Moșna (Sibiu)

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Moșna
Meschen
Muzsna
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Moșna (Sibiu) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Coordinates : 46 ° 5 '  N , 24 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 5 '26 "  N , 24 ° 23' 58"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 368  m
Area : 59.33  km²
Residents : 3,335 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 56 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 557160
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Moşna, Alma Vii , Nemşa
Mayor : Eugen Roba ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no.76
loc. Moșna, jud. Sibiu, RO-557160
Website :

Moșna ( German  Meschen , Transylvanian-Saxon Mäschen , Hungarian Muzsna or Szászmuzsna ) is a municipality in the Sibiu district in Transylvania , Romania . In addition to the main town of the same name, it also includes the villages of Alma Vii ( Almen ) and Nemşa ( Nimesch ).

Geographical location

Location of Moșna in Sibiu County

The municipality is located approximately in the middle of Transylvania in a southern side valley of the Târnava Mare ( Great Kokel ). The next larger city Mediaș ( Mediasch ) is located about 10 km northwest; the district capital Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ) 66 kilometers southwest of Moşna away.

history

People in the Josephine land survey of Transylvania (1769–1773)
Cattle brand in Meschen

According to various sources, Meschen was first mentioned in a document as Musna in 1280 or 1283 . It was originally settled on Adelsboden by German settlers ( Transylvanian Saxons ) at the same time as the neighboring Furkeschdorf , but then, together with the surrounding villages of the Mediascher See , gained the Hermannstadt law and thus became a free municipality of the Königsboden .

In 1470 the remaining inhabitants of the Furkeschdorf, which was devastated by the Turks, moved to Meschen and gave up their village. The community hatters of Furkeschdorf was divided between Meschen and Mediasch at the behest of King Matthias Corvinus .

For a long time, Meschen competed with the nearby Mediasch and Biertan to obtain city rights and supremacy in the Mediasch chair. Annual and weekly markets have been allowed to be held since 1495. Ultimately, however, because of its more favorable location, Medias retained the upper hand. Meschen remained a village, albeit one of the largest in Transylvania.

population

Meschen was shaped by the Transylvanian Saxons for many centuries . From the beginning of the official censuses in 1850 until the end of the Second World War, around two thirds of the population were German (in 1941, for example, 1,252 out of 2,144). Their number decreased slowly after the Second World War, after the revolution of 1989 , when they emigrated to Germany .

In 2002 there were 2,326 people in Moşna, of whom 71 described themselves as German , 1,667 as Romanians , 523 as Roma , 64 as Hungarians and one as a member of another nationality.

In 2002 there were 3,251 inhabitants in the entire municipality of Moșna (2,091 Romanians, 977 Gypsies, 95 Hungarians, 83 Germans, four Ukrainians , one Pole ). In 2011, of the 3,335 people in the community, 2,704 identified themselves as Romanians, 420 as Roma, 55 as Magyars, 51 as Romanian-Germans and the rest did not provide any information about their ethnicity.

traffic

The place is on the county road ( drum județean ) DJ 141, which leads from Mediaș ( Mediasch ) to Bârghiș ( Burgisch ), near Agnita ( Agnetheln ). There are good bus connections to Mediasch, where the nearest train station is on the Teiuș – Kronstadt railway line .

Attractions

In the center of the village lies the mighty Meschen fortified church with a double curtain wall that is still in good condition today and which surrounds the late Gothic hall church built at the end of the 15th century. The church is of great art historical value. The drapery of the vestry door and the tabernacle are remarkable. The builder was the well-known Hermannstadt stonemason Andreas Lapicida .

  • View of Moșna

  • The fortified church of Meschen

  • Mosna Fortified Church - side view.jpg
  • Mosna Fortified Church - main entrance.jpg

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( memento of the original from August 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at citypopulation.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ a b People in Transylvania
  3. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  4. ↑ Johannes de Musna is also listed in a document referring to the tenth agreement concerning the Saxon settlements in the Zwischenkokel area between the pastors of the Medias chair and Bishop Petrus von Weißenburg .
  5. ^ Censuses in Transylvania 1850-2002 (Hungarian; PDF file; 582 kB).
  6. ^ Censuses in Transylvania 1850-2002 (ung.)