Copșa Mare

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Copșa Mare
Groß-Kopisch
Nagykapus
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Copșa Mare (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Municipality : Biertan
Coordinates : 46 ° 8 '  N , 24 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 7 '51 "  N , 24 ° 32' 32"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 413  m
Residents : 482 (1992)
Postal code : 557046
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration
Community type : Village

Copșa Mare (German Groß-Kopisch , Hungarian Nagykapus ) is a village in the Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ) district in Romania. It belongs to the municipality of Biertan .

location

Copşa Mare is located about in the middle of Transylvania in a southern side valley of the Târnava Mare ( Great Kokel ). The next larger cities are Mediaș (about 15 km to the west) and Sighișoara (about 20 km to the northeast).

history

The valley in which the municipality is located was inhabited by Szeklern people until 1238. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1289. It was on Königsboden and was a village of the Transylvanian Saxons . In the 15th century, Groß-Kopisch was granted weekday and fair rights.

population

The place was shaped for centuries by the Transylvanian Saxons . In 1850, 675 of the 1218 residents were Germans. Their number decreased slowly after the Second World War, after the revolution of 1989 , when they emigrated to Germany . In 1992 there were still 482 people living in Copşa Mare, of whom 37 described themselves as German, 372 as Romanians , 53 as Gypsies and 20 as Hungarians .

traffic

The place is located on a dirt road that branches off from the national road 14 running in the Kokel Valley and ends in Copşa Mare. Public transport does not affect the place (as of 2005). The nearest train station is about 15 km north of the town on the Bucharest-Oradea railway line .

Attractions

The center of the village is built around 1330 pillar basilica in the 16th century by towers and walls of fortified church was completed.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  2. ^ Censuses in Transylvania 1850–2002 (ung.)

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