Săvârșin

Săvârșin
Soborschin
Soborsin

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Banat

Circle :

Arad

Coordinates :

46 ° 1 ' N , 22 ° 14' E Coordinates: 46 ° 0 '50 " N , 22 ° 14' 1" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

150 m

Area :

215.00 km²

Residents :

2,890 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

13 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

317270

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 57

License plate :

AR

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Săvârşin, Căprioara , Cuiaş , Hălălişi , Pârneşti , Temeşeşti , Toc , Troaş , Valea Mare

Mayor :

Ioan Vodicean ( PSD )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 37
loc. Săvârșin, jud. Arad, RO-317270

Website :

www.e-primarii.ro/primaria-savarsin

Location of Săvârșin in Arad County

Săvârşin or Săvîrşin ( German Soborschin , Hungarian Soborsin ) is a municipality in the Arad district in the Banat region in Romania .

The place is also known by the Romanian outdated names Șoborşin , Săvărşin and Ohaba .

Geographical location

The municipality of Săvârșin is located in the southern foothills of the Zarand Mountains (Munții Zarandului) - a mountain range of the Apuseni Mountains - on both sides of the Mureș (Mieresch) in the historical Arad County . Săvârşin is located in the southeast of the Arad district, 57 kilometers east of the small town, on the Troaş and Vineşti brooks - two right tributaries of the Mureş -, Drum național 7, which is part of European route 68 and the Arad – Alba Iulia railway line Lipova ; the district capital Arad is located 89 kilometers west of Săvârșin.

history

The place Săvârșin was first mentioned in 1479. However, the history of the settlement of the place goes back to the Bronze Age - named Dealul Cetățuia after finds on the elevation . The remains of a castle from the Latène period have also been found on the Cetățuia mountain .

Today the residents live mainly from wood processing and the mining of granite , marble and molybdenite .

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census		Ethnic composition
year	population	Romanians	Hungary	German	other
1880	6,498	5,873	334	186	105
1900	7.126	6,389	520	164	53
1941	5,739	5,373	149	116	101
1977	4,228	4,098	89	35	9
2002	3,290	3,228	33	12	17th
2011	2,890	2,795	18th	9	68

The highest population of today's municipality - and that of the Romanians - was determined in 1900. The highest population of Hungarians (543) was registered in 1910, that of Romanian Germans in 1880 and that of Roma (88) in 1930. In addition, some residents declared themselves to be Slovaks (highest population 19 in 1880), Ukrainians (highest population 14 in 1900, ten in 2002), Serbs (for almost every admission, highest population six in 1880). In 1992 and 2002 one Bulgarian was registered.

In the 2002 census, two Turks , a Roma and a Serb were also registered.

Attractions

Săvârşin Castle , in the 18th century by Baron Andreas Forray built in 1784 by rebellious peasants of the peasant uprising destroyed for the most part, was in 1941 by I. King Michael purchased and neoclassical renovated style. In 1948, after the king had been forced to abdicate and leave the country by the Romanian Communist Party , the castle was nationalized and inhabited by the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu as an occasional hunting stay . On June 1, 2001, the former king returned to Săvârșin after more than 50 years, where the royal family has spent the Christmas season almost every year since then.
The Romanian Orthodox Church Sfinții Arhangheli , built in 1899 near the Royal Palace.
The Roman Catholic Church , built in 1875, belongs to the Timișoara diocese . In the church there are two memorial plaques made of marble, with the inscription in Hungarian, in memory of Countess Julianna Brunsvik of Korompa , her husband, Baron Andreas Forray and Baroness Zefis Forray .
The wooden church Sfinții Trei Ierarhi , built in 1782 in the incorporated village of Troaș (Hungarian Torjás ), is a listed building.