Slimnic

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Slimnic
Stolzenburg
Szelindek
Slimnic coat of arms
Slimnic (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Sibiu
Coordinates : 45 ° 55 '  N , 24 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 55 '20 "  N , 24 ° 9' 32"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 439  m
Area : 106.24  km²
Residents : 3,581 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 34 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 557240
Telephone code : (+40) 02 69
License plate : SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Slimnic, Albi , Pădureni , Ruși , Veseud
Mayor : Ioan Șurean ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, No. 6
loc. Slimnic, jud. Sibiu RO-557240
Website :

Slimnic (outdated Slâmnic ; German  Stolzenburg , Hungarian Szelindek ) is a municipality in the Sibiu district in Transylvania , Romania .

The place is also known under the Hungarian name Nagyszelindek .

Geographical location

Location of Slimnic in Sibiu County

Slimnic is located on the Zibins level, at the transition from the “Hafner” to the “Weinland”, in the Altland of Transylvania. On the national road ( Drum național ) DN 14 ( Sibiu - Mediaș ) the community is about 18 kilometers north of the district capital Sibiu ( Hermannstadt ).

history

On the territory of the municipality, called Cetățeaua by the locals , archeological excavations have found objects that indicate settlement in the Bronze Age ; at Șarba - La Saivane and Șarba - Stempen ("Schelzenthal") references to settlements from Roman times were discovered.

The place founded by Transylvanian Saxons was first mentioned in a document in 1282. In 1394 the school of the Transylvanian Saxons was declared under the direction of the then headmaster Allexius - who was also the local notary . From the 15th to the 19th century, Stolzenburg was one of the largest communities in the Sibiu area.

In connection with the events of the revolution of 1848/49 , the place and castle gained importance when Józef Bem met with the Hungarian revolutionary army in Stolzenburg on the imperial troops under Field Marshal Lieutenant Puchner .

The main occupations of the population are agriculture and livestock. Small iron-processing crafts such as blacksmithing played an important role in Stolzenburg. As a result, the horseshoe - carried through rings - represents the coat of arms of the community.

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,995 1,888 54 1,662 391
1900 4,661 2,637 91 1.929 4th
1941 5,851 3,235 18th 2,593 5
1977 5,641 3,483 11 2,026 121
1992 3,683 3,480 20th 171 12
2002 3,670 3,590 20th 44 16
2011 3,581 3,356 17th 33 175

The highest population of today's municipality - and at the same time that of the Germans - was determined in 1941. The highest population of Romanians was registered in 2002, Hungarians (91) 1900 and Roma (391) 1850. In addition, in 1880 and 1966, one resident called himself a Slovak .

In Slimnic itself, the number of inhabitants rose steadily from 1850 (in equal parts Germans and Romanians, each approx. 1,000 inhabitants) until 1941 (Germans 1,806; Romanians 1,938). After 1989 - since the mass emigration of the Transylvanian Saxons - almost all Romanians live in Slimnic, along with Germans, Hungarians and Roma, each about 1%.

Attractions

  • The castle ruins of the Fliehburg on a mountain above the village, built in the 15th century by the Transylvanian Saxons . The castle, with the high brick walls with double loopholes, was built around an unfinished Gothic hall church - a square in the north, a triangular castle with a courtyard in the south - and is a listed building.
  • Evangelical village church, a Gothic hall church built in the 14th century, is a listed building. Its protective wall (also around the Protestant rectory) was torn down by the Kuruc in 1706 .
  • The Romanian Orthodox Church Sf. Arhangheli , built in 1831 (expanded 1889–1910), is a listed building. The church was badly damaged by the flood (1975) and the earthquake of 1977 .
  • The Greek Catholic Church Sf. Treime , built 1904–1910 on the plan of an older church. Due to a landslide caused by floods and earthquakes, it was closed in 1981.
  • Second Orthodox Church, under construction since 1991.

  • View of Stolzenburg

  • The rectory

  • Evangelical village church

  • New Orthodox Church

  • Castle ruins of the peasant castle

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Slimnic, Sibiu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  3. ↑ a b c d List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010, accessed on February 5, 2013 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Slimnic, accessed May 26, 2010 (Romanian)
  5. ↑ a b c Website of the municipality of Slimnic ( Memento from June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Romanian)
  6. ^ Image of the coat of arms, at the Stolzenburg town hall
  7. ↑ Census, last updated November 4, 2008, p. 68 (Hungarian; PDF; 596 kB)
  8. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 138.
  9. ↑ Georg Daniel Teutsch:  mountain guide, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 389 f.
  10. ↑ H. Stanescu:  Plattner, Johann (1854-1942), writer, pastor and teacher. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 119 f. (Direct links on p. 119 , p. 120 ).
  11. ↑ Walter Seidner: "On cloud seven / Bürgen", on sevenbuerger.de/zeitung
  12. ↑ Thomas Nägler: a historian who helped shape history, on sevenbuerger.de/zeitung