Ludoș

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Ludoș
Großlogdes
Nagy-Logdes
Ludoș coat of arms
Ludoș (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Coordinates : 45 ° 56 '  N , 23 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 55 '30 "  N , 23 ° 53' 56"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 348  m
Area : 43.37  km²
Residents : 746 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 17 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 557130
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Ludoș, Gusu
Mayor : Ilie Berghezan ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 73
loc. Ludoș, jud. Sibiu, RO-557130
Website :

Ludoș [ ˈludoʃ ] (outdated Ludoșul Mare or Luduș ; German  Großlogdes , Hungarian Nagy-Logdes ) is a municipality in the Sibiu County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place is also known by the German names Ludesch and the Hungarian Ludas and Nagyludas .

Geographical location

Location of the Ludoș municipality in Sibiu County

The municipality of Ludoș is located in the southwest of the Transylvanian Basin on the upper reaches of the Secaș (Zekesch) , a tributary of the Sebeș (Mühlbach) . In the west of the Sibiu district on the county road (drum județean) DJ 106G, the place Ludoș is about ten kilometers northeast of the small town Miercurea Sibiului (Reuss market) ; the district capital Sibiu (Hermannstadt) is located about 45 kilometers southeast. The Romanian A1 motorway runs about eight kilometers south of Ludoș .

history

The place Ludoș was first mentioned in a document in 1142 or 1330, according to different sources. At the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy , the place belonged to the chair district of Szerdahely , the historic Sibiu County .

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 2,734 2,378 7th 286 63
1920 3,431 2,989 15th 427 -
1941 3,058 2,704 2 352 -
1966 2.158 1,946 - 205 7th
1992 930 797 1 69 63
2002 794 725 1 30th 38
2011 746 645 4th 21st 76

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 Romanians and Romanian Germans in 1920, that of the Roma in 1850 and 1992, and that of the Magyars (20) in 1910. The majority of Romanian Germans lived in the incorporated village of Gusu (Gießhübel) , a former subordinate village in the region.

Attractions

  • In the community center the Orthodox Churches Sf. Ioan Botezătorul and Sf. Gheorghe .
  • In the incorporated village of Gusu the Evangelical and the Orthodox Church.

  • Church in Ludoș

  • Church in Ludoș

  • Church in Gusu

  • Church in Gusu

Personalities

  • Octavian Smigelschi (1866–1912), Romanian painter

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ^ Putz Károly, Morawitz Victor: Birósági Szervezete , Bécs, 1872. (→ online court organization of Hungary and Transylvania ).
  3. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  4. ↑ Information on the website of the Ludoș municipality ( memento of May 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on June 11, 2015 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  6. ↑ Census, last updated November 4, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.1 MB).
  7. ↑ Ferdinand Baumann: History of the terra Siculorum terrae Sebus of the Andreanischen free letter or the noble estate Geißhübel near Mühlbach , Hermannstadt, 1874. (→ online at Google Books ).
  8. ↑ Information on Octavian Smigelschi at bjastrasibiu.ro, ( Memento from September 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on June 12, 2015 (Romanian).