Farau

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Farau
Brenndorf
Magyarforró
Coat of arms of Fărău
Fărău (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 46 ° 20 '  N , 24 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 20 '29 "  N , 24 ° 0' 21"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 357  m
Area : 81.54  km²
Residents : 1,569 (2011)
Population density : 19 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : RO-517280
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Fărău, Heria , Medveș , Sânbenedic , Șilea
Mayor : Ștefan Stoia (independent)
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 70
loc. Fărău, jud. Alba, RO-517280
Website :

Fărău ( German  Brenndorf , Hungarian Magyarforró or Forró ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

Geographical location

Location of Fărău commune in Alba county

The municipality of Fărău with the four incorporated villages extends over an area of ​​8,154 hectares in a hilly landscape in the northeast of the Alba district. On the county road (Drum județean) DJ 107D, the place is located on the river Fărău 17 kilometers southeast of the city of Ocna Mureș and about 45 kilometers (as the crow flies) northeast of the district capital Alba Iulia .

history

According to a report by G. Téglás from 1887 and M. Roska from 1934, discoveries from the La Tène period were made on the territory of the commune . The place Fărău was first mentioned in 1299 under the name Forró (literally translated from Hungarian as "hot"). This name is traced back to the frequent revolts of serfs against noble landowners. Between 1400 and 1800, the farmers in the municipality were serfs of noble families.

The current district of Heria ( Harrendorf ) was first mentioned in documents in 1202 under the name vila Heren , 1274 under Terra Hari and 1733 under Hyrie .

Today the residents live mainly from agriculture and cattle breeding.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 4.025 2,899 984 - 142
1900 4,197 2,789 1,296 7th 105
1956 5,086 3.810 1,253 1 22nd
1992 2,245 1,640 594 - 11
2002 1,909 1,373 481 - 55

The number of inhabitants in the area of ​​today's municipality has decreased significantly since its peak in 1956 (then 5086). The highest population of the German population (29) of the municipality was counted in 1890, that of the Magyars (1384) in 1930, that of the Roma (102) in 1850 and that of the Slovaks (2) in 1880.

Attractions

  • The wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril (“Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel”), built in 1762 and rebuilt several times, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Sânbenedic ( Benedikt ) the wooden churches Sf. Nicolae built in 1730 and Sf. Arhangheli built in 1775 and the wooden churches in Șilea ( Bruckbad ) Sf. Arhangheli built in 1664 and Sf. Nicolae built 1761–1774, are under monument protection.

Pictures of the wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril in Fărău

  • Biserica de lemn din Fărău, Alba 14.JPG
  • Biserica de lemn din Fărău, Alba 2.JPG
  • Biserica de lemn din Fărău, Alba 26.JPG

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  3. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Fărău, accessed February 7, 2010
  4. ↑ a b History of Fărău, accessed on February 6, 2010 (Romanian) at primariafarau.ro
  5. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 81 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
  6. ↑ Wooden churches in Romania (Romanian)
  7. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  8. ↑ Information on the wooden church “Sf. Arhangheli "in Sânbenedic at biserici.org (Romanian)