Seini

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Seini
Leuchtenburg
Szinérváralja
Seini coat of arms
Seini (Romania)
Paris plan pointer b jms.svg
Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Sathmar
Circle : Maramureș
Coordinates : 47 ° 45 '  N , 23 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 '55 "  N , 23 ° 16' 55"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 140  m
Area : 58.91  km²
Residents : 8,987 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 153 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 435400
Telephone code : (+40) 02 62
License plate : MM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : city
Structure : 2 districts / cadastral communities: Săbișa , Viile Apei
Mayor : Gabriela-Florica Tulbure ( PSD )
Postal address : Piața Unirii, no. 16
loc. Seini, jud. Maramureș, RO-435400
Website :

Seini ( German  Leuchtenburg , Hungarian Szinérváralja ) is a small town in the Maramureș district in northwestern Romania .

The place is also known by the German names Sienerburg and Sienerln . The population is around 9,000. Seini has an area of ​​58.91 km².

The city is located 26 km northwest of the city of Baia Mare (ung. Nagybánya ). The town includes the villages of Viile Apei and Săbişa .

history

The Leuchtenburg Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1490 . In 1677 the castle and the surrounding area were burned down by the Tatars , and a large part of the population was able to flee. According to historical data, in 1717 almost the entire population, which consisted mainly of Hungarians, was massacred or enslaved. Later Romanians settled. In 1952 the population was 5056 people, who were roughly equal parts Romanians and Hungarians. Many of the Sathmar Swabians living here have called themselves Hungarians, the assimilation process was much more intense here than in the Banat in south-western Romania.

The castle ruins that still exist today are worth seeing .

Personalities

  • János Sylvester , a Bible translator to whom a monument (1902) is dedicated in the city, was born in Leuchtenburg around 1504 .
  • Buried here is Szende Pál (1879-1934), the 1918-19 Hungarian Finance Minister was.
  • The Israeli politician Alex Goldfarb was born in Seini in 1947 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ Helmut Berner, Claus Stephani: Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (= series of publications by the Commission for East German Folklore in the German Society for Folklore, Vol. 32). Elwert, Marburg 1985, ISBN 3-7708-0814-2 .
  3. ↑ Information on János Sylvester from oszk.hu accessed on February 20, 2014 (Hungarian)
  4. ↑ Information from Varró István about Szende Pál on May 17, 2011 accessed on February 21, 2014 (Hungarian)