Odorheiu Secuiesc
Odorheiu Secuiesc Oderhellen Székelyudvarhely |
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Romania | |||
Historical region : | Transylvania | |||
Circle : | Harghita | |||
Coordinates : | 46 ° 19 ′ N , 25 ° 18 ′ E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Height : | 390 m | |||
Area : | 47.79 km² | |||
Residents : | 34,257 (October 20, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 717 inhabitants per km² | |||
Postal code : | 535600 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 66 | |||
License plate : | MR | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2016) | ||||
Community type : | Municipality | |||
Mayor : | Arpád Gálfi ( MPP - EMNP ) | |||
Postal address : | Piața Primăriei, no. 5 loc. Odorheiu Secuiesc, jud. Harghita, RO-535600 |
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Odorheiu Secuiesc ( Romanian colloquial Odorhei ; German Oderhellen , Hungarian Székelyudvarhely ) is a town in the Harghita district in Transylvania , Romania .
In dialectical variants the city is sometimes called Odderhallen or Hofmarkt .
Geographical location
Odorheiu Secuiesc lies east of the Transylvanian Basin , in the western foothills of the Harghita Mountains ( Munții Harghita ), a mountain range of the Eastern Carpathians . At the mouth of the Sărat stream in the upper reaches of the Târnava Mare , the Vânători – Odorheiu Secuiesc railway and the Drum național 13A , the city is located about 50 kilometers southwest of the district capital Miercurea Ciuc ( Szeklerburg ).
history
Odorheiu Secuiesc is the cultural center of the Szeklerland . The city was first mentioned in a document in a papal register in 1330, but the area has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Udvarhely Castle ("Hofstelle") has been the center of the Szekler in the west of the Harghita Mountains since the 13th century .
In August 2005 Odorheu Secuiesc and some surrounding villages were hit by severe flooding.
Demographics
census | Ethnicity | |||||||
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year | Residents | Romanians | Hungary | German | Other | |||
1850 | 4,789 | 117 | 4,355 | 71 | 246 | |||
1920 | 11,554 | 211 | 11,015 | 154 | 174 | |||
1941 | 13,550 | 52 | 13,311 | 130 | 57 | |||
1977 | 28,738 | 866 | 27,688 | 47 | 137 | |||
1992 | 39,959 | 837 | 38,937 | 39 | 146 | |||
2002 | 36,948 | 1,077 | 35,357 | 25th | 489 | |||
2011 | 34,257 | 861 | 31,665 | 9 | 1,722 (509 Roma ) |
Attractions
- The Jesus Chapel does not date from the 13th century, as assumed, but from the 16th century. It is a quatrefoil church, a rare monument of Romanesque style in Transylvania and is a listed building.
- Haáz Rezsõ Museum
- Scientific library , the foundations could be laid with book donations from Prince Apafi Mihály and his chancellor, the school founder Bethlen János .
- Numerous buildings in Bethlen Gábor , Cetății , Kossuth Lajos and Tompa László streets are listed as historical monuments.
Sports
The HC Odorheiu Secuiesc plays in the first Romanian handball league since of 2007.
Twin cities
Odorheiu Secuiesc has partnerships with the Serbian city of Subotica , the Slovak town of Dunajska Streda , and the Hungarian towns of Barcs , Békéscsaba , Cegléd , Hajdúdorog , Keszthely , Tatabánya , Tihany , Törökbálint , Vác and the Budapest districts Budavár and Soroksár .
Personalities
- Péter Eötvös (* 1944), Hungarian composer and conductor
- Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth (* 1978), German table tennis player
- Endre Rajk (1899–1960), Hungarian fascist politician
- László Rajk (1909–1949), Hungarian communist politician
See also
Web links
- Oderhellen at sevenbuerger.de
- Odorheiu Secuiesc at ghidulprimariilor.ro
- Tourist information about the city
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen. Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 .
- ↑ E. Varga: Statistics of the population by ethnic group in Harghita County according to censuses from 1850–2002 (Hungarian; PDF; 675 kB)
- ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
- ↑ Information on town twinning on the Odorheis website ( memento of the original from November 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.