Kirchberg (Sibiu District)

Chirpăr
Kirchberg
Kürpöd

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Sibiu

Coordinates :

45 ° 54 ' N , 24 ° 36' E Coordinates: 45 ° 53 '37 " N , 24 ° 35' 55" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

480 m

Area :

100.84 km²

Residents :

1,434 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

14 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

557080

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 69

License plate :

SB

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Chirpăr, Săsăuș , Vărd , Zied

Mayor :

Eugen Feldeoiu ( PSD )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 47
loc. Chirpăr, jud. Sibiu, RO-557080

Website :

www.chirpar.ro

Kirchberg ( Romanian Chirpăr [ ˈkirpər ], Hungarian Kürpöd ) is a municipality in the Sibiu district in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Chirpăr in Sibiu County

View of Kirchberg

Chirpăr is a municipality in Transylvania in the Altland , east of the Harbach valley in the historic Leschkircher Stuhl . In the eastern part of the Sibiu district on the district road (drum județean) DJ 105D, the place is located on a hill 86 kilometers from the district capital Sibiu (Hermannstadt) and 13 kilometers from Agnita (Agnethlen) . The incorporated villages are about 5 to 9 kilometers from the community center.

Kirchberg can be reached from Marpod (Marpod) or Agnita via Vărd (Werd) via partially asphalt side streets of county road DJ 106 ; or (109 kilometers) from Sibiu on the European route 68 towards Brașov (Kronstadt) and at Voila (Wolldorf) left to Merghindeal ( Marln ) via Agnita to Kirchberg.

history

The place founded by Transylvanian Saxons was first mentioned in 1337 as Kyrchberch . Until the late 1970s, the village was mainly populated by German-speaking people.

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 .

As Kirchberger ceramic quality earthenware decorative vessels with notched belt strips are called, which were produced from 1,743 to 1,776 around Sibiu. They are unique in Europe, but Kirchberg is uncertain as the place of manufacture.

population

In 1850, 3,554 inhabitants lived in the area of today's municipality. 1,942 of them were Romanians , 1,365 Germans , 210 Roma and one Hungarian . In 1941 the largest population was determined at 3,792 - and at the same time that of the Romanians (1,969) and the Transylvanian Saxons (1,703). The highest number of Roma (312) and that of Hungarians (25) were registered in 1992. At the 2011 census, 1,434 people lived in the area of today's municipality, of which 1,190 were Romanians, 142 Roma, 37 Romanian Germans and nine Hungarians. The rest of the people did not provide any information about their affiliation.

Attractions

The church castle in Kirchberg - a three-aisled Romanesque basilica -, built in the 13th century, was originally dedicated to Saint Mary. Sustainable structural changes were made around 1500 and in the 19th century. Today the western and eastern sections of the rectangular ring of the fortified church are still preserved. In 1968 the last southeast tower collapsed. The church is a listed building.

The Romanian Orthodox Church Înălțarea Domnului in Kirchberg, built in 1844 and renovated in 1899, is a listed building.

In Săsăuș (Sachsenhausen) the Orthodox Church Adormirea Maicii Domnului , built around 1782, is a listed building.

In Vărd the Romanesque St. Mary's Church, built in the 13th century and renovated around 1853, as well as the section of the Harbachtalbahn in the area of the village, are listed as historical monuments.