Glodeni (Mureș)

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Glodeni
Scharpendorf
Marossárpatak
Coat of arms of Glodeni (Mureș)
Glodeni (Mureș) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 39 '  N , 24 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 39 '13 "  N , 24 ° 36' 36"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 367  m
Area : 54.39  km²
Residents : 3,817 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 70 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547275
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Glodeni, Merișor , Moișa , Păcureni , Păingeni
Mayor : Barna Kozma ( UDMR )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 133
loc. Glodeni, jud. Mureș, RO-547275
Website :

Glodeni [ gloˈdenʲ ] (outdated Șarpotoc ; German  Scharpendorf , Hungarian Marossárpatak ) is a municipality in the district of Mureș , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place is also known by the German names Kothbach and Schellenberg and the Hungarian Sárpatak .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Glodeni in Mureș County

The municipality of Glodeni is located in the Mureș Valley in the Transylvanian Basin north of the Kokel Highlands (Podișul Târnavelor) in the center of the Mureș County. At the mouth of the Șar brook - a right tributary of the Mureș (Mieresch) - and the district road (drum județean) DJ 135B, Glodeni is 17 kilometers north of the district capital of Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) .

history

The place Glodeni was first mentioned in 1268. A Roman road and archaeological finds from the Bronze Age are noted on the site . In the Middle Ages the place was owned by the Hungarian noble family Bánffy and later by the Teleki family .

There is also a Roman road in the area of ​​the incorporated village of Păingeni (Pokendorf) and remains of Roman buildings are noted.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , the municipality belonged to the Maros Felső (Ober-Maros) district in Maros-Torda County and then to the historical Mureș District and, from 1950, today's Mureș District.

population

The population of the municipality of Glodeni developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 2,819 1,088 1,489 5 237
1930 3,790 1,525 2,040 4th 221
1966 4,674 1,490 3,030 1 153
2002 3,822 810 2,892 - 120
2011 3.817 697 2,587 - 533

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants was registered in the area of ​​today's municipality in 1966. The highest number of Magyars (3,057) was recorded in 1977, that of Romanians (1,548) in 1956, that of Roma (438) in 2011 and that of Romanian Germans (17) in 1920.

Attractions

  • In Glodeni, the wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil , built in the 17th century and the Teleki manor , according to various sources, between 1770 and 1803 or 1872 and the crypt of the Teleki family built in 1802 are listed.
  • In the incorporated village of Moișa (Hungarian Mezőmajos ) the wooden church Sf. Arhangheli , built in 1752, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Păcureni (Hungarian Pókakeresztúr ) the reformed church , built according to various statements in the 13th or 15th century, renewed at the beginning of the 20th and the wooden church Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil , built in the 17th or 18th century under monument conservation.

  • Wooden church in Glodeni

  • Teleki Manor

  • Wooden church in Moișa

  • Reformed Church in Păcureni

  • Wooden church in Păcureni

Personalities

  • Tavaszy Sándor (1888–1951), born in Marossárpatak , was a philosopher, writer, and theology teacher

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved October 30, 2018 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Glodeni , accessed November 1, 2018 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Păingeni , accessed on November 1, 2018 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  7. ↑ Information on the wooden church in Glodeni at biserici.org, accessed on November 1, 2018 (Romanian)
  8. ↑ picture of Guft the family Teleki in Glodeni
  9. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
  10. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Păcureni at biserici.org, accessed on November 1, 2018 (Romanian)
  11. ↑ Information on the wooden church in Păcureni at biserici.org, accessed on November 1, 2018 (Romanian)
  12. ↑ A Kolozsvár Iskola. ( PDF ; 1.4 MB) Retrieved November 1, 2018 (Hungarian).