Stremț (Alba)

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Stremț
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lock Diód
Stremț (Alba) coat of arms
Stremț (Alba) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 46 ° 13 '  N , 23 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 13 '19 "  N , 23 ° 38' 19"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 290  m
Area : 67.38  km²
Residents : 2,418 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 36 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : RO-517745
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Stremț, Fața Pietrii , Geoagiu de Sus , Geomal
Mayor : Traian Ștefan Popa ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 99
Stremț, jud. Alba, RO-517745
Website :

Stremț [ ˈstremts ] (outdated Stremți or Stremțiu ; German  nut lock , Hungarian Diód ) is a Romanian community in the Alba district in Transylvania .

The place Stremț is also known under the Hungarian names Diódváralja and Felgyógy .

Geographical location

Location of the Stremț municipality in the Alba district

The municipality of Stremț with its incorporated villages is located on the eastern edge of the Trascău Mountains in western Transylvania. In the northern part of the Alba district, on the lower reaches of the Geoagiu (or Stremț ) - a right tributary of the Mureș (Mieresch) - and on the district road (Drum județean) DJ 750C, the place Stremț is 4 kilometers west of Teiuș ; the district capital Alba Iulia is about 22 kilometers south.

history

In the area of ​​the municipality - areas called Grajdurile CAP and Valea Bercului by the locals - finds were made during archaeological excavations that indicate settlements from the Neolithic , Bronze and Roman times . The place Stremț was first mentioned in documents in 1298, 1332 under the name sacerdos de Kyod "Dyod" or in 1334 (according to various sources) . From 1820 the place is known as Stremț.

Today the inhabitants live mainly from agriculture, cattle breeding, fruit growing and limestone mining .

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,341 3,180 93 - 68
1900 4.137 3,953 161 22nd 1
1956 3,857 3,839 13 - 5
2002 2,822 2,794 20th 2 6th
2011 2,418 2,339 12 - 67

The highest population of the municipality - and at the same time that of Hungarians - was determined in 1900; that of the Romanians (4,025) in 1941, the Germans (31) in 1890 and that of the Roma (44) in 1850. In 1900 one Slovak and in 1992 two Ukrainians were registered.

Attractions

  • The ruins of Diód Castle in the marshland near the community center, built in the 14th century on the site of a castle built by Andrew of Gyógy in the 13th century. Later the castle came into the possession of the Hungarian commander Johann Hunyadi . In the 16th century it was owned by the Balassa family and was destroyed in 1562 by Prince Johann II of Transylvania . The rectangular (approx. 40 m × 58 m) with corner towers with 3-4 m high wall remains and 4 m deep and 12-16 m wide moats is a listed building.
  • The chapel - an original keep (approx. 10 m × 7 m) - on the grounds of the Diód Castle , built in 1779 on the site of one built in the 16th century, served as a reformed church until 1960 .
  • The Romanian Orthodox Church Sf. Mihail și Gavril , built in 1903 on the site of a church built in 1633.
  • The almost square lake with a side length of about 200 meters, near the castle of Diód .
  • The Râmeț monastery , around 12 kilometers northwest of Stremț, can be reached from the incorporated village of Geoagiu de Sus (Hungarian Felgyógy ) on a paved road.
  • The nature reserve of the Tecşeşti Valley Gorge ( Cheile Tecşeştilor ), near the incorporated village of Fața Pietrii .

Web links and sources

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  3. ^ Dictionary of the localities in Transylvania
  4. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  5. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft-Verlag, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  6. ^ Stremț ( Memento of April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ a b Website of the Stremț municipality, accessed on June 27, 2010 (Romanian)
  8. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 169 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)