Ticușu

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Ticușu
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Ticușu (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Brașov
Coordinates : 45 ° 56 '  N , 25 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 55 '42 "  N , 25 ° 6' 1"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 488  m
Area : 69.53  km²
Residents : 908 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 13 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 507232
Telephone code : (+40) 02 68
License plate : BV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Ticușu Vechi , Cobor
Mayor : Emil-Mircea Șchiopea ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 198
loc. Ticușu Vechi, jud. Brașov, RO-507232
Website :

Ticușu [ ˈtikuʃu ] is a municipality in Brașov County , in Transylvania , Romania . The seat of the municipality is Ticușu Vechi ( German  Deutsch-Tekes , Hungarian Szásztyúkos ) .

Geographical location

Location of Ticușu in the Brașov County

The municipality of Ticușu is located in the historical region of Fagaras in the Transylvanian Basin . On the brook Ticuș , a right tributary of the Olt (Alt) , and on the county road (drum județean) DJ 104K, the community center is about 35 kilometers southwest of the small town of Rupea (Reps) ; the district capital Brașov (Kronstadt) is located about 75 kilometers southeast.

history

The place Ticușu Vechi was first mentioned in 1373. Archaeological finds on the area of ​​the place, on a hill called Livadă by the locals , indicate a settlement in the 3rd or 4th century. In the area of ​​the incorporated village of Cobor - called Noatlinkgraben by the locals - archaeological finds go back to the Late Bronze Age . These can be seen in museums in Sibiu and Sighișoara (Schäßburg) .

In the Kingdom of Hungary , today's municipality in the Kőhalom chair district (today Rupea ; Reps ) belonged to the Groß-Kokelburg County , then to the historical Făgăraș County and, from 1950, to the Brașov County in its current composition. Until 1925 the place was called Ticușu Vechi, Ticușu Săsesc .

population

The population of the municipality developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 2,308 287 935 907 179
1941 2,403 288 731 1,095 289
1977 1,483 289 294 718 182
2002 866 370 136 7th 353
2011 908 591 110 2 (?) 205 (172 Roma)

Since the official survey of 1850, the highest number of inhabitants (2464) in the area of ​​today's municipality was determined in 1920. The highest number of Romanian Germans was registered in 1941, that of Magyars in 1850, that of Romanians in 2011 and that of Roma (353) in 2002.

The main occupation of the population is forestry and agriculture.

Attractions

  • The Protestant fortified church Deutschtekes (Ticușu Vechi) was built in 1694 by the residents who lived in the ten farms of the village. The rhombus-shaped fortified church with its three to five meter high defensive walls has a three-storey defensive tower at each corner. In 1802 the church with its west tower was badly damaged by an earthquake and from 1823 to 1827 it was renovated in a late baroque style. Today the fortified church is a listed building.
  • The reformed church was built in the 15th century in the incorporated village of Cobor (Kiewern or Kiwern) ; destroyed by fire by the Tatars in 1658 and the rebuilt in 1802. The Gothic hall church has a coffered ceiling and a wooden organ gallery. The three-storey defense tower is also a bell tower. Today's fortified church is a listed building.

  • Steeple and

  • Defense wall of the fortified church in Deutsch-Tekes

  • Part of the fortified church in Cobor

Personalities

  • Fritz Keintzel-Schön (born August 31, 1904 in Klausenburg ; † July 9, 1971 here in Ticușu Vechi), teacher, linguist and folklorist

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ a b c d Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
  3. ↑ a b c d List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
  4. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Cobor at cimec.ro accessed on October 1, 2016 (Romanian)
  5. ↑ Ticuș at prefecturabrasov.ro accessed on October 1, 2016 (Romanian)
  6. ↑ Census, last updated November 1, 2008 (Hungarian; PDF; 525 kB)
  7. ↑ The fortified church in Ticușu Vechi from romanianresorts.ro accessed on October 1, 2016 (Romanian)
  8. ↑ Karl Putz, Viktor Morawitz: Hungary and Transylvania with details of all courts, district courts and municipalities, Vienna 1872
  9. ↑ Information on the church in Cobor from biserici.org accessed on October 1, 2016 (Romanian)
  10. ^ Hermann A. Hienz: Writer's Lexicon of the Transylvanian Germans. Böhlau, Cologne, Weimar, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-412-15200-5 .
  11. ↑ Sara Schenker: General report on Fritz Keintzel-Schön on February 15, 2008 at sevenbuerger.de, accessed on October 1, 2016
  12. ^ Regesta Imperii : Information on Fritz Keintzel-Schön