Ilieni (Covasna)

Ilieni [ iliˈenʲ ] (outdated Ileni or Ilefalva ; German Ilgendorf , Hungarian Illyefalva ) is a municipality in the Covasna district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place Ileni is also known under the German name Eliasdorf and the Transylvanian-Saxon name Ilschendref .

Geographical location

Location of the Ilieni municipality in Covasna County

The municipality of Ilieni is located in the Kronstadt depression (Depresiunea Brașovului) , in the southern foothills of the Baraolter Mountains north of the historic Burzenland . In the historical region of Szeklerland in the southwest of the Covasna district, the town of Ilieni is located on the stream of the same name - a right tributary of the Olt (Alt) - and on the district road (drum județean) DJ 112 nine kilometers south of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) away.

The nearest train station is in the district capital on the Brașov – Sfântu Gheorghe – Târgu Secuiesc railway line .

history

Ilieni, which is mostly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1332. According to Ferenc László 1910, the creek Ilieni were west of Ilieni on the left bank archaeological discoveries made which called for a settlement of the area, the locals Dealul Izvorului (Hungarian Forrásdomb ) below the summit Vârful Taiat , in the Neolithic indicate . At Dealul Izvorului (Hungarian Forrásdomb ), also west of the place Ilieni on the stream of the same name, finds indicate a settlement in Roman times . Several finds from different ages were made at the Agriș (Egrespatak) brook and are in the museum of the district capital.

In the area of the incorporated village Dobolii de Jos (Hungarian Aldoboly ) on the banks of the Olt, on the area called Mândra (Hungarian Büszke ), cremation graves point to the Hallstatt period and numerous finds from the Neolithic, Iron Age and Latency periods , and are also in the museum the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe.

In the incorporated village of Sâncraiu (Hungarian Szentkirály ) near Culmea Lagului (Hungarian Lagteteje ), Márton Roska noted the occurrence of the volcanic rock obsidian in 1934 . These finds are also in the museum of Sfântu Gheorghe.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary Ilieni belonged to the chair district Miklósvár in the County Háromszék ( Romanian Comitatul Trei-Scaune ), then the historic district Trei-Scaune (German Three chairs ) and from 1950 to today's county Covasna.

population

The population of the Ilieni municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,854	654	2,097	7th	96
1920	3,332	1,144	2.159	15th	14th
1966	2,571	286	2,275	9	1
2002	1,853	237	1,610	6th	-
2011	2,036	253	1,749	4th	34

Since 1850 the highest number of inhabitants and at the same time that of the Romanians and Romanian Germans in 1920 have been determined in the area of the municipality of Ilieni. The highest number of Magyars (2,786) was registered in 1880 and that of Roma (96) in 1850.

Attractions

In the community center, the fortress was, according to the Register of Historic Monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii şi Patrimoniului Naţional) built in the 15th century and renovated in the 18th century, the Calvinist church built from 1782 to 1786, the bell tower in the 18th Built in the 19th century and the rectory built in the 19th century, are listed.
In Ilieni, the Bakó (built in 1793), Bornemissza (built in the 18th century) and Séra (built in 1811) country houses are listed buildings.

In the incorporated village of Dobolii de Jos, the country house of the Hungarian aristocratic family Reznek (Czaker) , built between 1790 and 1813, and the Hollaky country house , built in 1718 and renovated in 1806, are listed as historical monuments.

In the incorporated village of Sâncraiu, the Unitarian church built in the 15th century and rebuilt in the 18th century is a listed building and the reformed church was built around 1879.