Vânători (Mureș)

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Vânători
devil
village Héjjasfalva
Vânători (Mureș) coat of arms
Vânători (Mureș) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Mureș
Coordinates : 46 ° 14 '  N , 24 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 14 '13 "  N , 24 ° 55' 33"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 377  m
Area : 111.73  km²
Residents : 3,901 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 35 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 547635
Telephone code : (+40) 02 65
License plate : MS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Vânători, Archita , Feleag , Mureni , Șoard
Mayor : Mircea-Augustin Felegean ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. Principală nr. 43
loc. Vânători, jud. Mureș, RO-547635
Website :

Vânători [ ˈwɨnətorʲ ] (outdated Haşfalău ; German  Devil's Village , Hungarian Héjjasfalva ) is a municipality in the Mureş County , in the Transylvania region in Romania .

The place Vânători is also known under the German names Diewaldsdorf and Truffelsdorf and the Hungarian Héjásfalva .

Geographical location

Location of the Vânători municipality in Mureș County

The municipality of Vânători is located in the Kokel Valley (Podișul Târnavelor) in the Transylvanian Basin . On the Târnava Mare (Great Kokel) , the national road DN13 - here part of the European route 60 - and the railway line Teiuș – Brașov , the place Vânători is 12 kilometers east of the city of Sighișoara (Schäßburg) and about 65 kilometers southeast of the district capital Târgu Mureș ( Neumarkt am Mieresch) away.

In Vânători, a railway line branches off to Odorheiu Secuiesc in Harghita County .

history

Village center in Archita

The place Vânători was first mentioned in 1297.

Settlement on the territory of the municipality is confirmed on the area of ​​the incorporated village of Archita (Arkeden) , called Dealului Cetății by the locals , back to the Late Bronze Age . A second settlement on the area of ​​the village is confirmed next to the railway bridge, but has not yet been assigned to an era. Numerous archaeological finds are also documented on the area of ​​the village Archita from different ages, from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age , the Hallstatt Age to the Roman Age . Also on the site of unincorporated village Mureni (Neuflaigen) a hatchet Early Bronze time, a sword and a garment needle was Latènezeit assigned.

In the Kingdom of Hungary , places of today's municipality belonged partly to Groß-Kokelburg County and some to Klein-Kokelburg County , then to the historical districts of Târnava-Mare and Odorhei , and from 1950 to today's Mureş district.

population

The population of the municipality of Vânători developed as follows:

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 3,536 1,547 964 639 386
1930 4,551 2,351 1,532 581 87
1977 4,104 2.212 1,230 285 377
1992 3,647 1,743 1.008 23 873
2002 3,760 1,755 980 9 1,016
2011 3,901 1,399 746 2 1,754

Since 1850, the highest number of inhabitants (4,588) was registered in the area of ​​today's municipality in 1941. The highest number of Romanians (2,374) was recorded in 1966, the Magyars (1,747) in 1910, the Roma (1,168) in 2011 and that of the Romanian Germans (667) in 1890.

Attractions

  • In the community center the rectory of the Reformed Church , built in the 19th century, is a listed building.
  • In the incorporated village of Archita (Arkeden) , the fortified church built in the 13th century and renovated in the 18th, is a listed building.
  • Monument to Zeyk Domokos (1816–1849), an officer who took his own life after the lost battle at Vânători between the Hungarian revolutionary army and the Habsburgs in the revolution of 1848 .
  • In the incorporated village of Mureni ( Neuflaigen or Sedresch ), the reformed church was built in 1731.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Arcanum Kézikönyvtár: Historical-administrative book of place names of Transylvania, Banat and Partium. Retrieved March 28, 2019 (Hungarian).
  3. ↑ a b Heinz Heltmann, Gustav Servatius (Ed.): Travel Guide Siebenbürgen . Kraft, Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-8083-2019-2 , p. 517 .
  4. ^ Institute Of Archeology - Archita , accessed March 31, 2019 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Institute Of Archeology - Mureni , accessed on March 31, 2019 (Romanian).
  6. ↑ Censuses 1850–2002, last updated November 2, 2008 (PDF; 1 MB; Hungarian).
  7. ↑ a b List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2015 (PDF; 12.7 MB; Romanian).
  8. ↑ 1st picture of the Zeyk Domokos monument ; and 2nd picture
  9. ↑ Information on the Reformed Church in Mureni at biserici.org, accessed on March 31, 2019 (Romanian).