Sâncraiu de Mureș

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Sâncraiu de Mureș
Vistula
village Marosszentkirály
Coat of arms of Sâncraiu de Mureș
Sâncraiu de Mureș (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 33 '  N , 24 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 32 '53 "  N , 24 ° 31' 12"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 309  m
Area : 20.57  km²
Residents : 7,489 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 364 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547525
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Sâncraiu de Mureș, Nazna
Mayor : Remus Sângeorzan ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 197
loc. Sâncraiu de Mureș, jud. Mureș, RO-547525
Website :

Sâncraiu de Mureş [ ˈsɨnkraiu de ˈmureʃ ] (obsolete Murăş-Sâncraiu ; German  Weichseldorf , Hungarian Marosszentkirály ) is a municipality in the Mureş County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place is also known by the Hungarian names Székelyszentkirály and Szentkirály .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Sâncraiu de Mureș in Mureș County

The municipality of Sâncraiu de Mureș is located in the Mureș Valley in the Transylvanian Basin north of the Kokel Highlands (Podișul Târnavelor) in the center of the Mureș District. At the mouth of the Cornățel stream - a right tributary of the Mureș (Mieresch) - and the district road (Drum județean) DJ 152A, the town of Sâncraiu de Mureș is located two kilometers west of the district capital of Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) .

The incorporated village of Nazna (Hungarian Náznánfalva ) is located three kilometers southwest of the community center.

history

The place Sâncraiu de Mureș was first mentioned in 1293. The Pauline monastery in town was dissolved after the Reformation and its stones were used in 1610 to build the fortified church in Târgu Mureș.

An earth wall on Mount Dealul Păgânilor (Hungarian Pogánhevy ) at about 464  m is assigned to the Middle Ages and numerous archaeological finds go back to the Neolithic . A Roman road on the site is also noted.

The King of the Sinti and Roma of Transylvania lived in the incorporated village of Nazna at the beginning of the 17th century , and Jews also settled here in the 18th century .

In the Kingdom of Hungary , the municipality belonged to the Maros alsó (Unter-Maros) district in Maros-Torda County , then to the historical Mureș District and, from 1950, today's Mureș District.

population

The population of the municipality of Sâncraiu de Mureș developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 1,837 1,088 613 - 136
1920 2,703 1,501 1,161 - 41
1941 3.158 1,292 1,736 - 130
2002 4,266 1,887 1,984 3 392
2011 7,489 4,671 2,254 13 551

Since 1850, the area of ​​today's municipality has had the highest number of inhabitants and, at the same time, that of the Romanians in 2011. The highest number of Magyars (2,333) was recorded in 1977, that of Roma (391) in 2002 and that of Romanian Germans (18) in 1880.

Attractions

  • In the community center, the reformed church built in the 13th century, rebuilt in 1900 and the Catholic church built in the 14th century and rebuilt in the 18th are under monument protection.
  • In the incorporated village of Nazna, the remains of a medieval castle are under monument protection.

  • View of Sâncraiu de Mureș (in the background Târgu Mureș)

  • Reformed Church in Sâncraiu de Mureș

  • Catholic Church in Sâncraiu de Mureș

  • Bell tower of the Catholic Church in Sâncraiu de Mureș

  • Town hall of the municipality of Sâncraiu de Mureș

Personalities

  • Vasile Pop (around 1827-1848), born in Nazna was 1848 in the region of Targu Mures revolutionary leader ; was hanged on October 12, 1848.

Web links

Commons : Sâncraiu de Mureș  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved November 11, 2018 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ a b c Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Sâncraiu de Mureș accessed on November 12, 2018 (Romanian)
  5. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian)
  6. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Sâncraiu de Mureș at biserici.org, accessed on November 12, 2018 (Romanian)
  7. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian)
  8. ↑ Vasile Butiu: REVOLUTIA DIN 1848 DIN JUDETUL MURES SI ORASUL TARGU-MURES (II). Cuvântul Liber, October 20, 2008, accessed November 12, 2018 (Romanian).