Cergau

Cergău Schergied Cserged / Csergőd
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Alba
Coordinates :	46 ° 6 '  N , 23 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 5 '55 "  N , 23 ° 55' 20"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	310  m
Area :	48.42  km²
Residents :	1,490 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	31 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	RO-517216
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 58
License plate :	FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Cergău Mare , Cergau Mic , Lupu
Mayor :	Lenuța Aldea ( PNL )
Postal address :	st. Principală, no. 126 loc. Cergău Mare, jud. Alba, RO-517216
Website :	www.primariacergau.ro
Others
City Festival :	In January (birthday of Aron Cotruș)

Cergău [ ˈt͡ʃergəu ] ( German  Schergied , Hungarian Cserged or Csergőd ), with the municipality seat in Cergău Mare ( Großschergied ), is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Cergău in the Alba district

Cergau lies in the east of the Alba County and Zekesch highlands ( Podişul Secaşelor ) southwest of the Transylvanian Basin , in a hilly area south of the Târnava Mare ( Big Kokel ) on the county road ( drum Judeţean ) DJ 107. The nearest major town Blaj is located approx. 15 kilometers north and the district capital Alba Iulia is 25 kilometers west (as the crow flies) from Cergău Mare. With its three villages, the municipality extends over an area of ​​4842 hectares.

history

In a report by JM Ackner , archaeological sites that point to the Neolithic were recorded on the territory of Cergău Mare ( Grand Shearling ) . The remains of a settlement from the La Tène period and tools from the Early Bronze Age were found in Cergău Mic ( Kleinschergied ) . Cergău Mare was first mentioned in 1302 under the name villa Chergued and in 1750 Nagy Cserged . At that time it belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, later to the Principality of Transylvania , to the Empire of Austria and Austria-Hungary . In the Middle Ages it was initially a Catholic village inhabited by Hungarians. From about 1600 onwards, numerous Protestant Bulgarians settled here , who converted to the Greek Catholic faith in the 19th century and assimilated to the Romanians . Up until the first decades of the 19th century, Bulgarian was predominantly spoken in the village. After the First World War, the community came to Romania. In the communist era after 1947, most of the residents adopted the Romanian Orthodox faith .

The population lives mainly from agriculture and animal husbandry.

population

In 1850 there were 2256 inhabitants in the area of ​​today's municipality. 1732 of them were Romanians , 14 Germans (6 in Großschergied , 8 in Kleinschergied ), 6 Hungarians and 68 Roma . About 400 called themselves Bulgarians . In 1900, 2544 residents lived here, of which 2447 Romanians, 40 Germans (33 of them in Cergău Mic), 16 Hungarians and 41 others. At that time, the largest number of Germans were registered. The highest number of inhabitants was reached in 1941 with 3351. In 1977, of the 2251 inhabitants, 2209 were Romanians, 38 Roma and four Germans. Since then the number of inhabitants has steadily declined. In 2002, 170 out of 1747 residents described themselves as Roma and one as Hungarian. In Cergău Mare itself, the number of residents remained relatively stable (1483 in 1956, 1052 in 2002). In 2011, 1252 referred to themselves as Romanians and 181 as Roma in the municipality of Cergău.

Attractions

• The Buna Vestire Orthodox Church in Cergău Mare, completed in 1804, is a listed building.
• In the incorporated village of Lupu ( Wolfendorf ) the bust of Aron Cotruş (1891–1961), born in Haşag in Sibiu County , Romanian diplomat and writer.

Web links

• Cergău at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
3. ↑ Dictionary of localities in Transylvania (Romanian)
4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Cergău Mare
5. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Cergău Mic
6. ↑ Cergău at sate-comune.ro ( Memento from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
8. ^ Franz Miklosich : The language of the Bulgarians in Transylvania. In: Memoranda of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Philosophical-historical class. Vol. 7, Abth. 1, ISSN  0257-4543 , pp. 105-146, here pp. 105/106.
9. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 68 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
10. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
11. ↑ Nicolae Mareș: 120 years since the birth of the writer and diplomat Aron Cotruș at revistaluceafarul.ro, ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on July 29, 2013 (Romanian)