Bungard (Sibiu)
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Historical region : | Transylvania | |||
Circle : | Sibiu | |||
Municipality : | Șelimbăr | |||
Coordinates : | 45 ° 43 ' N , 24 ° 9' E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Height : | 410 m | |||
Residents : | 568 (2007) | |||
Postal code : | 557261 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 69 | |||
License plate : | SB | |||
Structure and administration | ||||
Community type : | Village |
Bungard ( German Baumgarten , Hungarian Bongárd ) is a village in the Transylvania region in Romania .
location
Bungard is the southeastern neighboring village of Sibiu and is administratively part of the municipality Șelimbăr (Schellenberg) , three kilometers outside of the community center.
The A1 motorway has been running between Bungard and Șelimbăr since 2010 and is also the Sibiu city bypass. Parallel to the motorway route runs a railway line of the CFR .
history
Bungard is one of those Transylvanian towns founded by the Bulgarian Bogumils . The Bulgarian population assimilated itself to the Romanian majority population over the centuries.
Attractions
- Orthodox village church Adormirea Maicii Domnului (1690)
Personalities
- Martin Samuel Möckesch (1813–1890), theologian and writer, was a pastor in Baumgarten
Web links and sources
Commons : Bungard - collection of images, videos and audio files