Crăciunești (Mureș)

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Crăciuneşti
Nyárádkarácson
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Crăciunești (Mureș) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 29 '  N , 24 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 28 '36 "  N , 24 ° 34' 23"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 325  m
Area : 37.45  km²
Residents : 4,470 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 119 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547175
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Crăciuneşti, Budiu Mic , Ciba , Cinta , Corneşti , Foi , Nicoleşti , Tirimioara
Mayor : György Ferenczi ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 166
loc. Crăciuneşti, jud. Mureș, RO-547175
Website :

Crăciuneşti [ ˈkrət͡ʃiuneʃtʲ ] (outdated Caracionfalău ; Hungarian Nyárádkarácson or Karácsonfalva ) is a municipality in Mureş County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the Crăciuneşti municipality in Mureş County

The community Crăciuneşti is located north of the Kokel Valley (Podişul Târnavelor) in the southern part of the Mureş district in the so-called Țara Morcovilor (Carrot Land ) . On the Niraj , a left tributary of the Mureş (Mieresch) and the district road (Drum județean) DJ 151D, the place Crăciuneşti is twelve kilometers south of the district capital Târgu Mureş (Neumarkt am Mieresch) .

Until around 2010, a narrow-gauge railway of the original narrow-gauge line from Cristeşti to Sovata (Szováta) operated on the area of ​​the municipality .

history

The place Crăciuneşti, founded by Szekler , was first mentioned in 1444. In the Middle Ages there was a reformed church in the village ; An Orthodox church was built in 1762 . Settlement of the place goes back to the Latène period . Archaeological finds on the Crăciuneştis area were dated to the Neolithic.

In the area of ​​the incorporated village of Budiu Mic (Hagendorf) there is a settlement on the area called Teleac (in Hungarian Telek ) by the locals , in the Latène period and a Roman road . Furthermore, the remains of a castle on the mountain Sălașul Tătarilor and Cetatea lui Lucaci have not yet been assigned to any age . Also on the area of ​​the incorporated village of Foi (Hungarian Folyfalva ), next to the Pârâul mare stream , a mine and urns could not yet be assigned to an era.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality belonged to the Maros alsó ("Unter-Maros") district in Maros-Torda County , then to the historical Mureș County and, from 1950, today's Mureș County.

The municipality Crăciuneşti has existed in its current composition since 1968. The present-day places Ciba (Hungarian Csiba ), Foi and Nicoleşti (Hungarian Káposztásszentmiklós ) have only been recognized as villages since 2006.

population

The population of the Crăciuneşti municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,530 666 2,760 - 104
1920 3,966 773 2,985 3 205
1977 4,972 340 4.032 1 599
2002 4,348 108 3,169 - 1,071
2011 4,470 110 2,827 - 1,533

Since 1850 the highest number of inhabitants was registered in 1977 in the area of ​​today's municipality. The highest population of the Magyars (4,542) was determined in 1941, that of the Roma (1,086) in 2011, that of the Romanians in 1920 and that of the Romanian Germans (15) in 1900.

Attractions

  • In the community center the reformed church (according to different information) built around 1622 or 1661 and the wooden church Sf. Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril and its bell tower, built in the 19th century, are a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Budiu Mic the reformed church, built around 1802, and the wooden bell tower of the Orthodox church .
  • In the incorporated village of Corneşti ( Somosd in Hungarian ) the Reformed Church, built in 1797.
  • In the incorporated village of Nicoleşti the wooden church Sf. Nicolae , built in the 18th century, is a listed building.

  • Wooden church in Nicoleşti

  • Wooden bell tower in Budiu Mic

  • Reformed Church in Budiu Mic

Town twinning

The municipality of Crăciuneşti maintains a town partnership with the Hungarian municipality of Balatonendréd in the Siófok district .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Trecerile la nivel cu soseaua E60 din Ungheni si Acatari au fost desfiintate at transira.ro, accessed on April 22, 2018 (Romanian)
  3. ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Crăciunești , accessed April 22, 2018 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
  6. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Budiu Mic , accessed on April 22, 2018 (Romanian).
  7. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Foi , accessed April 22, 2018 (Romanian).
  8. ↑ a b Information on the website of the Crăciuneşti municipality , accessed on April 22, 2018 (Romanian).
  9. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  10. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Crăciuneşti at biserici.org, accessed on April 22, 2018 (Romanian)
  11. ↑ Information on the wooden church Church in Crăciunești at biserici.org, accessed on April 22, 2018 (Romanian)
  12. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Budiu Mic at biserici.org, accessed on April 22, 2018 (Romanian)
  13. ↑ Information on the wooden bell tower in Budiu Mic at biserici.org, accessed on April 22, 2018 (Romanian)
  14. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Corneşti at biserici.org, accessed on April 22, 2018 (Romanian)
  15. ↑ Information on the wooden church in Nicolești at biserici.org, accessed on April 22, 2018 (Romanian)