Galșa

Galșa
Galscha
Galsa

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Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Banat

Circle :

Arad

Municipality :

Șiria

Coordinates :

46 ° 17 ' N , 21 ° 39' E Coordinates: 46 ° 17 '17 " N , 21 ° 39' 4" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Residents :

2,178 (2011)

Postal code :

317341

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 57

License plate :

AR

Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Galșa Roman Catholic Church

Galșa Orthodox Church

Galșa (German: Galscha , Hungarian: Galsa ) is a village in Arad County , Banat , Romania . Galșa belongs to the Șiria municipality .

Geographical location

Galșa is located about one kilometer north of Șiria on a slope of the last foothills of the Zarand Mountains . The Păuliş - Pâncota road runs through the center of the village . The village also has a connection to the railway network on the Arad - Ineu line .

Neighboring places

Sântana	Zârand	Pâncota
Zimandu Nou		Mâsca
Șiria	Cladova	Agrișu Mare

history

Galșa was first mentioned in a document in 1214. In 1439 Galșa was a market town . In 1720 there were fifty families in Galsha. In 1732, the Viennese court chamber settled Germans in the village. Immigration from old and new Sanktanna has been constant since the 19th century .

Viticulture has been an important industry in Galșa since 1835 . The most popular varieties are Muscat Ottonel , Königliche Mädchentraub and Riesling . In 1891 the harvest was destroyed by phylloxera . There was unrest in the village. Farmers and day laborers occupied the town hall. The two winemakers and eighteen other people were arrested and arrested.

Today the wine-growing region of Galșa belongs to the Arad vineyards (Romanian: "Podgoria Aradului").

Demographics

In Galşa, the Romanians have always made up two thirds of the villagers. In 1880 the Germans made up only 5 percent of the population. Their number rose gradually until 1940, when 377 of the 2,369 inhabitants registered as members of the German people; accordingly their share was then 16 percent of the total population. But even in 1977, 326 Germans were counted in Galscha, who lived here alongside 1,433 Romanians, 284 Hungarians, 198 Roma and 3 others. In the census of January 1992, 127 people of the 1993 population identified themselves as Germans.

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	1597	1066	398	83	50
1910	2519	1624	594	289	12
1930	2163	1483	362	312	6th
1977	2244	1433	284	326	201
1992	1993	1616	191	127	59
2002	2174	1822	152	57	143

literature

Elke Hoffmann, Peter-Dietmar Leber and Walter Wolf : The Banat and the Banat Swabians. Volume 5. Cities and Villages , Media Group Universal Grafische Betriebe München GmbH, Munich, 2011, 670 pages, ISBN 3-922979-63-7 .

Web links

episcopiaaradului.ro , The Orthodox Church in Galșa

Individual evidence

↑ banater-aktualitaet.de ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2007 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. , Anton Zollner: Through former German villages in the Banat @1@ 2

↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002

[1] ter-aktualitaet.de ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2007 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. , Anton Zollner: Through former German villages in the Banat @1@ 2

[2] .hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002