Saschiz

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Saschiz
Keisd
Szászkézd
Saschiz coat of arms
Saschiz (Romania)
Paris plan pointer b jms.svg
Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 11 '  N , 24 ° 58'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 11 '25 "  N , 24 ° 57' 35"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 410  m
Area : 98.21  km²
Residents : 1,965 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 20 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547510
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Saschiz, Cloașterf , Mihai Viteazu
Mayor : Ovidiu Șoaita ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 159
loc. Saschiz, jud. Mureș, RO-547510
Website :

Saschiz ( German  Keisd , Hungarian Szászkézd ) is a municipality in the Mureș district in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of Saschiz in Mureș County
Official bilingual entrance sign with the Romanian and German place names

The municipality of Saschiz is located in the Kokel highlands (Podișul Târnavelor) , roughly in the south of the Transylvanian Basin in the south of the Mureș district. Located on the stream of the same name and the European route 60 , the place Saschiz is about 20 kilometers east of the small town Sighișoara (Schäßburg) ; the district capital Târgu Mureș (Neumarkt am Mieresch) is located about 70 kilometers northwest of Saschiz.

Saschiz does not have a train station. The closest is in Vânători , about 10 kilometers north, on the Teiuș – Brașov railway line .

history

Keisd was founded as a primary settlement of the Repser Stuhl during the first wave of settlement on Königsboden in the 12th century by German settlers ( Transylvanian Saxons ). The place was first mentioned in a document in 1309.

Carpentry and wood dyeing were the most widespread craft businesses.

Attractions

  • In the center of the village is the Gothic style Evangelical church from 1496.
  • Keisder Burg - a peasant castle - on a hill southwest of the village, which was built between the 14th and 15th centuries by the Saxon inhabitants. The year 1343 is recorded on a stone inscription. The walls of the complex are 7–9 meters high, it had six towers and a 57-meter-deep castle well , which is only about 10 to 12 meters deep today.

literature

  • Arne Franke: The well-fortified Sachsenland - fortified churches in southern Transylvania. German Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe, Potsdam 2007, ISBN 978-3-936168-27-3 ( online ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .