Șard
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Șard Schard Sárd |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Alba | ||||
| Municipality : | Ighiu | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 8 ' N , 23 ° 32' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 294 m | ||||
| Residents : | 2,117 (2002) | ||||
| Postal code : | 517363 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 58 | ||||
| License plate : | FROM | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
Șard (outdated Noroieni ; Hungarian Sárd , German Schard or Kothmarkt ) is a village in the Alba district in Romania . It is part of the Ighiu community .
location
Șard is located on the lower reaches of the Ampoi River , on the south-eastern edge of the Trascău Mountains in western Transylvania . The district capital Alba Iulia ( Karlsburg ) is about seven kilometers south.
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1283. It was originally a Saxon wine growing village. Later Hungarian and Romanian residents dominated.
population
In 2002, of the 2,117 inhabitants of Șard at that time, 1977 referred to themselves as Romanians . In addition, 121 Roma , 15 Hungarians and four Germans lived in the village. Over the past 150 years there has been an increasing assimilation of the Hungarian population; so gave z. For example, in 1880 in 18ard, almost 20 percent of the nationality was Hungarian.
traffic
Șard is on the national road ( drum național ) DN 74 from Alba Iulia to Brad . From the place buses run several times a day to Alba Iulia (as of 2008). The Șard Ighiu station is located on the southern edge of the village on the Alba Iulia – Zlatna railway line, which opened in 1895 and was converted to standard gauge in 1984 .
Attractions
A reformed church, Romanesque basilica with a polygonal choir built at the end of the 13th century . In the 15th century it was fortified as a fortified church with a defensive wall of 60 meters in diameter and a gate tower.
The Esterházy Palace was built in the late Renaissance style in the 17th century and was then the summer residence of the Transylvanian princes.
There is an ethnographic museum in Șard.
About three kilometers northeast of the village is a Roman necropolis from the 2nd – 3rd centuries. Century.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
- ↑ Censuses 1850–2002 at kia.hu (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ↑ www.cimec.ro