Lemnia

Lemnia
Lennen
Lemhény

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Covasna

Coordinates :

46 ° 3 ' N , 26 ° 16' E Coordinates: 46 ° 2 '48 " N , 26 ° 15' 56" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

585 m

Area :

95.05 km²

Residents :

1,936 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

20 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

527110

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 67

License plate :

CV

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Lemnia

Mayor :

Róbert Lukács ( UDMR )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 170
loc. Lemnia, jud. Covasna, RO-527110

Website :

www.lemnia.ro/ro/index.php

Lemnia ( German Lennen , Hungarian Lemhény ) is a municipality in the Covasna district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place is also known by the Romanian outdated names Lemheni and Lemnea and the Hungarian Kézdilemhény .

Geographical location

Location of the Lemnia municipality in Covasna County

The municipality of Lemnia is located north of the Kronstadt depression (Depresiunea Brașovului) in the southern foothills of the Nemira Mountains (Munții Nemira) , a part of the Eastern Carpathians , in the so-called Szeklerland . In the north of the Covasna district on the Lemnia brook , a right tributary of the Râul Negru , the place is on the Târgu Secuiesc – Brețcu railway line and on Drum național 11 - a section of the European route 574 - 12 kilometers northeast of the small town of Târgu Secuiesc (Szekler Neumarkt ) and about 50 kilometers northeast of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) .

history

Lemnia, which is mostly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1332.

According to the directory of historical monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) , about eight kilometers north of the town on the Lemnia brook , the remains of a medieval castle, called Cetatea Almașului by the locals , are noted.

At the beginning of the 20th century, in 1904, the railway line from Târgu Secuiesc to Brețcu was completed in the municipality.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary , Lemnia belonged to the Kézdi chair district in the Háromszék County ( Romanian Comitatul Trei-Scaune ), then to the historical district of Trei-Scaune (German three chairs ) and from 1950 to today's Covasna district. Administratively, the neighboring municipality of Mereni belonged to Lemnia until 2004 .

population

The population of Lemnia developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,587	172	2,366	-	49
1910	2,943	50	2,836	16	41
1941	2,850	5	2,797	3	45
1966	1.005	8th	997	-	-
2002	2,044	31	2.012	-	1
2011	1.936	34	1,863	2	37 (8 Roma)

Since 1850 the highest number of inhabitants has been determined in the area of today's municipality and at the same time that of the Magyars and Romanian Germans in 1910. The highest number of Romanians and Roma (49) was registered in 1850.

Attractions

On the hill called Sfântul Mihail ( 633 m ), between Mereni and Lemnia, both places once built the Roman Catholic church of the same name together . Since both places also have their own churches, this is only used for special events and funerals. It is surrounded by an oval defensive wall about 80 centimeters thick and four meters high. There are three bells in the bell tower. The initials of the Kronstadt bell-founder Heinrich Lampe and the year "H." are written on the oldest and also the smallest bell, weighing around 100 kilograms . L. 1697 ” and in Latin “ O Rex glorie Iesu Criste veni cum eterna pace cura me Lenhemnyense ” . The bells, which weigh around 600 and 1000 kilograms, were cast by Fritz Kauntz in Sibiu in 1926 . The fortified church is a listed building.

The Greek Catholic wooden church , built in the 19th century, is a listed building.

A watermill , built in the 19th century, is a listed building.

Web links

Commons : Lemnia - collection of images, videos and audio files

The municipality of Lemnia at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).
↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved April 7, 2020 (Hungarian).
↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
↑ ^a ^b Information on the website of the municipality of Mereni , accessed on April 8, 2020 (Romanian, Hungarian).
↑ Information from the Senate meeting on February 20, 2004 , accessed on April 8, 2020 (Romanian).
↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).

[VZ2011-1] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB).

[2] Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved April 7, 2020 (Hungarian).

[3] Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .

[rokm-4] List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture , updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).

[Mereni-5] Information on the website of the municipality of Mereni , accessed on April 8, 2020 (Romanian, Hungarian).

[6] Information from the Senate meeting on February 20, 2004 , accessed on April 8, 2020 (Romanian).

[7] Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).