Saschiz
Saschiz Keisd Szászkézd |
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Romania | |||
Historical region : | Transylvania | |||
Circle : | Mureș | |||
Coordinates : | 46 ° 11 ' N , 24 ° 58' E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Height : | 410 m | |||
Area : | 98.21 km² | |||
Residents : | 1,965 (October 20, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 20 inhabitants per km² | |||
Postal code : | 547510 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 65 | |||
License plate : | MS | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2016) | ||||
Community type : | local community | |||
Structure : | Saschiz, Cloașterf , Mihai Viteazu | |||
Mayor : | Ovidiu Șoaita ( PNL ) | |||
Postal address : | Str. Principală, no. 159 loc. Saschiz, jud. Mureș, RO-547510 |
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Saschiz ( German Keisd , Hungarian Szászkézd ) is a municipality in the Mureș district in the Transylvania region in Romania .
Geographical location
The municipality of Saschiz is located in the Kokel highlands (Podișul Târnavelor) , roughly in the south of the Transylvanian Basin in the south of the Mureș district. Located on the stream of the same name and the European route 60 , the place Saschiz is about 20 kilometers east of the small town Sighișoara (Schäßburg) ; the district capital Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) is located about 70 kilometers northwest of Saschiz.
Saschiz does not have a train station. The closest is in Vânători , about 10 kilometers north, on the Teiuș – Brașov railway line .
history
Keisd was founded as a primary settlement of the Repser Stuhl during the first wave of settlement on Königsboden in the 12th century by German settlers ( Transylvanian Saxons ). The place was first mentioned in a document in 1309.
Carpentry and wood dyeing were the most widespread craft businesses.
Attractions
- In the center of the village is the Gothic style Evangelical church from 1496.
- Keisder Burg - a peasant castle - on a hill southwest of the village, which was built between the 14th and 15th centuries by the Saxon inhabitants. The year 1343 is recorded on a stone inscription. The walls of the complex are 7–9 meters high, it had six towers and a 57-meter-deep castle well , which is only about 10 to 12 meters deep today.
literature
- Arne Franke: The well-fortified Sachsenland - fortified churches in southern Transylvania. German Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe, Potsdam 2007, ISBN 978-3-936168-27-3 ( online ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .