Păltiniș (Sibiu)

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Păltiniș (Sibiu) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Municipality : Sibiu (does not belong to Sibiu in terms of area, but is administered from there)
Coordinates : 45 ° 39 ′  N , 23 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 39 ′ 15 ″  N , 23 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 1443  m
Residents : 51 (2002)
Postal code : 550001
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Tower of the monastery church on the Hohe Rinne.
Landscape near Păltiniș

Păltiniș (German: Hohe Rinne ) is a Romanian climatic health resort and winter sports resort in the Carpathian Mountains ( Zibins Mountains ), southwest of Sibiu . It lies at an average altitude of 1440 m, the highest point is 1681 m.

The place was founded around 1894 by the Transylvanian Carpathian Association. The tourist house , the medical center and the Monaco hall , which are now under monument protection, still exist from this time .

The Romanian philosopher and writer Constantin Noica spent his last years in a monastery there and founded the "School of Păltiniș". He is buried there next to the church (Schitul Păltiniș).

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