Ruși (Sibiu)

Ruși
Reußen
Rüsz

Help on coat of arms

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Sibiu

Municipality :

Slimnic

Coordinates :

45 ° 57 ′ N , 24 ° 10 ′ E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ N , 24 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

409 m

Residents :

832 (2002)

Postal code :

557243

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 69

License plate :

SB

Structure and administration

Community type :

Village

Ruși ( Ger . Reußen , Hungarian Rüsz or more rarely Oroszfalu ) is a village in Transylvania ( Romania ).

geography

View of the town center with the characteristic leaning church tower.

The village is located between Slimnic ( Stolzenburg ) and Șeica Mare ( Marktschelken ), north of the district capital Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ), in the middle of the district of the same name.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1424. Romanians settled in the originally Transylvanian-Saxon village from the end of the 17th century . At the end of the 19th century the German-speaking and the Romanian population were balanced, and since the beginning of the 20th century the village has been mostly inhabited by Romanians.

In 1947 the village was administratively connected to the large community Slimnic ( Stolzenburg ).

Church and leaning tower

The current Protestant church dates from 1636 and was built in place of a church that was originally dedicated to Saint Luke and probably dates from the 14th century .

The bell tower of the Protestant church (built in 1749) has been clearly lopsided since a landslide in 1858.

Attractions

Evangelical Church (with a remarkably crooked tower)
Romanian Orthodox Church

swell

Web links

[1] Data on population statistics at www.reussen.info

[2] Hungarian-language website about the demographic development of Ruşi

[3] Data on the history of Reussen at www.reussen.info

[4] Sabin Adrian Luca, Zeno Karl Pinter, Adrian Georgescu: Repertoriu Sibiu 2003

[5] Data on the history of the Reussen church building on www.siebenbuergersachsen.de