Sântimbru (Alba)

Sântimbru Emerichsdorf Marosszentimre
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Alba
Coordinates :	46 ° 8 '  N , 23 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 8 '11 "  N , 23 ° 38' 54"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	240  m
Area :	44.28  km²
Residents :	2,723 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	517675
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 58
License plate :	FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2006)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Sântimbru, Coșlariu , Dumitra , Galtiu , Totoi
Mayor :	Ioan-Iancu Popa ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Blajului, no. 187 loc. Sântimbru, jud.Alba, RO-517675
Website :	www.comunasintimbru.ro

Sântimbru or Sîntimbru ( German  Emerichsdorf , Hungarian Marosszentimre ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

The place Sântimbru is also known under the German names Emrichsdorf or Sankt Emerich and the Hungarian Szentimre .

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Sântimbru in the Alba district

The municipality is located in western Transylvania, on the right bank of the Mureș (Mieresch) in the center of the Alba district. On the railway line Alba Iulia – Târgu Mureș and on Drum național 1 , the place Sântimbru is located 8 kilometers north of the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) .

history

The place Sântimbru, a former Transylvanian-Saxon settlement - inhabited by Romanians and Hungarians since the 15th century - was first (according to different data) in 1238 under the name villa Sancti Emerici (Szent Imre) , or in 1270 under Sancto Emerico (1332 under Zentemereh , 1365 under villa Zentemeryh , 1808 under Szint Imbru , 1850 under Szint Imbru, Sankt Emerich , 1854 under Szent-Imra ) mentioned in a document.

On March 18, 1442 there was fighting between the Turkish army under Mesid Begs and that of Johann Hunyadi in the area of ​​the municipality . In this battle lost by Hunyadi, Ioan Iles (Ioan cel Tânăr) - Hunyadi's brother - and Bishop Georg Lépes also fell.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	2,304	2.131	35	-	138
1900	2,960	2,861	83	10	6th
1941	3,565	3,310	140	21st	94
1992	2,661	2,578	35	3	45
2002	2,740	2,664	27	-	49

The highest population of today's municipality was determined in 1941. The highest population of Romanians (3346) was registered in 1956, Germans (36) in 1930, Hungarians (176) in 1930 and Roma (118) in 1850. In addition, two residents referred to themselves as Slovaks in 1930, one each as a Serb in 1900, 1930 and 1966 , two in 1966 and one as Ukrainians in 2002 .

Attractions

• The Reformed Church , a former church of the Transylvanian Saxons, later a Romanian Uniate church, built in the 13th century. In 1442 the Romanesque church was restored in a Gothic form by Johann Hunyadi in memory of his brother who had fallen in the lost battle against the Turks . In a desolate condition, the church is now a listed building.
• The Ethnographic Museum Samoilă Mârza - Fotograful Unirii ("Samoilă Mârza - Photographer of the Association") and bust of Samoilă Mârza, the photographer of the Grand National Assembly of 1918 in Alba Iulia, in the incorporated village of Galtiu ( Rooster Village ).

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  The Reformed Church in 1905

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  ... 2011

Web links

Commons : Sântimbru  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sântimbru at ghidulprimariilor.ro

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. ^ Sântimbru ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2
6. ↑ ^{a b} General description of Sântimbru, on www.albaiulia-aida.ro ( Memento of April 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Romanian)
7. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 158 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
8. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
9. ↑ Samoilă Mârza on www.bjalba.ro ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Romanian; PDF; 560 kB)