Gheorghe Doja (Mureș)

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Gheorghe Doja
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Gheorghe Doja (Mureș) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 28 '  N , 24 ° 30'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 27 '49 "  N , 24 ° 30' 27"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 303  m
Area : 37.45  km²
Residents : 2,982 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 80 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547260
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Gheorghe Doja, Ilieni , Leordeni , Satu Nou , Tirimia
Mayor : Tibor Iszlai ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 6
loc. Gheorghe Doja, jud. Mureș, RO-547260
Website :

Gheorghe Doja [ ˈɟeorɟe ˈdoʒa ] (outdated Lucafalău ; Hungarian Dózsa György or Lukafalva ) is a municipality in Mureș County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Gheorghe Doja municipality in Mureș County

The municipality of Gheorghe Doja is located north of the Kokel Valley (Podișul Târnavelor) in the southern part of the Mureș district in the so-called Țara Morcovilor (carrot country) . On the Niraj , a left tributary of the Mureș (Mieresch) and the district road (Drum județean) DJ 151D, the place Gheorghe Doja is seven kilometers east of the small town of Ungheni (Nyarad River) and 16 kilometers south of the district capital Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) away. The incorporated villages are about one to four kilometers away from the community center.

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 Gheorghe Doja, founded by Szekler , was first mentioned in a document in 1331 or 1333, according to various sources.

On the grounds of the unincorporated village Tirimia , at the foot of the mountain Porumbelul (Hungarian Galambhegy ) were archaeological finds were assigned to anyone yet age found.

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.

population

The population of the municipality of Gheorghe Doja developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,054 843 2,048 3 160
1941 3.823 851 2,963 - 9
2002 2,869 611 2,068 - 190
2011 2,982 617 2,169 - 196

The highest number of inhabitants has been registered in the area of ​​today's municipality since 1850 and that of the Magyars in 1941. The highest population of Romanians (1,190) was determined in 1920, that of Roma (188) in 2002 and that of Romanian Germans (24) in 1880.

Attractions

  • In the community center the reformed church , built in 1750. Its wooden bell tower was replaced by the stone tower in 1781.
  • In the incorporated village of Leordeni (Lörinzdorf) the reformed church, built around 1815, is a listed building. Furthermore, a Roman road is noted on the site of the village . The locals call it Calea Dracului (Ördögutja) (Devil's Way ).

  • Reformed Church in Gheorghe Doja

  • Reformed Church in Leordeni

Web links

Commons : Gheorghe Doja  - 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 February 12, 2018 (Romanian)
  3. ↑ Information on the website of the municipality of Gheorghe Doja , accessed on April 15, 2018 (Romanian).
  4. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  5. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Tirimia , accessed on April 15, 2018 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  7. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Leordeni at biserici.org, accessed on April 15, 2018 (Romanian)
  8. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
  9. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Leordeni , accessed April 15, 2018 (Romanian).