Densuș

Densuș Demsdorf Demsus
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Hunedoara
Coordinates :	45 ° 35 '  N , 22 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 34 '44 "  N , 22 ° 48' 20"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	392  m
Area :	136.12  km²
Residents :	1,577 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	12 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	337205
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 54
License plate :	HD
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Densuș, Criva , Hățăgel , Peșteana , Peștenița , Poieni , Ștei
Mayor :	Ionel-Adrian Vîrtopean ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 154 loc. Densuș, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337205
Website :	www.primariadensus.ro

Densuș [ ˈdensuʃ ] ( German  Demsdorf , Hungarian Demsus ) is a municipality in the Hunedoara district in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known by the outdated Romanian names Demsuș , Demșuș , Dimșuș and Dănsuș .

Geographical location

Location of Densuș in Hunedoara County

View of Densuș

The municipality of Densuș is located on the foothills of the Poiana-Ruscă Mountains in southwest Transylvania in the Hatzeger Land ( Țara Hațegului ), north of the Retezat Mountains . At the Galbena - a tributary of the Râul Mare - is the four kilometer long street village on the county road ( drum județean ) DJ 687G about 20 kilometers west of the small town of Hațeg ( Hatzeg ); the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ) is about 60 kilometers (34 km as the crow flies) north of Densuș.

history

The place Densuș, a former Hörigendorf , was first mentioned in 1360. According to a report by M. Roska about a camp with archaeological finds, the history of settlement in the region goes back to the Late Bronze Age . The finds can now be seen in the Deva Museum.

Today the inhabitants live mainly from cattle breeding, agriculture, fruit growing and wood processing. Some residents of the place and the surrounding area wear a special folk costume on certain occasions.

population

According to the municipality, there were about 670 inhabitants in Densuș from 1784 to 1787. Most of them were landless farmers and serfs who had to provide services for eleven nobles.

At the 1850 census, 2770 people lived in what is now the municipality. 2343 of them were Romanians , 190 Hungarians , 40 Germans (29 of them in the village of Hățăgel Klein-Hötzing ) and 197 others. The highest population (3700) - and at the same time that of the Romanians (3443) and Hungarians (218) - was reached in 1910. The highest number of Germans was registered in 1850, that of Roma (192) in 1850. In addition, three residents identified themselves as Ukrainians in 1977 and one in 2002 and one as Serb in 1966 . Two Slovaks were registered in 1880, 1890 and 1900, and one each in 1910 and 1956 .

In 2002 there were only 1774 people living in the community of Densuș, one Hungarian and one Ukrainian, the rest of them Romanians.

In 2011, 1543 referred to themselves as Romanians, five as Germans, three as Magyars, the rest did not provide any information on ethnic origin.

Attractions

• The Orthodox Church of Sf. Nicolae - the oldest stone church in Romania, in which services are still held today - was built in the first half of the 13th century on the ruins of an earlier church (probably from the 4th century). It is located on a small hill in the middle of a cemetery surrounded by fruit trees, on the left side of the Galbena River near a Roman road . The building material for the church comes from the ruins of the castle of the former Roman capital of Dacia , Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa . This can be seen in the walls as gravestones, stones with inscriptions, fragments of statues or columns. On the square (6 × 6 m) nave with a roof made of stone slabs there is a tower that ends in the shape of a truncated pyramid. Inside the ship, the tower is supported by four pillars; there is also a semicircular altar here. There is a hiding place on the first floor of the tower, which was accessible via an outer ladder. In the 14th and 15th centuries, a semicircular apse was added on the east side and various side rooms (today without a roof) on the south side. Paintings from 1443 by master Ștefan can be seen on the inner walls of the church . 1961–1963 the church was restored, for which Michael Guest - Ambassador of the USA - donated $ 20,000, so that the restoration work was completed in 2005. The church is a listed building.

Also under monument protection are:

• the orthodox church Sf. Proroc Ilie , built at the end of the 14th / beginning of the 15th century, also one of the oldest stone churches in Romania
• the reformed church, built at the end of the 16th / beginning of the 17th century
• the former house of Alexe Breasovay from the 18th century in the incorporated village of Peşteana (ung. Nagypestény ), built in the 18th century, today the office of the child protection department - are under monument protection.

Nature reserve:

• Mlaştina de la Peşteana (the "Swamp of Peşteana"), about two hectares

Images of the church of Densuș

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Personalities

• Aron Densușianu (1837-1900), was an author, Romanist and Romanist.
• Nicolae Densușianu (1846–1911), born here, was a historian and folklorist; 1880 member of the Romanian Academy . His bust was placed next to the church in 2002.
• Ovid Densusianu (1873–1938), born here, was a linguist, folklorist and literary historian; 1918 member of the Romanian Academy. His bust in the center of the village is a listed building.

Web links

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

• Densuș at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
4. ↑ ^{a b} Institute Of Archeology - Densuș, accessed January 23, 2011 (Romanian)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Information on the municipality's website, accessed on January 23, 2011
6. ↑ Census, last updated November 2, 2008, p. 88 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)
7. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
8. ↑ Painting Fragments of the Church, at www.romanianmonasteries.org
9. ↑ ^{a b c} List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
10. ↑ ^{a b} Information on Densușianu, on the website of the Romanian Academy, accessed on January 23, 2011
11. ^ Image of the bust of Nicolae Densuşianu
12. ↑ Information and pictures of the bust of Ovid Densusianu ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.