Harbachtal
The Harbachtal (also Haferland , Rum. Valea Hârtibaciului , Hungarian Hortobágy völgye ) takes its name from the Transylvanian river Harbach (Rum. Hârtibaciu ). This rises in the area of the municipality of Bekokten ( Roman . Bărcuț , Hungarian. Baranykút ) and flows into the Zibin (Roman. Cibin ) after 88.2 km .
General
A distinction is made between the lower and upper Harbachtal. Places in the lower Harbachtal include the community of Nocrich (German Leschkirch ) with the formerly independent town of Hosman (German wood quantities ) and Alțâna (German Alzen ).
The Harbachtal was also popularly known as Haferland . The city of Agnita (Eng. Agnetheln ) is the geographic center of the region. There is also the so-called Harbachtal Museum , which was designed by the economist and historian Dr. Erhard Andrée (1911–1972) built up from 1957 and headed after opening in 1961. A library within the museum contains 10,000 volumes of historical and cultural-historical literature, including around 500 rare Transilvanica prints ( Transilvanica from the 16th to 17th centuries ) and a complete edition of the writings of Erasmus of Rotterdam .
Finds from the Neolithic, Bronze and Roman times prove an early settlement. The first Theutonici (Germans) settled in the area around the Hârtibaciu under the Hungarian King Géza II (1142–1162) . The Harbach highlands are characterized by the many fortified churches located there.
Traditional costume landscape Harbachtal
If you draw the borders of the region according to the design of the traditional costumes, the Harbachtal borders on the traditional costume landscape of Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ) in the west, that of Rupea ( Reps ) in the east and that of the Kokeltal in the north . The rare use of a certain part of the costume - the clasp belt - is a clear sign that the Harbachtal could not compete economically with the rich wine country, the prosperous villages around Sibiu or even those of the Burzenland .
Attractions
- The narrow-gauge railway from Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ) to Agnita ( Agnetheln ) (the so-called Wusch or Mocănița ), built in 1910 and out of service since 2001 .
literature
- Pauline Schullerus: Romanian folk tales from the middle Harbachtal. 2nd Edition. New edition by Rolf Wilhelm Brednich and Ion Taloş. Kriterion Verlag, Bucharest 1981.
Web links
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilfried Schabus, Franz Grieshofer, with the assistance of v. Monika Habersohn, Lore Lotte Hassfurther: The Transylvanian Landler: A Trace Security , Volume 1 , p. 487, 2002, ISBN 3205994159
Coordinates: 45 ° 57 ' N , 24 ° 34' E