Reciu

Reciu
Rätsch
Récse

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Alba

Municipality :

Gârbova

Coordinates :

45 ° 52 ' N , 23 ° 41' E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '1 " N , 23 ° 40' 30" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

422 m

Residents :

279 (2002)

Postal code :

517307

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 58

License plate :

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Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Reciu ( German Rätsch , Hungarian Récse ) is a Romanian village in the Alba district in Transylvania . It is part of the municipality of Gârbova .

The place is also known under the former Romanian name Recea of the German Retsch and the Hungarian Szebenrécse .

location

Reciu ( Rets ) in the Josephine land survey from 1767 to 1773.

Reciu lies between the foothills of the Mühlbacher Mountains ( Munții Șureanu ) and the Zibinsgebirge ( Munții Cindrel ) in the under forest . Located in a hilly landscape on the Krebsbach and the county road ( Drum județean ) DJ 106F, the place is 5 kilometers west of the Gârbova municipality and 13 kilometers (as the crow flies) southeast of Sebeş ( Mühlbach ).

history

Various archaeological finds - the Vinča culture - show that the area was inhabited for a long time. South of the village, a Roman settlement was found during archaeological excavations.

Reciu was first mentioned in a document in 1309 under the name Resz . In 1330 Pleban Baldinius of "Resz" is mentioned, in 1332 and 1336 the pastor Nikolaus von Rätsch is mentioned in papal tax lists.

As everywhere in Transylvania, almost all of the Transylvanian Saxons left the place before and especially after the 1989 revolution to emigrate to Germany.

population

The population of the village developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	581	239	-	279	63
1930	788	405	1	375	8th
1977	537	249	1	287	-
1992	273	260	1	12	-
2002	279	272	-	1	6th

In 1930 the largest population of the place was registered with 788 (405 Romanians, 375 Germans and eight Roma). The highest proportion of Germans (408) was in 1941, Romanians (424) in 1900 and Roma in 1850. In some censuses, one Hungarian (1900 / 1941–1992) and one Ukrainian (1890/1900) were also counted.

Attractions

The Protestant church, a Romanesque basilica, was rebuilt in the 15th century, adding a fortified floor above the choir, hall and tower; is under monument protection. In 1992 the consistory of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania decided : " The Evangelical Church Community AB Rätsch in the church district of Mühlbach has been dissolved and will be removed from the list of parishes of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania ".