Micfalau

Micfalău (outdated Micouifalău ; Hungarian Mikóújfalu , German Neudorf ) is a municipality in the Covasna district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place is also known under the German name Mikó-Neudorf and the Hungarian Bükszádújfalu .

Geographical location

Location of the Micfalau municipality in Covasna County

The place Micfalău is located in a valley on the upper reaches of the Olt (Alt) river northeast of the Baraolter Mountains in the historic Szeklerland . In the north of the Covasna district, the place is located on the National Road Drum național 12 - part of the European route 578 - about 25 kilometers north of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) . The nearest train station is in Malnaş-Băi on the Sfântu Gheorghe – Adjud railway , three kilometers from Micfalău.

There are numerous mineral water springs in the municipality .

history

The place Micfalău, mainly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1812. East of Micfalău was the place Gerebenk, documented in 1349, owned by the Hungarian noble family Miko . The servants of the Hungarian noble family lived in the 37 properties of the former place . Remains of the old church of the former village can be seen near the cemetery. After the forest on the area of today's village Micfalău was cut down for a glassworks in Bixad , the area was settled with people from the surrounding area, or from the nearby Vltava , from 1812 and under the Hungarian name Mikóújfalu .

Archaeological finds are not recorded in the municipal area.

At the time of the Kingdom of Hungary Micfalău belonged to the Sepsi district in the Háromszék County ( Romanian Comitatul Trei-Scaune ). Subsequently, Micfalău belonged to the historical Trei-Scaune district (in German three chairs ) and from 1950 to today's Covasna district.

Until 2004 Micfalau was part of today's neighboring municipality of Malnaș .

population

The population in Micfalau developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	1,038	674	231	-	133
1930	1,672	1,013	489	3	167
1966	2,073	44	1,981	-	48
2002	1,864	43	1,815	-	6th
2011	1,805	40	1,753	-	12

Since 1850, Micfalau had the highest number of inhabitants (2,101) and that of the Magyars (2004) in 1977. The highest number of Romanians and Romanian Germans was registered in 1930 and that of Roma (133) in 1850. In addition, three Serbs were recorded in 1930 .

Town twinning

Micfalau maintains partnerships with the Hungarian locations:

Web links

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

The Micfalau municipality 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 December 12, 2019 (Hungarian).
↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
↑ Reasons for the split of Micfalau from the municipality of Malnaș. (PDF; 271 kB) Retrieved December 18, 2019 (Romanian).
↑ Lege5: Comuna înfiinţată. lege5.ro, 2004, accessed December 18, 2019 (Romanian).
↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
↑ Information on the municipality's website , accessed on December 18, 2019.

[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 December 12, 2019 (Hungarian).

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

[Gründe_Abspaltung-4] Reasons for the split of Micfalau from the municipality of Malnaș. (PDF; 271 kB) Retrieved December 18, 2019 (Romanian).

[5] Lege5: Comuna înfiinţată. lege5.ro, 2004, accessed December 18, 2019 (Romanian).

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

[7] Information on the municipality's website , accessed on December 18, 2019.