Sfântu Gheorghe
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Sfântu Gheorghe Sankt Georgen Sepsiszentgyörgy |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Transylvania | ||||
| Circle : | Covasna | ||||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 52 ' N , 25 ° 48' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 555 m | ||||
| Residents : | 56,006 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Postal code : | 520xxx | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 67 | ||||
| License plate : | CV | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2016) | |||||
| Community type : | Municipality | ||||
| Structure : | Sfântu Gheorghe, Chilieni , Coșeni | ||||
| Mayor : | Àrpád-András Antal ( UDMR ) | ||||
| Postal address : | Str. 1 Decembrie 1918, no. 2 loc. Sfântu Gheorghe, jud. Covasna, RO-520085 |
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Sfântu Gheorghe [ sfɨntu ɡe̯orɡe ] to 1993 Sfîntu Gheorghe ( dt . Sankt Georgen, ungar. Sepsiszentgyörgy [ ʃɛpʃisɛɲɟørɟ ]) is a city in Romania and the capital of the circle Covasna . It is located on the Olt River in a valley between the Baraolt and Bodoc Mountains.
In 2003 it had about 61,500 inhabitants. The population consists of 46,121 Hungarians ( Szeklers ) and 14,131 Romanians . The rest consists mostly of Roma who live in a separate district on the outskirts of Sfântu Gheorghe called Örkö . Most of them live in great poverty. But there are also wealthier Roma families among them.
history
Sfântu Gheorghe is one of the oldest cities in the Szeklerland . It was first mentioned in a document in 1332. The city is named after the patron saint Saint George of the local church. In the past, Sfântu Gheorghe was the economic and administrative center of the Hungarian Háromszék county , which roughly corresponds to today's Romanian Covasna county.
In a serious accident involving a CFR-Călători regional train with a tractor team on September 8, 2012, eight people were killed and two others seriously injured. The train collided with a tractor trailer with 15 harvest workers on the unsecured level crossing on a dirt road just before Sfântu Gheorghe.
economy
Because of its central location in Romania, the city is an important transport hub. The two European roads E 574 and E 578 meet here; The other parts of the country are also connected by traffic. In the second half of the 19th century, a textile factory, a cigarette factory and a confectionery factory settled in the city.
Attractions
- Fortified Church ( Biserică Fortificată - Vártemplom ), built in the 14th century in the Gothic style
- Headquarters of the Hussar Battalion in the modern center (today the State Archives), built in 1820/21
- Library building, built in 1832 as the seat of the district administration
- Theater building, built between 1854 and 1856 as a town hall
- The bazaar with its clock, built in 1868; the clock was created in 1893 by a clockmaker Müller from Budapest.
- The Szekler National Museum
sons and daughters of the town
- Anton Galgótzy (1837–1929), Austrian general
- Zoltán Kádár (1915–2003), Hungarian archaeologist and art historian
- Zoltán Hervai (1919–2005), Hungarian painter
- Ion Haidu (born 1942), Romanian football player
- Adalbert Rethi (1943–2008), Romanian table tennis player
- Laura Codruța Kövesi (* 1973), Romanian public prosecutor, anti-corruption fighter
- István Csákány (* 1978), Romanian sculptor and installation artist
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
- ↑ UPDATE. Un tractor cu muncitori a fost lovit de tren. Opt oameni au murit , accessed September 8, 2012
- ↑ Information on Zoltán Hervay in the web presentation of the Barabás Miklós Céh association , accessed on August 16, 2016 (Hungarian).
