Rădeşti (Alba)

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Rădeşti
Neudorf
Tompaháza
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Rădești (Alba) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 46 ° 16 '  N , 23 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 16 '21 "  N , 23 ° 43' 18"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 239  m
Area : 29.76  km²
Residents : 1,200 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 517585
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Rădești, Leorinț , Meșcreac , Șoimuș
Mayor : Alin-Teodor Nicula ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 260
loc. Rădeşti, jud.Alba, RO – 517585
Website :

Rădeşti (outdated Tâmpăhaza or Tâmpahaza ; German  Neudorf or Thomaskirch , Hungarian Tompaháza ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

Geographical location

Location of the Rădeşti municipality in the Alba county
The United Church

The municipality of Rădești is located on the left side of the Mureș River , in western Transylvania. On the county road (Drum județean) DJ 142L, the place Rădeşti is 8 kilometers south of Aiud (Strasbourg am Mieresch) ; the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) is about 30 kilometers southwest.

history

The place was founded in 1911 from the Romanian village Tâmpahaza (Hungarian Tompaháza ) and Uifalău (German Neudorf , Hungarian Szászújfalu or Marosújfalu ) - a place founded by Transylvanian-Saxon settlers and inhabited by Romanians and Hungarians since the 15th century .

Numerous archaeological finds from the Early Bronze Age have been made on the territory of the municipality . Not far from the village - on Mieresch , called În Țărmuire by the locals - remains of dwellings from Roman times have been found.

The place was first mentioned (according to various sources) in 1263 under the name Terra Kend - the old name for Uifalău - or in 1439.

The main occupations of the population are agriculture, livestock and fruit growing.

population

In 1850 there were 1544 inhabitants in the area of ​​today's municipality; 1039 of them were Romanians, 439 Hungarians and 66 Roma . In 1941 the largest population was registered with 2372. The highest number of Romanians (1799) was determined in 1930, that of Hungarians (549) in 1920, that of Germans (3) in 1880, 1890 and 1992 and that of Roma in 1850. A Serb was also registered in the 1930 survey . In 2002 there were 1398 people in the community (1105 Romanians, 290 Hungarians and three Roma).

Attractions

  • The reformed church, built in Uifalău in 1744 , has a coffered ceiling and is a listed building.
  • The Romanian Uniate Church, Pogorârea Spiritului Sfânt , built between 1907–1910.
  • The Romanian Orthodox Church, Sf. Apostoli Petru și Pavel , under construction since 2009.
  • The wooden church Sf. Arhangheli Mihail și Gavril in the incorporated village of Șoimuș ( falcon village ) is not a listed building.

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  3. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  4. ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  5. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Rădești, accessed April 30, 2010 (Romanian)
  6. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  7. ↑ Rădeşti ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Romanian Institute for Transylvanian Cultural Research (Romanian)
  9. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 139 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
  10. ↑ Description and pictures of the new Orthodox Church in Rădeşti ( Memento from July 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Romanian).