Hamlesh
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Amnaş Hamlesch Omlás |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Sibiu | ||||
| Municipality : | Sălişte | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 51 ' N , 23 ° 54' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 397 m | ||||
| Residents : | 369 (2002) | ||||
| Postal code : | 557227 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 69 | ||||
| License plate : | SB | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Hamlesch ( Romanian Amnaş , Hungarian Omlás ) is a place in Transylvania / Romania and is located north of the national road No. 1 between Sebeş ( Mühlbach ) and Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ), in the under forest . Politically and administratively it belongs to the city of Sălişte ( Selischte ) today .
history
Place name
The place name Hamlesch comes from the Hungarian word "Omlás", which means "landslide". Other documented names are:
- 1309 Omlas, Humlesz;
- 1378 Homlas;
- 1460 Omlus, Omlascha;
- 1492 Homlosch.
Early history
The establishment of Hamlesch is very likely part of the first wave of German settlers who were summoned to Transylvania by King Géza II to protect the Hungarian crown in the years 1141–1161 . "The town in front of the dark forest" is already mentioned in the Tatar incursions (1242), which was destroyed on a Sunday in April and is about 1 km from the current town center.
The village, which was formerly mostly inhabited by Protestant Transylvanian Saxons , gave its name to the medieval “Hamlescher Fief ” and presumably functioned temporarily as its administrative capital. The "Hamlescher Fief" was temporarily given in the 14th and 15th centuries to the voivodes of Wallachia (including Mircea cel Bătrân ). From the end of the 15th century Hamlesch was again part of the Transylvanian-Saxon political sphere of influence of Sibiu.
Recent history
At the beginning of the 20th century, several Hamles families emigrated to North America. Already during the time of socialism , but especially after the political change of 1989 in Romania , the majority of the German-speaking population left the place to move to Germany.
Attractions
- The Protestant church, built in the 19th century
Personalities
- Michael Klein (1959–1993), football player
See also
literature
- Georg Gottschling: A look into the past. Homeland book of the Hamlesch community. Self-published, Augsburg 2001.
- Harald Roth (Hrsg.): Handbook of historical places . Volume: Transylvania (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 330). Kröner, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-520-33001-6 .
Coat of arms of the Hamlesch hometown community
Old cattle fire sign from Hamlesch
Web links
- Private website of former German residents of Hamlesch
- Hamlesch on Siebenbürger.de
- Sibiu County Council website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official German-speaking name according to Romanian government resolution 1415 of December 6, 2002 ( Official Gazette ( Memento of the original of September 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and remove then this note. )
