Carțișoara

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Carțișoara
Cârțișoara coat of arms
Cârțișoara (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Coordinates : 45 ° 43 '  N , 24 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 43 '26 "  N , 24 ° 34' 45"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 495  m
Area : 85.7  km²
Residents : 1,243 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 15 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 557075
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Mayor : Vasilică-Sorin Cîrțan ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 55
loc. Cârțișoara, jud. Sibiiu, RO-557075
Website :

Cârțișoara or Cîrțișoara [ kɨrtsiˈʃoara ] is a municipality in Sibiu County in Transylvania , Romania .

location

Location of Cârțișoara in Sibiu County

The place Cârțișoara is located near the Făgăraș Mountains on the so-called Transfogarascher Hochstrasse . The place can be reached via the European route 68 , a junction between Sibiu - Făgăraș ( Fogarasch ) leads to the place after four kilometers. The nearest larger city Victoria ( Viktoriastadt ) is 20 kilometers to the east; the district capital Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ) located 52 kilometers west of Cârțișoara. The Făgăraş Nature Park , the Bâlea Nature Reserve and the Arpăşel Nature Reserve are in the immediate vicinity.

history

Cârțișoara was created in 1964 by merging the villages of Oprea Cârțișoara ( small candle ) and Streza Cârțișoara ( upper candle ). Both places were owned by the Kerzer Cistercian monastery in the distant past . The first documentary mention of Kleinkerz was in 1473; that of Oberkerz 1534.

Personalities

  • Badea Cârțan (1849–1911), scholar
  • Andrei Budac (1872–1912), Heiducke
  • Matei Țâmforea (1836–1906), painter, representative of reverse glass icon painting - the center of this style was in the village.

Attractions

  • The Orthodox Church of the Annunciation was built between 1818 and 1821. The fresco painting from 1824 comes from the Grecu brothers from Săsăuș ( Sachsenhausen ).
  • The Orthodox St. Nicholas Church was built in 1806, the interior painting from 1809 was also done by the family of painters Nicolae Grecu from Săsăuș.
  • The Badea Gheorghe Cârțan village museum with a valuable exhibition of reverse glass icons.
  • The Villa Paltinul on Lake Bâlea . It is Nicolae Ceaușescu's former hunting lodge with various hunting trophies.

literature

  • Traian Candulet, Ilie Costache: Cartisoara: monografie , Pim, Iași 2002, ISBN 9738598656

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ a b Information on personalities on the municipality's website
  3. ↑ Brief description and pictures of the Badea Cârțan village museum at instant-trips.blogspot.de, accessed on August 28, 2012 (Romanian)