Jina (Sibiu)

Jina Schinna Zsinna
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Sibiu
Coordinates :	45 ° 47 '  N , 23 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 47 '3 "  N , 23 ° 40' 47"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	908  m
Area :	318.68  km²
Residents :	3,750 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	12 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	557110
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 69
License plate :	SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Gheorghe-Vasile Beschiu ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 1210 loc. Bruiu, jud. Sibiu, RO-557110
Website :	www.comunajina.ro
Others
City Festival :	Sus pe muntele din Jina , last Sunday in July

Jina ( German  Schinna or also Sinna , Hungarian Zsinna ) is a municipality in the Sibiu district in Transylvania , Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Jina in Sibiu County

The municipality of Jina is located in the north of the Zibins Mountains ( Munții Cibin or Munții Cindrel ), southwest of the Transylvanian Basin . In the historic Mühlbacher Stuhl on the Pârâul Negru - a left tributary of the Cibin ( Zibin ) - is the place Jina on about seven hills, in the southeast of the Sibiu district. On the county road ( drum județean ) DJ 106E, the place is about 23 kilometers west of the small town of Sălişte ( Selischte ); the district capital Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ) is located about 45 kilometers east of Jina.

The older church in the center of the village is 908  m (2979  feet ) above sea level , the rest of the village extends over seven hills to an altitude of 1064  m .

history

The place Jina was first mentioned in 1468. At the south-eastern end of the village is a settlement of spoonbill gypsies who are engaged in wood carving. The place is known for the local folk costume and for the annual folklore festival Sus pe muntele din Jina that takes place here in July .

The main occupations of the population are livestock (mainly sheep) and wood processing.

Population development

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	1,846	1,702	1	-	143
1900	3,177	3,140	15th	11	11
1941	4.211	4,206	1	2	2
1977	4,425	4,423	1	-	1
2011	3,750	3,209	-	-	381 (Roma 160)

Since 1850 the area of ​​today's municipality had the highest number of inhabitants, at the same time that of the Romanians, in 1977. The highest population of Romanian Germans was registered in 1900, that of Magyars (17) in 1890 and that of Roma (218) in 1890. Furthermore, nine identified themselves as Ukrainians .

Attractions

• The Romanian Orthodox Church Buna Vestire , built in 1795/96, and the house at No. 213 are listed.
• Next to the Buna Vestire church is a wooden chapel, built around 1826. The remains of the former tombs next to the church were reburied here after the current cemetery at Dealul Boii was created.
• The Sf. Mihail și Gavril Church, built from 1937 to 1939, also called the “Catedrala Munților” ( Cathedral of the Mountains ), has two separate entrances - one for men and one for women - and can accommodate around 2000 visitors.
• “Museul Pastoral”, the Morariu family's ethnographic museum ( Shepherd Museum ).

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  Look at Jina

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  The Buna Vestire Church

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  Chapel in Jina

Web links

Commons : Jina  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jina at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
3. ↑ In: Negotiations u. Communications from the Transylvanian Society for Natural Sciences in Sibiu Volume VI. No. 4, April 1855.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
5. ↑ Census, last updated November 4, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Nicoleta Ioniță: The Buna Vestire in Jina , on March 25, 2014 from sibiunews.net accessed on December 29, 2014 (Romanian)
7. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (Romanian; PDF; 7.10 MB)
8. ↑ 1. ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; 2. ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Image of the Sf. Mihail și Gavril Church at marginimeasibiului.com  
9. ↑ Information on the Sf. Mihail și Gavril Church at marginimeasibiului.com ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on January 10, 2015 (Romanian) 
10. ↑ The Village Museum at marginimeasibiului.com ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2015 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 then remove this notice.