Catalina (Covasna)

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Catalina
Szentkatolna
Coat of arms of Catalina (Covasna)
Catalina (Covasna) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Covasna
Coordinates : 45 ° 58 '  N , 26 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 '59 "  N , 26 ° 9' 25"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 551  m
Area : 46.45  km²
Residents : 3,378 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 73 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 527065
Telephone code : (+40) 02 67
License plate : CV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Catalina, Hătuica , Imeni , Mărcușa , Mărtineni
Mayor : Levente Tusa ( UDMR )
Postal address : St. Gării, no. 413
loc. Catalina, jud. Covasna, RO-527065

Catalina (outdated Cătălina ; Hungarian Szentkatolna ) is a municipality in the Covasna County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Catalina is also known under the outdated name of Sânt-Catolna .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Catalina in the Covasna district

The municipality of Catalina is located in the Kronstadt depression (Depresiunea Brașovului) west of the Vrancea Mountains (Munții Vrancei) - partial mountains of the Eastern Carpathians - on the Râul Negru River . In the so-called Szeklerland in the east of the Covasna district, the place Catalina is located on the district road (Drum județean) DJ 121 five kilometers south of the small town of Târgu Secuiesc (Szekler Neumarkt) and about 35 kilometers northeast of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) . The incorporated village of Imeni (Hungarian Imecsfalva ) is on the Brașov – Sfântu Gheorghe – Târgu Secuiesc railway line .

history

The town of Catalina, mainly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1332. However, according to information from Márton Roska , archaeological finds on the area of ​​Catalina point to the Neolithic . Numerous finds and a settlement in the Neolithic Age are also noted on the area of ​​the incorporated village of Mărcușa ( Kézdimárkosfalva in Hungarian ). The discovery of a habitation in the unincorporated village Mărtineni (Hungarian Martinfalău ) could be assigned to any age.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary Catalina belonged to the Kézdi chair district in the Háromszék County ( Romanian Comitatul Trei-Scaune ). Then Catalina belonged to the historical Trei-Scaune (German three chairs ) and from 1950 to the present Covasna district.

population

The population of the municipality of Catalina developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,636 6th 3,536 1 93
1930 3,236 31 3,193 1 10
1956 3,736 43 3,578 11 104
2002 3,541 38 3,500 2 1
2011 3,378 35 3,307 2 34

Since 1850 the area of ​​the municipality of Catalina has the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Magyars and the Romanian Germans in 1956. The highest number of Romanians (56) and that of Roma (139) registered in 1977. At the beginning of the 20th century, Slovaks (38) were also registered in the municipality.

Attractions

  • The country house of the Hungarian noble family Sinkovits, built in 1649 and rebuilt in 1820, is a listed building in the community center. After the collectivization of agriculture in Romania , the property became the headquarters of the Agricultural Production Cooperative, which led to the disintegration of the building and the property belonging to it. Today the manor house belongs to the Ferenc Cseh family.
  • In the incorporated village of Hătuica (Hungarian Hatolyka ) the Roman Catholic church A Tuturor Sfinților , according to the directory of historical monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) built in the 16th century, rebuilt in the 19th and the bell tower Erected in 1668, are under monument protection.
  • In the incorporated village of Imeni ( Imecsfalva in Hungarian ) the country house of the Hungarian noble family Cserey was built in the 18th century, is a listed building and, after the expropriation in 1945, serves as a kindergarten and elementary school (grades 1-4). The main feature of the mansion is the sheet metal vault over the glazed veranda. This is the only country house in the entire Háromszék County area where the onion dome is still well preserved. The Roman Catholic Church Sf. Maria of the village was built in 1805.
  • In the incorporated village of Mărcușa (Markesdorf) the reformed church , built according to various sources in 1875 or in the 17th century, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Mărtineni (Hungarian Kézdimartonfalva ) the reformed church built in the 15th century, renovated in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the bell tower built in 1778 are listed.

  • Roman Catholic Church in Hătuica

  • Reformed Church in Mărcușa

  • Reformed Church in Mărtineni

  • Railway station in Imeni

Personalities

  • Gábor Bálint (1844–1913), was a linguist and the first representative of Esperanto in Hungary .
  • Vasile Luca (1898–1963) was a Romanian politician with the Romanian Communist Party.
  • Miklós Barabás (1810–1898) was born in the incorporated village of Mărcușa and was a Hungarian painter.

Town twinning

Catalina has been twinning with the French community of Buellas since 1999 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).
  2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved October 27, 2019 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Catalina , accessed March 5, 2020 (Romanian).
  5. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Mărcușa , accessed March 5, 2020 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Mărtineni , accessed on March 5, 2020 (Romanian).
  7. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
  8. ↑ 360 ° view of the Sinkovits country house
  9. ↑ a b c d e List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  10. ↑ Castele in Transylvania: Conacul Sinkovits, Catalina. www.castleintransylvania.ro, accessed March 6, 2020 (English, Hungarian, Romanian).
  11. ↑ Castele in Transylvania: Conacul Cserey, Imeni. www.castleintransylvania.ro, accessed March 6, 2020 (English, Hungarian, Romanian).
  12. ↑ Information on the Roman Catholic Church in Imeni at biserici.org, accessed on March 6, 2020 (Romanian).
  13. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Mărcușa at biserici.org, accessed on March 6, 2020 (Romanian).
  14. ^ Bálint Gábor. (PDF; 2.3 MB) Retrieved March 4, 2020 (Hungarian).
  15. ↑ Information on the website of the municipality of Buellas accessed on March 4, 2020 (French).