Roșia de Secaș

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Roșia de Secaș
Rothkirch
Székásveresegyháza
Roșia de Secaș does not have a coat of arms
Roșia de Secaș (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 46 ° 3 '  N , 23 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 3 '24 "  N , 23 ° 53' 14"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 302  m
Area : 52.30  km²
Residents : 1,542 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 29 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 517640
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Roșia de Secaș, Tău , Ungurei
Mayor : Ioan Cristea ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 458
loc. Roșia de Secaș, jud. Alba, RO – 517640
Website :

Roșia de Secaș (outdated Roșia ; German  Rothkirch , Hungarian Székásveresegyháza ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

The place is also known by the outdated Romanian name Roșie de Secaș , the German Rothkirchen and the Hungarian Szászveresegyháza, Székesegyház and Veresegyháza .

Geographical location

Location of the Roșia de Secaș municipality in Alba County

The municipality of Roșia de Secaș is located in the southeast of the Alba County, on the Secaș River - a left tributary of the Kokel - in the east of the Zekesch Highlands (Podișul Secașelor) in the southwest of the Transylvanian Basin . At the intersection of the district roads (Drum județean) DJ 107B and DJ 106L, the place Roșia de Secaș is located 22 kilometers from the next larger city Blaj (Blasendorf) . The district capital Alba Iulia is located 54 kilometers (above Sebeş ) west of Roşia de Secaş.

history

According to reports from M. Roska , archaeological finds from the Late Bronze Age were made in the area of ​​the village .

The place Roșia de Secaș, originally a Transylvanian-Saxon Hörigendorf , was first mentioned in a document in 1266 or 1306 (according to different information) under the name Veresegyhaz . The place has also been inhabited by Romanians since the 16th century.

The main occupations of the population are agriculture and livestock.

population

The population of the entire municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 2,694 1,827 3 763 101
1900 3,297 2,343 49 871 34
1941 4,477 3,516 8th 942 11
1977 2,752 2,348 3 250 151
2002 1,696 1,550 5 11 130

The highest population of today's municipality - and at the same time that of the Romanians - was determined in 1941. The highest number of Hungarians was recorded in 1900, that of Germans in 1941 (939 of them in the incorporated village of Ungurei ) and that of Roma (222) in 1956. A Ukrainian was registered in Ungurei in 1890 .

Since the census from 1850 to 1941, only about half as many Romanians as Germans lived in the incorporated village of Ungurei ( Gergeschdorf ). Since the mass emigration of the Transylvanian Saxons in 1990, almost all Romanians and 15% Roma have also lived here.

Attractions

  • The Romanian Orthodox Church, Sf. Nicolae , built in 1903, remodeled in 2004.
  • The wooden church Sf. Gheorghe in the incorporated village of Tău ( Weierdorf ), built in 1780 and rebuilt in 1820, is a listed building.

Personalities

  • Nicolae Pauletti (1816–1848), pastor, poet and translator, born in Roșia de Secaș.

Web links

Commons : Roșia de Secaș  - 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. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Roșia de Secaș, accessed April 14, 2011 (Romanian)
  5. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  6. ^ Roșia de Secaș ( Memento from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 146 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
  8. ↑ Gerg Eschdorf ( Ungurei ) on Siebenbürger.de places
  9. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  10. ↑ Nicolae Pauletti in www.crestinortodox.ro