Rimetea

Rimetea
Iron
Castle Torockó

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Alba

Coordinates :

46 ° 27 ' N , 23 ° 34' E Coordinates: 46 ° 27 '13 " N , 23 ° 34' 2" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

530 m

Area :

57.37 km²

Residents :

1,126 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

20 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

517610

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 58

License plate :

FROM

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Rimetea, Colțeşti

Mayor :

Francisc Szőcs ( UDMR )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 34
loc. Rimetea, jud. Alba, RO-517610

Website :

www.primariarimetea.ro

Rimetea (outdated Trăscău ; German Eisenburg , Hungarian Torockó ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

The place is also known by the German name Eisenmarkt and the Romanian name Rîmetea or Râmetea .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Rimetea in the Alba district

Rimetea

The municipality of Rimetea is located in the north of the Alba district, on the Rimetea river of the same name - a right tributary of the Arieș - in the Trascău Mountains . About eight kilometers from Drum național 75 and 23 kilometers northwest of Aiud (Strasbourg am Mieresch) , the place Rimetea is on the county road (Drum județean) DJ 107M; the district capital Alba Iulia is 57 kilometers south.

history

On the territory of the municipality - by the locals Dealul Cetății , Stânca Secuilor , Pădurea Pietrii and others. a. called - many archaeological finds are associated with the Neolithic , the Early Bronze Age and the Roman Age .

The place, located in an area rich in iron ore , is one of the first German mining settlements in Transylvania and, according to various sources, was first mentioned in a document in 1257 under the name Toroczcko , or in 1332 in Torda County . The miners and ironworkers were subservient Transylvanian Saxons (settlement of Styrian miners under King Géza II ) and Hungarians . By mixing them, a special ethnic group emerged with its own national costume. In the 19th century the Transylvanian Saxons were assimilated by the Hungarians .

A blacksmith's shop belonging to a noble family for the production of agricultural tools is documented in the 15th century; In 1716 there were 16 smelting furnaces and forges. At the beginning of the 19th century, around 1500 tons of iron were produced in Rimetea.

From the old Romanian name of the place (Trascău) , that of the Trascău Mountains is derived .

population

The population of the entire municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,560	61	2,264	-	235
1920	2,498	104	2,381	7th	6th
1966	1,840	210	1,629	-	1
2002	1,213	145	1,059	1	8th
2011	1,126	146	958	-	22nd

The highest population of today's municipality was determined in 1930, the Romanians in 1966, the Hungarians and Germans in 1920 and that of the Roma (225) in 1850. In 1930 a Slovak and in 1992 a Ukrainian were registered.

Attractions

The village museum with ironworks and iron tool making, opened in 1952 in the town hall of Rimetea.
The mountain Piatra Secuiului (German Szeklerstein , Hungarian Székelykő ), 1129 m.
The Unitarian Church, built in the 18th century,
The castle ruins of Cetatea Trascăului in the incorporated village of Colțeşti ( Sankt Georgen ), built in the 13th century and destroyed in 1713, are listed.
Houses in the Transylvanian-Saxon architectural style.
The Rimetea watermill, built in 1752.