Martinsberg (Sibiu district)

Șomartin
Martinsberg
Mártonhegy

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Sibiu

Municipality :

Bruiu

Coordinates :

45 ° 51 ' N , 24 ° 40' E Coordinates: 45 ° 51 '17 " N , 24 ° 40' 13" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

451 m

Residents :

301 (2002)

Postal code :

557067

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 69

License plate :

SB

Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Martinsberg ( Romanian Șomartin , Hungarian Mártonhegy ) is a village in Sibiu County in Romania . It is part of the Bruiu (Braller) municipality .

Geographical location

Martinsberg in the Josephinische Landaufnahme from 1769 to 1773.

Șomartin is located in the Altland , east of the Harbachtal , in the south of the Transylvanian Basin in the historic Großschenker Stuhl . On the county road (drum județean) DJ 105A, the place is three kilometers southwest of the community center and about 30 kilometers from the small town of Agnita (Agnethlen) .

history

Șomartin was first mentioned in a document in 1337. The free Saxon community belonged to the Szentágota chair district in Greater Kokelburg County at the time of the Kingdom of Hungary and when the Făgăraş district (Județul Făgăraş) was abolished in 1950 , the village was assigned to the Bruiu community in today's Sibiu district.

According to Vasile Pârvan , Kurt Horedt and Paul Reinecke, archaeological finds in the area named Poro Luorcz by the locals were assigned to the Hallstatt period .

population

The population of Martinsberg developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	1,282	322	1	848	111
1920	1,190	446	10	734	-
1941	1,299	366	15th	786	132
1977	722	256	11	408	47
1992	324	231	-	66	27
2002	302	264	2	14th	21st

Since 1850, Șomartin had its highest population in 1941. The highest number of Romanian Germans was registered in 1850, that of Romanians in 1920, of Roma (136) in 1930 and of Magyars in 1941.

Attractions

The fortified church , built from a three-aisled basilica in the 13th century, was rebuilt in 1795 according to the Directory of Historical Monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) and is a listed building. After the mass emigration of the Transylvanian Saxons to Germany, most of the art objects, pictures and statues were removed from the church and taken to a depot in Sibiu.
The former German school and the event hall of the Protestant parish built at the beginning of the 20th century are left to decay.