Schönberg (Sibiu District)

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Dealu Frumos
Schönberg
Lesses
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Schönberg (Sibiu District) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Municipality : Merghindeal
Coordinates : 45 ° 59 '  N , 24 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 58 '59 "  N , 24 ° 41' 39"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 475  m
Residents : 547 (2002)
Postal code : 557141
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration
Community type : Village

Schönberg ( Romanian Dealu Frumos , more rarely Dealul Frumos , formerly Șulumberg , Hungarian Lesses ) is a village in Transylvania ( Romania ). Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Merghindeal (Mergeln) .

Geographical location

Schönberg, in the Josephine land survey from 1769 to 1773.
View of Schönberg
The fortified church of Schönberg

The village of Schönberg is located in the historic Altland , on the district road (drum județean) DJ 105, almost sixty kilometers northeast of the district capital Sibiu (Hermannstadt) , near Agnita (Agnetheln) , in the northeast of the Sibiu district . The geographical center of Romania is located near the entrance to the town from the direction of Agnita (within the borders since 1945).

history

founding

Schönberg was founded by the Transylvanian Saxons in the middle of the 12th century . Around 1300 the place was first mentioned as Pulchromonte .

Recent history

At the end of the 19th century, half of the population of Transylvania was Saxony. It was not until the 1930s - almost twenty years after joining Greater Romania - that a Romanian state school was opened in Schönberg.

Already during the time of socialism , but especially after the political changes in Romania in 1989 , the majority of the German-speaking population emigrated to Germany .

present

Recently, the students of the Bucharest University of Architecture and Urban Planning Ion Mincu have used the Schönberg fortified church for educational purposes (specialization: restoration of medieval architecture).

Culture

In 2006, the organizers of the International Sibiu Theater Festival (“FITS”) used the Schönberg fortified church as a backdrop for the first time: On July 1st, artists from France and Romania performed in the village.

Attractions

  • The fortified church built in the 13th century, renovated in the 18th and the rectory built in the 16th century and expanded in the 20th, are under monument protection.
  • The residential building on property No. 118 of the Wohner family, built in 1783, is a listed building.
  • The Romanian Orthodox Church Sf. Nicolae built in 1824, are listed.
  • Center of Romania ( ⊙ ) in the Romanian state borders.

Personalities

  • Gustav Adolf Schullerus (1838–1900), priest
  • Victor Păcală (1874–1955), historian

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Dealu Frumos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official German-language name according to Romanian government resolution 1415 of December 6, 2002 ( Official Journal )
  2. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  3. ^ Information on Gustav Adolf Schullerus in the Austrian Biographical Lexicon
  4. ↑ Personalități ale Văii Hârtibaciului, Victor Păcală. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Retrieved March 9, 2020 (Romanian).