Răchitova (Hunedoara)

Răchitova
Weidendorf
Reketyefalva

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Hunedoara

Coordinates :

45 ° 36 ' N , 22 ° 45' E Coordinates: 45 ° 36 '13 " N , 22 ° 44' 53" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

490 m

Area :

73.59 km²

Residents :

1,330 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

18 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

337370

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 54

License plate :

HD

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Răchitova, Boița , Ciula Mare , Ciula Mică , Goteşti , Mesteacăn , Vălioara

Mayor :

Liviu Simedroni ( PSD )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 26
loc. Răchitova, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337370

Website :

www.primariarachitova.ro

Răchitova [ ˈrɘkitova ] ( German Weidendorf , Hungarian Reketyefalva ) is a municipality in the Hunedoara district in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known by the Romanian outdated names Rechitova , Rechișoara and Rechișor .

Geographical location

Location of Răchitova in Hunedoara County

The municipality of Răchitova is located in the southeastern foothills of the Poiana-Ruscă Mountains , in the historic region of Hatzeger Land ( Țara Hațegului ) in southwestern Transylvania. Located on the creek of the same name and the partly unpaved county road ( Drum județean ) DJ 687C, the place is 19 kilometers west of the small town of Hațeg ( Hatzeg ); the district capital Deva ( Diemrich ) is located 60 kilometers north of Răchitova.

The incorporated town of Goteşti (ung. Gotesdtanya ) is an isolated hamlet and Mesteacăn ( Birkenhausen ) an almost deserted village.

history

The place Răchitova was first mentioned in 1360. Once a Romanian serf village , it was owned by Hungarian noble families in the 17th century. However, the history of settlement in the region goes back much further. According to I. Marțian and I. Andrieşescu, archaeological finds from the Neolithic period were made in the area of the incorporated village of Vălioara .

Today the residents live mainly from agriculture and cattle breeding.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2135	2080	13	-	42
1910	3904	3861	40	3	-
1966	2885	2884	1	-	-
2002	1487	1485	1	-	1

The highest population of today's municipality - and at the same time that of the Romanians and that of the Magyars - was determined in 1910. The highest population of the Roma (42) was registered in 1850 and that of the Romanian Germans (8) in 1880. Furthermore, in 2002 in the incorporated village of Ciula Mare (old Ciuleni ), a resident declared himself a Ukrainian .

In the 2002 census, Goteşti had three inhabitants and Mesteacăn had eleven.

Attractions

The ruins of a refugee castle, built at the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th century, is the oldest medieval castle in the Hatzeger Land. The ruin of the four-story castle with its 1.80 meter thick stone walls is located on a hill south of the village of Răchitova ( ⊙ ) and is a listed building.45.6013305 22.7478039
The ruins of a Romanian church, built in the 15th century about 300 meters from the castle, is a listed building.
The wooden church in the incorporated village of Mesteacăn is not a listed building.