance traffic and which leads from Sighișoara ( Schäßburg ) to Brașov ( Kronstadt ).

Attractions

The village of Viscri ( Deutsch-Weisskirch ), a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, is located in the municipality .

  • The Evangelical Church
  • The Greek Catholic Church
  • The Sfântu Gheorghe Monastery

Personalities

  • Eugen A. Pora (1909–1981), zoologist, was born here.

See also

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Seven Chairs of the Transylvanian Saxons - next stop Sibiu. In: projekt-one.de. January 29, 2007, archived from the original on February 28, 2016 ; accessed on July 23, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Varga E. Árpád: Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikája (1850-1992). In: transindex.ro. Retrieved July 23, 2018 (Hungarian, Transylvanian Hungarian database).
  4. ↑ Romanian website with basic information about the place
  5. ↑ Romanian Wikipedia article on Eugen A. Pora