Chiheru de Jos

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Chiheru de Jos
Unterkiher
Alsóköhér
Coat of arms of Chiheru de Jos
Chiheru de Jos (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 41 '  N , 24 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 41 '13 "  N , 24 ° 52' 46"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 433  m
Area : 115.25  km²
Residents : 1,644 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 14 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547160
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Chiheru de Jos, Chiheru de Sus , Urisiu de Jos , Urisiu de Sus
Mayor : Eremia Pop ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 81
loc. Chiheru de Jos, jud. Mureș, RO-547160
Website :

Chiheru de Jos [ ˈciheru de ˈʒos ] (outdated Chiheriu-de-Jos ; Hungarian Alsóköhér , German  Unterkiher ) is a municipality in the district of Mureș , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place Chiheru de Jos is also known under the outdated names Chiheru din Jos and Vălenii de jos , the Hungarian Köhér and the German name Nieder-Küher .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Chiheru de Jos in Mureș County

The municipality of Chiheru de Jos is located north of the Kokel Highlands (Podișul Târnavelor) in the western foothills of the Gurghiu Mountains , a part of the Eastern Carpathians . Chiheru de Jos is located 20 kilometers southeast of the city of Reghin (Saxon Rain) and about 42 kilometers northeast of the district capital Târgu Mureş (Neumarkt am Mieresch) on the Nadășa brook and the district road (Drum județean) DJ 153 . The incorporated villages are two to six kilometers from the community center.

history

The place Chiheru de Jos was first mentioned in 1453. Remains of a medieval castle, with a circumference of about 180 meters, ( ⊙ ) is located east of the incorporated village of Chiheru de Sus (Oberkiher) , at the confluence of the Fânațelor and Frunzelor streams . A settlement is recorded on the area of ​​the same village, on Mount Cetățuia , but has not yet been assigned to an era . In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Régen alsó (Lower Rain) district in Maros-Torda County , then to the historical Mureș District and, from 1950, today's Mureș District.

population

The population of the municipality of Chiheru de Jos developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 1,815 1,706 23 - 86
1920 3,178 3,061 93 - 24
1956 3.814 3,767 19th - 28
2002 1,744 1,638 9 - 97
2011 1,644 1,464 27 - 153

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants (3,843) was registered in 1941 in the area of ​​today's municipality. The highest number of Romanians was found in 1956, that of the Magyars (192) in 1910, the Roma (122) in 2011 and that of the Romanian Germans (35) in 1900.

Attractions

  • In the incorporated village of Chiheru de Sus, the ruin of a medieval castle, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Urisiu de Jos ( Alsóoroszi in Hungarian ), the wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil in the old cemetery, built in 1747 and renovated in 1848, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Urisiu de Sus (in Hungarian Felsőoroszi ), the wooden church Sfânta Treime, built in the 18th century and renovated in 1852, is a listed building.

  • Wooden church in Chiheriu de Jos

  • Wooden church in Urisiu de Jos

  • Wooden church in Urisiu de Sus

Web links

Commons : Chiheru de Jos  - 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 July 2, 2018 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  4. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Chiheru de Sus , accessed on July 5, 2018 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  6. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
  7. ↑ Information on the wooden church in Urisiu de Jos at biserici.org, accessed on July 5, 2018 (Romanian)
  8. ↑ Information on the wooden church in Urisiu de Sus at biserici.org, accessed on July 5, 2018 (Romanian)