Ponor (Alba)

Ponor Nagyponor
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Alba
Coordinates :	46 ° 20 '  N , 23 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 20 '8 "  N , 23 ° 23' 53"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	795  m
Area :	62.16  km²
Residents :	540 (2011)
Population density :	9 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	517565
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 58
License plate :	FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Ponor, După Deal , Geogel , Măcăreşti , Vale în Jos , Valea Bucurului
Mayor :	Bujor Petruț ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală nr. 84 loc. Ponor, jud. Alba, RO-517565
Website :	www.e-primarii.ro/primaria-ponor

Ponor ( Hungarian Nagyponor ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Ponor in the Alba district

Ponor is on the county road (Drum județean) DJ 750C and the stream of the same name - a tributary of the Arieș - in western Transylvania . In mountainous terrain on the border between the Trascău Mountains and the Transylvanian Ore Mountains (Munții Metaliferi) in the historic Motzenland , the place is about 27 kilometers east of Câmpeni (Topesdorf) , the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) is about 32 kilometers (Beeline) to the southeast.

history

According to various sources, the place Ponor was first mentioned in documents in 1603 or 1648. Since then, it has been shaped by pasture farming.

population

With the exception of two Hungarians, the 697 inhabitants of the municipality referred to themselves as Romanians in 2002 . The number of inhabitants has remained more or less constant since the first official survey in 1850 (then 2065) until the mid-1950s and has decreased significantly since then. The same applies to the actual place Ponor; here the population fell from 405 in 1956 to 149 in 2002.

traffic

From Ponor, a road leads to the equally unpaved Aiud - Abrud road . About 10 kilometers to the north there is a connection to the Drum național 75, which runs in the valley of the Arieș . Public transport doesn't touch the place.

Attractions

The place Ponor itself has no special features. In the vicinity of the village there are still several thatched-roof houses, which today - with a few exceptions - are no longer used for residential purposes.

The scenic location is of tourist interest. The Cheile Geogelului valley gorge is located on the southern edge of the municipality .

• The Vânătările Ponorului Nature Reserve (1.5 hectares). A few kilometers northeast of Ponor the stream flowing through the village flows into the karst cave Peştera Dâlbina .
• The wooden church ( Sfânții Arhangeli ), in the incorporated village of Geogel (ung. Kisgyógypatak ), built in 1751, rebuilt in 1823 and renewed in 1848, is a listed building.
• The monastery of Ponor ( Înălțarea Domnului and Sfântul Ierarh Nectarie ) outside the village (approx. 1300  m ).

personality

• Victor Ciorbea (* 1954), born in Ponor, was Romania's Prime Minister from 1996 to 1998.

Web links

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

• Ponor at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
3. ^ Ponor ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF file; 1.14 MB)
5. ↑ Pictures and description of the nature reserve Vânătările Ponorului (Romanian)
6. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
7. ↑ The Ponor Monastery on www.crestinortodox.ro (Romanian)