Pianu de Jos
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Pianu de Jos Deutsch-Pien Alsópián |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Alba | ||||
| Municipality : | Pianu | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 56 ' N , 23 ° 29' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 236 m | ||||
| Residents : | 1,143 (2002) | ||||
| Postal code : | 517536 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 58 | ||||
| License plate : | FROM | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Pianu de Jos ( German German Pien , Hungarian Alsópián ) is a Romanian village in the Alba district in Transylvania . It is part of the Pianu municipality .
The place is also known by the Romanian names Pianul Săsesc or Pianul din Jos , the German German Pian and the Hungarian Szászpián .
location
Pianu de Jos is located on the Pianu River - a left tributary of the Mureș ( Mieresch ) - in the Transylvanian Unterwald , north of the Mühlbacher Mountains ( Munții Șureanu ). On the county road ( Drum județean ) DJ 104A, the place is 4 kilometers north of the community seat Pianu de Sus ( Romanian Pien ) and 10 kilometers southwest of Sebeş .
history
In the area of the village - called Podei by the locals - archaeological finds testify to settlements from the Early Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age . The place was first mentioned in a document in 1309. The residents lived and live primarily from agriculture and livestock.
In 2009 a golf course for international tournaments was laid out in the area of the village .
population
The population of the village developed as follows:
| census | Ethnic composition | |||||||
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| year | population | Romanians | Hungary | German | other | |||
| 1850 | 1,625 | 1,160 | 3 | 339 | 123 | |||
| 1900 | 1,704 | 1.312 | - | 392 | - | |||
| 1977 | 1,443 | 995 | 2 | 367 | 79 | |||
| 1992 | 1,142 | 1,098 | 2 | 42 | - | |||
| 2002 | 1,143 | 1.102 | 5 | 24 | 12 | |||
In 1900 the largest population of the place was registered. The highest proportion of Germans (453) was in 1941, Romanians in 1900, Hungarians in 2002 and Roma in 1850. After the revolution of 1989 - since the mass emigration of the Transylvanian Saxons - almost all Romanians also live in Pianu de Jos.
Attractions
- The Protestant church, built in the 13th century, originally a three-aisled Romanesque basilica , converted into a hall church in 1798 and the bell tower raised in the 19th century, is a listed building.
- The memorial house for Augustin Bena (1880–1962), composer.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionary of localities from Transylvania
- ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
- ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 138.
- ↑ Florian Rareș Tileagă: Golf? Pianu de Jos! ( Memento from July 17th, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) ( On May 2nd, 2009, 5th edition of the "Golf Challenge" in Alba ) (Romanian)
- ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 132 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ↑ Biserica Evanghelică din Pianu de Jos , information and pictures of the church, on stiri.turismalba.ro ( Memento from July 14, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (Romanian)
- ^ Website of the community ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on, www.sate-comune.ro, accessed April 17, 2010
- ^ Website of the municipality, accessed April 17, 2010