Părău

Părău Berau Párou
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Brașov
Coordinates :	45 ° 51 '  N , 25 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 50 '54 "  N , 25 ° 11' 28"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	443  m
Area :	111.62  km²
Residents :	1,874 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	17 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	507155
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 68
License plate :	BV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Părău, Grid , Veneția de Jos , Veneția de Sus
Mayor :	Mihai Liviu Popeneciu ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 214 loc. Părău, jud. Brașov, RO-507155
Website :	www.comunaparau.ro

Părău [ pɘˈrɘu ] (outdated Pareu ; German  Berau , Hungarian Párou ) is a municipality in the Brașov District , in Transylvania , Romania .

The place Părău is also known under the German name Mikesdorf and the Hungarian Paró .

Geographical location

Location of Părău in Brașov County

The municipality of Părău is located southeast of the Transylvanian Basin , north of the Fagaras Mountains ( Munții Făgăraș ) and east of the Perșani Mountains ( Munții Perșani ) at the mouth of the stream of the same name in the Olt ( Alt ). On the national road ( drum național ) DN 1S, the place Părău is 19 kilometers east of the city of Făgăraş ( Fogarasch ), the district capital Brașov ( Kronstadt ) is about 60 kilometers southeast.

history

The place Părău was first mentioned in documents in 1293, 1471 or 1527, according to various sources.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality was partly in the Fogaras District (today Făgăraș ) and partly in the Sárkány District (today Șercaia ) both in the historical Fogaras County . Subsequently, the places of the municipality belonged to the administrative area of the Făgăraș County , and from 1950 to the present-day Brașov County.

population

In the 1850 census, 4,019 people were counted in the Parish of Părău. In the community, which is predominantly Romanian , the highest number of inhabitants (4,662) and also that of Romanians (4,620) were registered in 1920. The highest population of the Roma (247) was found in 1977 and that of the Magyars (46) in 1956. Romanian Germans and Slovaks were also registered. In 2011, 1,874 people lived in the community. 1,635 were Romanians, 144 Roma, five were Magyars, one or two Romanian Germans and the rest did not provide any information about their ethnicity.

Attractions

• The Romanian Orthodox churches in the incorporated villages of Veneția de Sus Cuvioasa Paraschiva (built in 1778 and renovated in 1830) and in Veneția de Jos the Adormirea Maicii Domnului (built 1790 to 1818) are listed buildings.
• According to Samuil Micu , an inscription with the text: Vixit Gregorius primus Venetus anno domini 1185 was found on the house of the dean Mone Ionaș in Veneția de Jos , but it is dated to the Middle Ages . In the same place, the former town hall is preserved under monument protection.

Web links

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

• Părău at ghidulprimariilor.ro
• Părău at prefecturabrasov.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ^ Karl Gottlieb von Windisch: Geography of the Grand Duchy of Transylvania , Pressburg 1790
3. ↑ ^{a b} Harald Roth: Kronstadt in Siebenbürgen , Böhlau, Verlag Köln Weimar Vienna, 2010, ISBN 978-3-412-20602-4 .
4. ↑ ^{a b} Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
5. ↑ Părău at prefecturabrasov.ro
6. ↑ Census, last updated November 1, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 521 kB)
7. ↑ Information on the church in Veneția de Sus from biserici.org accessed on May 8, 2016 (Romanian)
8. ↑ Information on the church in Veneția de Jos from biserici.org accessed on May 8, 2016 (Romanian)
9. ↑ ^{a b} List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
10. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Veneția de Jos at cimec.ro, accessed on May 5, 2016 (Romanian)