Ghijasa de Sus
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Ghijasa de Sus Upper Felsőgezés |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Sibiu | ||||
| Municipality : | Alțâna | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 59 ' N , 24 ° 25' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 484 m | ||||
| Residents : | 239 (2002) | ||||
| Postal code : | 557007 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 69 | ||||
| License plate : | SB | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Ghijasa de Sus , ( German Obergesäß , Hungarian Felsőgezés ) is a village in Transylvania ( Romania ). Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Alțâna ( Alzen ).
location
The village is located in the Harbachtal and is surrounded by five to seven hundred meter high hills. It is about ten kilometers from Alțâna and can be reached via the road that leads from Agnita ( Agnetheln ) to Șeica Mare ( Marktschelken ).
history
Obergesäß was first mentioned in a document in 1364 as Possesiones Martunfolwa et Seez . In the course of the revolution of 1848 , the Obergesäßer serfs and those from the surrounding villages took part in an uprising against the noble landlords .
present
In the 1992 census, there were 278 Romanians , 8 Roma and 2 Hungarians in Obergesäß .
Personalities
- Ioan Sava Câmpineanu (* 1889, † 1921), pilot and Romanian aviation pioneer