Semlac

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Semlac
Semlak
Szemlak, Zemlekhaza
Semlac does not have a coat of arms
Semlac (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Screeching area
Circle : Arad
Coordinates : 46 ° 7 '  N , 20 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 6 '45 "  N , 20 ° 55' 55"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Area : 83.11  km²
Residents : 3,667 (2011)
Population density : 44 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 317295
Telephone code : (+40) 02 57
License plate : AR
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Mayor : Letiția Stoian (independent)
Postal address : st. Principală, no. 656
loc. Semlac, jud. Timiș, RO-317295
Website :
Location of Semlac in the Arad district
Semlac men's choir

Semlac ( German  Semlak , Hungarian Szemlak or Zemlekhaza ) is a municipality in the Arad district , Kreischgebiet , Romania .

Geographical location

Semlac is located in the Maroschtal not far from Drum național 7 and the Szeged – Arad railway line, 37 kilometers from Arad .

Neighboring places

Nădlac Peregu Mare Pecica
Șeitin Neighboring communities Sânpetru German
Periam Satu Mare Secusigiu

history

The first written mention of the Zemlekhaza settlement comes from 1256, when the estate belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary . The Hungarian King Andrew II donated the property to the Diocese of Csanád .

In 1320 the Hungarian King Charles I Robert von Anjou donated the estate to Count Johann Zemleky. Romanian settlers are mentioned for the first time in the 11th century and Serbs came in the 15th century who also built the first Greek Orthodox church . Between 1564 and 1697 the place was under Turkish rule and was expanded into a fortified settlement. Even at the time of the Tisza-Maroscher military border , Semlak was an important base on the north bank of the Marosch and was mainly inhabited by Serbian fortified farmers.

The Hungarian court chamber sold the Semlak estate in 1841 to Count Gustav Hádik von Futok, who owned it until the revolution of 1848 . In 1819 the Hungarian court chamber settled the first Germans . They were Evangelical Augsburg Confessions from the town of Mezöberény in Békés County . They were followed from 1823 to 1827 about 38 German families from the west of Debrecen located Balmazújváros . These were evangelically reformed and belonged to the Helvetian creed .

By the Treaty of Trianon on June 4, 1920 Semlak fell to the Kingdom of Romania .

Demographics

census Ethnicity
year Residents Romanians Hungary German Other
1880 5387 2425 461 2059 442
1910 5676 2475 601 1899 701
1930 5308 2445 336 1886 641
1977 4426 2675 270 1065 416
1992 3787 2947 181 286 373
2002 3787 3060 136 138 453

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ citypopulation.de , 2011 census
  2. ↑ comunasemlac.ro ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), History of Semlac
  3. ↑ a b semlak.de , Semlak history
  4. ↑ kia.hu , E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in the Arad district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002