Vurpăr

Vurpăr Vurpód Castle Hill
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Transylvania
Circle :	Sibiu
Coordinates :	45 ° 54 '  N , 24 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 53 '48 "  N , 24 ° 20' 36"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	475  m
Area :	70.42  km²
Residents :	2,557 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	557295
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 69
License plate :	SB
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Michael Lienerth ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Principală, no. 455 loc. Vurpăr, jud. Sibiu, RO-557295
Website :	www.vurpar.ro

Vurpăr ( German  Burgberg , Hungarian Vurpód ) is a place in Sibiu County in Transylvania , Romania .

history

Vurpăr was originally a Transylvanian-Saxon village. According to the 1930 census, the settlement had 2,399 inhabitants, including 1,204 Romanians , 961 Germans , 218 Roma , nine Jews , six Hungarians, etc., according to denominations: 950 Lutheran, 779 Romanian Orthodox and 646 Greek Catholic Christians and nine Jews, eight Baptists, four Roman Catholics, and three Reformed.

Infrastructure

From 1910 to the 1990s, Vurpăr had its own train station. The station was the terminus of a branch line of the " Wusch ", a narrow-gauge railway . The line to Vurpăr branched off in Cornățel ( Harbachsdorf ) from the Sibiu - Agnita line .

Attractions

• The Protestant fortified church , built in the 13th century, renovated in the 16th century.

Web links

• Vurpăr at ghidulprimariilor.ro
• Burgberg at sevenbuerger.de
• Web presentation of Vurpărs at vurpar.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ↑ The Church in Vurpăr at biserici.org, accessed on September 3, 2012 (Romanian)