Ozun

Ozun
Auendorf
Uzon

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Covasna

Coordinates :

45 ° 48 ' N , 25 ° 51' E Coordinates: 45 ° 48 '0 " N , 25 ° 50' 54" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

515 m

Area :

82.66 km²

Residents :

4,430 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

54 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

527130

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 67

License plate :

CV

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Ozun, Bicfalău , Lisnău , Lisnău-Vale , Lunca Ozunului , Măgheruș , Sântionlunca

Mayor :

István Ráduly ( UDMR )

Postal address :

St. Gábor Áron nr. 7
loc. Ozun, jud. Covasna, RO-527130

Website :

www.ozun.ro/index-ro.html

Ozun ( Hungarian Uzon , German Auendorf , Transylvanian-Saxon Ausendref ) is a municipality in the Covasna district , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Ozun in Covasna County

The municipality of Ozun is located southeast of the Transylvanian Basin in the Kronstadt Depression (Depresiunea Brașovului) in the historic Szeklerland . In the southwest of the Covasna district on the Râul Negru (Schwarzbach) river , Ozun is located on Drum național 11 - section of the European route 574 - and the Brașov – Sfântu Gheorghe – Târgu Secuiesc railway line, nine kilometers southeast of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe (Sankt Georgen) .

history

The place Ozun, mostly inhabited by Szeklern people, was first mentioned in a document in 1332.

Numerous archaeological finds in Ozun, as in the other villages of the municipality, are assigned to different ages and are partly in the museum of the district capital Sfântu Gheorghe.

To a settlement of the unincorporated village Bicfalău (Hungarian Bikfalva ) points into the Middle Ages a stone partly ramparts between the streams Csigavárpataka and Csuklyonpataka , in the unincorporated village Lisnău (Hungarian Lisznyó ) on the mountain Jejenek (Jejenkhegy) in the Neolithic period , on the mountain Dealul Melcilor (Csigahegy) , the Coasta lui Ciulac (Csulakkaréj) and the Dealul lui Ciuclan (Csuklyánhegy) mountain in the Early Bronze Age .

In the incorporated village of Măgheruș (Sepsimagyarós) , an aqueduct from Roman times is assigned to the mountain of the same name . The remains of a castle, called by the locals Aluniș (Magyaros) or Cetatea de cărămizi (Téglásvár) and an approximately 1 meter high, 3-4 meter wide and 11 kilometer long elevation along the Râul Negru river between Reci and Măgheruş to Lisnău, consisting of made of yellow earth, humus, scorched earth and coal, could not yet be assigned to any age. In the register of historical monuments of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerul Culturii și Patrimoniului Național) in Măgheruș near Verestorony reference is made to a settlement in Roman times.

In the incorporated village of Sântionlunca (Szentivánlaborfalva) a settlement from the Hallstatt period is noted.

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

population

The population of today's Ozun municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	4,985	1,136	3,691	-	158
1920	5,883	1,893	3,818	3	169
1941	5,547	211	5,276	20th	40
1977	5,029	453	4,565	7th	4th
2002	4,575	529	4.025	5	16
2011	4,430	514	3,664	5	247 (Roma 130)

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants and that of the Romanians in the present municipality was determined in 1920. The highest number of Magyars was registered in 1941, that of Romanian Germans (24) in 1956 and that of Roma (147) in 1850.

Attractions

In the community center, the Reformed Church , according to various statements, built in the 13th or 17th century, rebuilt in 1820 and the bell tower built in 1616, are listed.
In the community center the country house of the Hungarian noble family Béldy-Mikes built in 1755, rebuilt in the 20th century, the country house Pünkösty built around 1810, the former hussar barracks built in the 18th century, the country house Újvárossy-Ágoston built between 1810 and 1825 and the country house Temesváry in Built in the 19th century - today a kindergarten - are under monument protection.
In the incorporated village of Bicfalău, the reformed church was built in the 15th century and renewed in 1863, its bell tower was renewed in the 20th century, the property no.40 of the Simon István family, whose house was built in 1793 and the entrance gate was built in 1797 and the country house of the Hungarian noble family Dénes in 1836 erected, are under monument protection.
In the incorporated village of Lisnău, the reformed church built in the 15th century, renovated in 1622 and 1804, and its bell tower and curtain wall built in 1834, are listed.
In the incorporated village of Sântionlunca the Catholic chapel was built in the 18th century, and the Roman Catholic Church Sf. Ioan Botezătorul built in 1774, are under monument protection.