Săsciori (Alba)

Săsciori Schweis Szászcsór
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Alba
Coordinates :	45 ° 53 '  N , 23 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '41 "  N , 23 ° 34' 32"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	240  m
Area :	121.36  km²
Residents :	5,757 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	47 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	517660
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 58
License plate :	FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Structure :	Săsciori, Căpâlna , Dumbrava , Laz , Loman , Pleși , Răchita , Sebeșel , Tonea
Mayor :	Nicolae-Florin Morar ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 363 loc. Săsciori, jud. Alba, RO-517660
Website :	www.comunasasciori.ro

Săsciori ( German  Schweis , Hungarian Szászcsór ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

The place Săsciori is also known under the German names Sassenberg , Sessenberg (or Schewis ) and the Hungarian Nagyfalu (or Scáscsciór ).

Geographical location

Location of the Săsciori commune in the Alba district

The municipality of Săsciori is located in the lower forest , in the southwest of the Transylvanian Basin , north of the Șureanu Mountains (Mühlbacher Gebirge) on the Sebeș (Mühlbach) - a left tributary of the Mureș (Mieresch) - in the southern part of the Alba district. In a small widening of the valley of Drum național 67C - the so-called Transalpina - the place Săsciori is 8 kilometers south of Sebeş (Mühlbach) ; the district capital Alba Iulia (Karlsburg) is about 24 kilometers to the north.

history

In the area of ​​today's municipality, in the incorporated village of Răchita ( well village ) - the areas are called Vârful Gorunișului , Vârful Apărății by the locals - and in the caves Gaura Jidovului and Gaura Bătrânului , finds were made which point to a settlement from the Neolithic and the indicate early Bronze Age . In the area of ​​the incorporated village of Sebeşel ( Klein-Mühlbach ) - area La Pârloage - Roman gold coins and a head of a statue of a goddess were found.

The place Săsciori was first mentioned in 1345.

The main occupations of the population are cattle breeding, wood processing and pottery.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1850	4,993	4,839	-	4th	150
1910	6,531	6,479	12	26th	14th
1966	5,730	5,603	9	4th	114
2002	5,954	5,937	9	1	7th
2011	5,757	5.511	7th	1	207

The highest population (6559) of today's municipality and that of the Romanians (6551) was determined in 1920. The highest population of Germans was registered in 1910, Hungarians (17) in 1992 and Roma (701) in 1977. In addition, in 1890 two residents identified themselves as Slovaks , in 1880 and 1992 one each as Serbs and in 1910 two, in 1890, 1977 and 2002 one each as Ukrainians .

Attractions

• The ruins of a middle-aged peasant castle with an oval bering and two defense towers (south of Săsciori) are listed as historical monuments.
• In the incorporated village of Căpâlna ( chapel village ) - called La Cetate by the locals - there are remains of a Dacian castle ( 45 ° 49 '  N , 23 ° 36'  E , "La Cetate"). From here a path leads to the Șurean hut at an altitude of 1743 meters.

Web links

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

• Săsciori 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. ↑ ^{a b c d} Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2
4. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
5. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Răchita, accessed May 30, 2010 (Romanian)
6. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Sebeşel, accessed 30 May 2010 (Romanian)
7. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 154 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
8. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)