Târnava (Sibiu)
Târnava United Probstdorf Nagyekemező |
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Historical region : | Transylvania | |||
Circle : | Sibiu | |||
Coordinates : | 46 ° 8 ' N , 24 ° 18' E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Area : | 29.38 km² | |||
Residents : | 2,858 (October 20, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 97 inhabitants per km² | |||
Postal code : | 557275 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 69 | |||
License plate : | SB | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2016) | ||||
Community type : | local community | |||
Structure : | Târnava, Colonia Târnava | |||
Mayor : | Norbert-Jacint Pleiner ( PSD ) | |||
Postal address : | Str. 1 Decembrie 1918, no. 5 loc. Târnava, jud. Sibiu, RO-557275 |
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Târnava or Tîrnava [ tɨrˈnawa ] (outdated Proştea Mare ; German Großprobstdorf , Hungarian Nagyekemező ) is a municipality in the Sibiu district in Transylvania , Romania .
location
The village is located five kilometers southwest of Mediaș ( Mediasch ) in the northern part of the Sibiu district, on the Târnava Mare ( Great Kokel ) river.
history
In 1331 the village was first mentioned as Ekeemeza Maior . It is assumed that the settlement was founded much earlier - ie before the settlement of the Transylvanian Saxons - probably by Szeklers . At first, Groß-Probstdorf was part of the Sibiu province of “ Seven Chairs ” before it was placed under the Mediasch chair at the end of the 18th century .
The vast majority of the German-speaking population emigrated to Germany as early as the 1960s, but especially after the fall of the Wall in 1989 . They founded a hometown community (HOG) here.
Infrastructure
traffic
The community is on the national road DN 14. In addition, the place is connected to the CFR railway network with a stop on the electrified, international line 300 .
Education, economy and social
The existence of a school in Groß-Probstdorf is documented as early as 1567. Today the place has a kindergarten, a primary school and a lyceum.
The majority of the population is employed in the fields of agriculture, fruit growing, livestock, trade and small industry.
Environmental situation
Due to its proximity to the neighboring Copşa Mică ( Klein-Kopisch ), where there is a carbon black factory and a non-ferrous metal factory , which were in a catastrophic state, especially in the 1980s, the environment in Târnava is still suffering considerably.
Attractions
- Evangelical Church, late Gothic. The original altar (late 15th / early 16th century) has been in the Sibiu Brukenthal Museum since the 1960s .
- Heroes' memorial for the fallen of the Second World War (erected in 1945)
Personalities
- Michael Ambrosi sen. (1862–1933), Transylvanian viticulture pioneer, founder of the Ambrosi nursery
- Michael Ambrosi jun. (1880–1940), author of specialist viticulture books
See also
Web links
- Großprobstdorf at www.siebenbuerger.de
- Website of the hometown community Großprobstdorf
- Târnava at ghidulprimariilor.ro
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
- ↑ a b History of Großprobstdorf on the website of the HOG Großprobstdorf ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Romanian website with data table about Târnava
- ↑ a b HOG information / history, at sevenbuerger.de