Moieciu

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Moieciu
Moesch
Moécs
Coat of arms of Moieciu
Moieciu (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Brașov
Coordinates : 45 ° 30 '  N , 25 ° 20'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 30 '9 "  N , 25 ° 20' 11"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 794  m
Area : 94.91  km²
Residents : 4,892 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 52 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 507130
Telephone code : (+40) 02 68
License plate : BV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Moieciu, Cheia , Drumul Carului , Măgura , Moieciu de Jos , Moieciu de Sus , Peştera
Mayor : Ioniță-Mircea Manea ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 330A
loc. Moieciu, jud. Brașov, RO-507130
Website :

Moieciu [ ˈmoietʃiu ] ( German  Moesch , Hungarian Moécs ) is a municipality in the Brașov district in Transylvania , Romania, consisting of six villages . The seat of the municipality is Moieciu de Jos .

Geographical location

Location of Moieciu in Brașov County

Moieciu is located in the extreme south-east of Transylvania. To the west of the municipality is the Piatra Craiului , to the east the Bucegi Mountains . Moieciu de Jos is located on the pass road between Brașov ( Kronstadt ) and Pitești , which corresponds to the European route 574 . There are bus connections to Brașov. The nearest train station is about ten kilometers away in the city of Zărneşti on the Braşov – Zărneşti railway line .

The famous Bran Castle is a few kilometers north .

history

Moieciu de Jos was first mentioned in a document in 1713 or 1405, according to different sources. It was a village of Romanian farmers and cattle herders. After Moieciu belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary , the Principality of Transylvania and Austria-Hungary until the end of the First World War , it has been part of the state of Romania since then.

Today some of the residents commute to work in Brașov or other cities in the area. Tourism plays a growing role.

population

Since the first censuses in Transylvania, the community has been reported as predominantly inhabited by Romanians . In 1850, 3403 inhabitants, 3282 of them Romanians, were registered. Since the peak in 1977 (5763 inhabitants) the population has decreased. In 2002, of the then 4,784 inhabitants of the community, 4,780 referred to themselves as Romanians, two each as Hungarians and Romanian Germans . In 2011, of the 4892, 4755 Romanians, three Romanian Germans and the rest of the population were registered with no information on their ethnicity.

In the easily accessible village of Moieciu de Jos itself, the population has remained largely stable over the past few decades. In 2002, 2082 residents (2080 Romanians and 2 Hungarians) were registered.

Attractions

  • In the community center, the Sfântul Nicolae church , built in 1761, is a listed building.
  • The church Adormirea Maicii Domnului, built in 1813 in the incorporated village of Cheia , is a listed building.
  • On the area of ​​the incorporated village of Drumul Carului , on the European route 574 at kilometer 39.6 between Brașov and Câmpulung - called La Cetate ("Grădiște") by the locals - there are remains of a Roman military camp . These are also preserved by the monument protection. The wooden church Naşterea Maicii Domnului built after 1990.
  • Moieciu is also the starting point for hikes in the Piatra Craiului and Bucegi mountains. The municipality lies within the national park boundaries of both mountains.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  3. ^ Website of the municipality of Moieciu
  4. ↑ Census, last updated November 1, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 521 kB)
  5. ↑ Árpád E. Varga: Brassó megye településeinek etnikai (anyanyelvi / nemzetiségi) adatai 1850-2002. (Online document) (PDF file; 512 kB).
  6. ↑ Information on the church in Moieciu de Jos at biserici.org accessed on May 5, 2016 (Romanian)
  7. ↑ a b c List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  8. ↑ Information on the church in Cheia from biserici.org accessed on May 5, 2016 (Romanian)
  9. ↑ Information on the wooden church in Drumul Carului from biserici.org accessed on May 5, 2016 (Romanian)