Ghidfalau

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Ghidfalău
Gidófalva
Ghidfalau coat of arms
Ghidfalau (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Covasna
Coordinates : 45 ° 54 '  N , 25 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 54 '15 "  N , 25 ° 50' 32"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 574  m
Area : 42.00  km²
Residents : 2,660 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 63 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 527095
Telephone code : (+40) 02 67
License plate : CV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Ghidfalău, Angheluș , Fotoș , Zoltan
Mayor : Jozsef Berde ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Principală nr. 108
loc. Ghidfalau, jud. Covasna, RO-527095
Website :
Others
City Festival : every year in July the community festival

Ghidfalău [ ɟidfaˈləu ] ( Hungarian Gidófalva ) is a municipality in Covasna County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Ghidfalau municipality in Covasna county

The municipality of Ghidfalău is located in the southern foothills of the Bodoc Mountains in the historical Szeklerland . About in the middle of the Covasna district on the upper reaches of the river Olt (Alt) is Ghidfalău on the district road (Drum jude jean ) DJ 121A eight kilometers north of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) . The nearest train station on the Sfântu Gheorghe – Adjud railway line is in the neighboring municipality of Arcuș .

history

The place Ghidfalău, mostly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1332.

Archaeological finds on the area, known by the locals as Șanțul adânc (Hungarian Mélyárok ) , indicate that Ghidfalău was settled in the Latène period or the early Middle Ages . Numerous finds from different ages ( Neolithic , Early Bronze Age , Latène Age ) were also made on the area of ​​the incorporated village of Fotoș (in Hungarian, Fotosmartonos ).

According to the directory of historical monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) , settlements will also be in the area of ​​the incorporated village Angheluș (Hungarian Angyalos ) on the area Templomnyír ( Romanian Mestecănișul Bisericii ) in the 7th / 8th Century in the village center, and in the incorporated village of Zoltan (Hungarian Étfalvazoltán ) noted in Roman times .

In an encyclopedia from 1839, Ignaz Lenk von Treuenfeld noted that Ghidfalău is a Hungarian border village inhabited by Szeklers and Romanians and has a Greek Catholic church .

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary Ghidfalău belonged to the Sepsi district in the Háromszék County ( Romanian Comitatul Trei-Scaune ). Subsequently, Micfalău belonged to the historical Trei-Scaune (German three chairs ) and from 1950 to today's Covasna district.

The European Union's LEADER program of measures has also contributed to various development concepts here in the Ghidfalău municipality.

The administration of the municipality of Ghidfalău decided on a five-year plan at the beginning of 2019, whereby the disadvantaged community population - unemployed, homeless, Roma, disabled, old people, problem families - should be better integrated.

population

The population of today's Ghidfalau municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 2,420 49 2,331 - 40
1966 2,759 44 2,598 4th 113
2002 2,614 43 2,546 1 24
2011 2,660 33 2,526 - 101 (Roma 5)

Since 1850 the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Magyars, the Romanian Germans and the Roma (113) was determined in 1966 in today's municipality . The highest number of Romanians (49) was registered in 1930.

Attractions

  • The reformed church in the community center built in the 13th century, reinforced with a curtain wall in the 15th, renovated in 1878, is a listed building. Researchers found that a mural on the west wall of the nave shows a scene of the legend of St. Ladislau, in the lower part of the west wall there is the scene of the battle between Saint George and the dragon and in the upper part of the north wall of the nave there are scenes how to recognize the birth of Christ , the magicians from the east , the killing of babies in Bethlehem , the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and the Lord's Supper .
  • In the incorporated village of Zoltan, the reformed church built in 1792, the Benkő-Zágoni country house built in 1832 and the baroque gate (built in the 18th century, renovated in 2010) of the former manor house Czirjék are listed.

  • Church in Ghidfalau

  • Church in Zoltan

  • Baroque gate in Zoltan

  • Town hall in Ghidfalau

Personalities

  • Elek Forró (1813-1893), born in Angyalos , was a Hungarian officer.
  • János Czecz (1822–1904) was an Austrian and Argentine officer and Hungarian freedom fighter.
  • Gábor Kozsokár (* 1941), lawyer and politician, was Senator of the UDMR Covasnas from 1990 to 2000 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).
  2. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  3. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Ghidfalau , accessed on January 3, 2020 (Romanian).
  4. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Photos , accessed on January 3, 2020 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  6. ↑ Information on Ghidfalău at crestinortodox.ro, accessed on January 3, 2020 (Romanian).
  7. ^ Asociația Alutus Regio Egyesület: Scurtă prezentare a comunei Ghidfalău. 2007, accessed January 4, 2020 (Romanian, Hungarian).
  8. ↑ Decision No. 27/2019 of the Ghidfalău municipality for the period 2019-2023. (PDF; 1.7 MB) Retrieved January 4, 2020 (English).
  9. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
  10. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Ghidfalău at biserici.org, accessed on January 3, 2020 (Romanian).
  11. ↑ Ştirile Transilvaniei: Picturile mural restaurate din biserica Reformata de la Ghidfalau before fi predate Sâmbăta. stiriletransilvaniei.ro, October 11, 2019, accessed January 3, 2020 (Romanian).
  12. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Zoltan at biserici.org, accessed on January 3, 2020 (Romanian).
  13. ↑ Information on the Benkő-Zágoni country house at virtualisszekelyfold.ro, accessed on January 4, 2020 (Romanian).
  14. ↑ Information on the baroque gate of the Czirjék manor at virtualisszekelyfold.ro, accessed on January 4, 2020 (Romanian).
  15. ↑ Information on Elek Forró at mek.oszk.hu, accessed on January 3, 2020 (Hungarian).
  16. ↑ Romanian Chamber of Deputies: Gábor Kozsokár. cdep.ro, accessed December 28, 2019 (English, French, Romanian).