Poșaga

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Poșaga
Puschendorf
Alsópodsága
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Poșaga (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 46 ° 26 '  N , 23 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 26 '21 "  N , 23 ° 25' 36"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 498  m
Area : 136.28  km²
Residents : 1,048 (2011)
Population density : 8 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 517575
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Poșaga, Corțești , Incești , Lunca , Orăști , Poșaga de Jos , Poșaga de Sus , Săgagea
Mayor : Ionel Bulgăr ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 27
loc. Poșaga, jud.Alba, RO-517575
Website :

Poșaga (outdated Poșaga din Jos or Poceaga de Jos ; German  Puschendorf , Hungarian Alsópodsága or Podsága ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania . The seat of the municipality is Poșaga de Jos .

Geographical location

Location of the Poșaga municipality in the Alba district

The municipality of Poșaga is located in the north of the Alba district on the Poșaga River - a left tributary of the Arieș - in the southeast of the Muntele-Mare Mountains. In Motzenland , between the limestone massifs Bedeleu and Scărișoara-Belioara , 2 kilometers from Drum național 75 , the place is about 45 kilometers east of Câmpeni (Topesdorf) ; the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) is about 42 kilometers (as the crow flies) to the southeast.

history

The place Poșaga, a former Romanian Hörigendorf , was first mentioned in 1365 under the name Potshaga . It belonged to the Eisenburg domain in Torda-Aranyos County .

According to reports by Gábor Téglás from the years 1886, 1901 and 1902, József Hampel (1892), Iulian Marțian (1920) and chronicles by Karl Gooß (1876), archaeological finds from the Late Bronze Age were made in the area of ​​the incorporated village of Poșaga de Sus . In 1843 one of the most important Dacian treasures was found in the same village . This is located in Vienna .

The main occupations of the population are forestry, wood processing, fruit growing and animal husbandry; a quarry has been in operation since 1889.

population

In 1850 there were 1702 inhabitants in the area of ​​today's municipality; 1676 of them were Romanians and 26 Roma . In 1941, with 2766, the largest population - and at the same time that of the Romanians (2765) - was registered. The highest number of Hungarians (28) was recorded in 1900, that of Germans (13) in 1890 and that of Roma in 1850. In 2002 there were still 1383 people living in the community (1382 Romanians and one Hungarian).

Attractions

Wooden church in Poșaga de Sus
  • The wooden church Sf. Arhangheli in the incorporated village of Poșaga de Sus (formerly Belioara ), built in 1789, is a listed building.
  • The Cheile Poșăgii and Scărița-Belioara nature reserves in the vicinity of the municipality . The community is also the starting point for the Muntele-Mare summit (1826 m) in the Muntele-Mare mountains.
  • There were once many water mills and fulling mills on the Poșaga stream .
  • The Izvorul Poşăga Monastery and the nearby karst springs Jeredeu and Bujorul , with regular water discharge at intervals of 10 to 20 minutes in spring and every hour in drought periods.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  3. ↑ Story on the ward website, accessed April 24, 2010
  4. ↑ a b c d Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 138.
  5. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Poșaga, accessed April 24, 2010 (Romanian)
  6. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 137 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
  7. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  8. ↑ Description and pictures of the Poșaga monastery (Romanian)