Bungard (Sibiu)

Bungard
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Garden Bongárd

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Sibiu

Municipality :

Șelimbăr

Coordinates :

45 ° 43 ' N , 24 ° 9' E Coordinates: 45 ° 42 '46 " N , 24 ° 8' 59" 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 with the motorway construction site in the foreground

Orthodox village church

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