Colțeşti (Alba)

Colțeşti
Torockószentgyörgy

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Alba

Municipality :

Rimetea

Coordinates :

46 ° 25 ' N , 23 ° 34' E Coordinates: 46 ° 25 '20 " N , 23 ° 33' 40" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

593 m

Residents :

611 (2002)

Postal code :

517611

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 58

License plate :

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Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Colțeşti [ kolˈtseʃtʲ ] (outdated Trăscău-Sîngeorgiu , Sângiorgiul Trascăului ; Hungarian Torockószentgyörgy ) is a village in Alba County in Romania . It is part of the municipality of Rimetea .

The place is seldom known under the Hungarian name Toroczkó-Szentgyörgy and the German Sankt Georgen .

Geographical location

Colțeşti under Thorotzko Sz. György in the Josephinian land survey from 1767 to 1773

Colțeşti is located on the Aiud - a right tributary of the Mureş (Mieresch) - in the Trascău Mountains , in the historic Torockó district of Torda-Aranyos County . The village is located four kilometers south of the community center on the district road (drum județean) DJ 107M. The nearest small town Aiud (Strasbourg am Mieresch) is about 20 kilometers southeast of Colțeşti.

history

Colțeşti was first mentioned in 1291. On the area of the village called Várhegy (Hungarian for castle hill; Romanian Dealul Cetății ), where there is a castle ruin, several archaeological finds were made which point to the Neolithic and Roman times . Some of these finds are in the museum in Aiud.

population

At the 1850 census, 774 people lived in Colțeşti. 749 of them were Magyars , 17 were Roma and eight were Romanians . In 1920 the largest population was registered with 1025 (1018 Hungarians, 7 Romanians). At the 2002 census, 611 people lived in Colțeşti, including 601 Hungarians and ten Romanians. In addition, two Romanian Germans were registered in 1880 .

Attractions

The castle ruin Cetatea Colțeşti also Cetatea Trascăului , called Székelykő Várkő in Hungarian , built in the 13th century, is located west of Colțeşti. The knight's castle, owned by the Hungarian noble Thoroczkay family , was confiscated by Matthias Corvinus in 1470 and only returned to the Thoroczkays family in 1516 . In 1713 the castle was destroyed by Austrian troops and never rebuilt. Today the ruin is a listed building.
The former Franciscan monastery, founded in 1727 by the Thoroczkay family , renovated in the 19th century, is a listed building.
The Roman Catholic Church, founded in 1727 by the noble Thoroczkay family , was renovated in 1897 and is a listed building.
The former Franciscan church, donated by the noble Thoroczkay family in 1727 , renovated in 1867, is now a Catholic church and is a listed building.
The Unitarian Church , built around the beginning of the 18th century.
The reformed church, built in the 17th century, was renovated in 1890.