Aranyosszék
Aranyos seat ( hu, Aranyosszék; la, Sedes Aurata; ro, Scaunul Arieșului)Attila M. Szabó: Historical and Administrative Toponymy of Transylvania, the Banat and Partium. Miercurea-Ciuc, 2003, pp. II/1079-80. was the seat (territorial administrative unit) of the Transylvanian Székelys living in the Valley of the Arieș River (Hungarian: ''Aranyos''). The free Székely Guards were granted a part of the lands belonging to the king around the old Turda Castle (in ruins, today in the Moldovenești area), as a reward for the courage they showed in battles against the Tatars. Here they settled in 21 villages, in around 1270. This was the newest Székely Seat, because the other Székely territories (today: Székely Land) were populated earlier. The centre of the seat was a small market town (oppidum), Felvinc, now Unirea village. In the late 19th century, when the administrative system of the Kingdom of Hungary was reorganised, the Seat was united with Torda County and Torda-Aran ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Székely Land
The Székely Land or Szeklerland ( hu, Székelyföld, ; ro, Ținutul Secuiesc and sometimes ; german: Szeklerland; la, Terra Siculorum) is a historic and ethnographic area in Romania, inhabited mainly by Székelys, a subgroup of Hungarians. Its cultural centre is the city of Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely), the largest settlement in the region. Székelys (or Szeklers) live in the valleys and hills of the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, corresponding mostly to the present-day Harghita, Covasna, and parts of Mureș counties in Romania. Originally, the name ''Székely Land'' denoted the territories of a number of autonomous Székely seats within Transylvania. The self-governing Székely seats had their own administrative system, and existed as legal entities from medieval times until the 1870s. The privileges of the Székely and Saxon seats were abolished and seats were replaced with counties in 1876. Along with Transylvania and eastern parts of Hungary proper, the Széke ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Unirea, Alba
Unirea, previously ''Vințu de Sus'' ( hu, Felvinc, german: Oberwinz), is a commune located in the north-east of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Ciugudu de Jos (''Alfüged''), Ciugudu de Sus (''Felfüged''), Dumbrava (''Dombró''), Inoc (''Inakfalva''), Măhăceni (''Aranyosmohács'') and Unirea. Geography Unirea is located on the Mureș River, in the north-east corner of Alba County, approximately 50 km from the county capital, Alba Iulia, and 20 km from the town of Turda, on the Romanian National Road DN1. The commune is bordered by Cluj County in the north and west, the town of Ocna Mureș in the east, and the commune of Mirăslău in the south. History From the late 13th century until 1876 the centre of today's commune was the administrative centre of the Aranyosszék region of Transylvania. In 1876, when the administrative system of the Kingdom of Hungary was reorganised, it became part of Torda-Aranyos county. After the Un ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Székely Settlements
Following is a listThis list may not be complete because it only contains the settlements mentioned in Balázs Orbán: ''Székelyföld leírása'' (Description of Székely Land), 1868. The list also fails to cover those settlements that were originally part of the Székely Seats but gave up, or lost their freedom before the 19th century. of Székely Land, Székely settlements. The list contains the municipalities belonging to the Székelys, Székely Seat (territorial-administrative unit), Seats in the 19th century, before the administrative reform in Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary. The Seats were the traditional self-governing territorial units of the Transylvanian Székelys during medieval times. (Transylvanian Saxons, Saxons were also organised in Seats.) The Seats were not part of the Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), traditional Hungarian county system, and their inhabitants enjoyed a higher level of freedom (especially until the 18th century) than those living in the counties. Ara ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Seat (territorial-administrative Unit)
Seats ( la, sedes, hu, szék, german: stuhl, ro, scaun) were administrative divisions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. The seats were autonomous regions within the Kingdom, and were independent from the feudal county system. Their autonomy was granted in return for the military services they provided to the Hungarian Kings. The following divisions were at one point Székely seats: * Marosszék * Udvarhelyszék * Csíkszék * Gyergyószék * * Sepsiszék * Orbaiszék * Kézdiszék * Aranyosszék Seats were formed by the: * Székelys * Transylvanian Saxons * Cumans * Jassic people The Jász (''Latin'': Jazones) are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group who have lived in Hungary since the 13th century. They live mostly in a region known as ''Jászság'', which comprises the north-western part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county. ... * Ten Lance Bearers Most seats gave up their autonomous status and military traditions in late medieval times and paid tax instead. Medie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Torda-Aranyos
Torda-Aranyos was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (central Transylvania). The capital of the county was Torda (present-day Turda). Geography Torda-Aranyos county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Arad, Bihar, Kolozs, Maros-Torda, Kis-Küküllő, Alsó-Fehér and Hunyad. The rivers Mureș and Arieș flowed through the county. Its area was 3,514 km2 around 1910. History Torda-Aranyos county was formed in 1876, when the western part of the Torda County and the Székely seat of Aranyosszék (plus small parts of Alsó-Fehér County) were united. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties of Cluj (the north, including Turda), Alba (the south and west) and Mureș (the east). Demographics Subdivisions In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Torda-Aranyos county were: See also * Torda County Torda Co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moldovenești
Moldovenești (formerly ''Orfalău'' and ''Varfalău''; hu, Várfalva; german: Burgdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania, 12 km southwest of Turda, in the valley of the Arieș. History The oldest record about the ancient castle at the village is from 1075, calling the place ''Castrum Turda'' (the old Turda Castle). During the Tatar invasions of Hungary in the 13th Century, most of the area around the castle was ravaged. Later, the land was given to free Székelys who moved here from the Saschiz region and the territory became part of Aranyos Seat. Bădeni village has been the site of a crematorium since 2014. Florina Pop"Cum arată 'cuptorul morţii' din Cluj, cel mai modern crematoriu uman din estul Europei" ''Adevărul'', October 9, 2014 Etymology The commune was renamed ''Moldoveneşti'' in the interwar period, in honour of Ioan Micu Moldovan. The previous name, ''Varfalău'', is derived from ''Várfalva'', which means "village of the castle" in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mihai Viteazu, Cluj
Mihai Viteazu (archaic: ''Sânmihaiu''; hu, Szentmihály; german: Michelsdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cheia (''Mészkő''), Cornești (''Sinfalva''), and Mihai Viteazu. Mihai Viteazu village, which is named after the medieval ruler Michael the Brave (''Romanian'': Mihai Viteazu), was founded in 1925 by the merging of two villages, Sânmihaiu de Jos (''Alsószentmihály'') and Sânmihaiu de Sus (''Felsőszentmihály''). Those two, together with Cornești and Cheia, were first mentioned in documents in the 14th century, after the settlement of Székelys in the Aranyos Seat area. However, archaeologists unearthed traces of human dwellings from earlier periods, too. The commune covers an area of and has 5,423 inhabitants. The most interesting sight of the area is the Turda Gorge (''Cheile Turzii''). Demography At the 2002 census, 71.2% of the commune's inhabitants were Romanians, 27.4% Hungarians and 1.3% Roma. 66.6% ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Călărași, Cluj
Călărași ( hu, Harasztos; german: Wahldorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bogata (''Bogátpuszta''), Călărași and Călărași Gară (''Harasztosi vasútitelep''). Demographics According to the 2011 census, Romanians made up 64.4% of the population, Hungarians made up 32.6% and Roma made up 0.4%. 2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică
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Rimetea
Rimetea or Torockó (until 1925 ''Trascău''; hu, Torockó; german: Eisenmarkt) is a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ... located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Colțești (formerly ''Sângeorzul Trascăului''; ''Torockószentgyörgy''; ''Sankt Georgen'') and Rimetea. A former mining town, today it is known as the location of the Piatra Secuiului (Hungarian: ''Székelykő'', lit. "Rock of the Szeklers") mountain. As of 2011, Rimetea had a majority Székelys, Hungarian population, at 85%. The village has a strong cultural significance for Hungarians and Hungarians in Romania, Transylvanian-Hungarians, and is home to a Székelys, Szekler ethnographic museum. In 1999 the village was awarded the Europa Nostra award. Geogr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mirăslău
Mirăslău (german: Mireslau; hu, Miriszló) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,985 (2011). The commune is composed of six villages: Cicău (''Csákó''), Decea (''Marosdécse''), Lopadea Veche (''Oláhlapád''), Mirăslău, Ormeniș (''Marosörményes'') and Rachiș (''Oláhrákos''). The commune lies at the western edge of the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the Mureș River. It is situated in the northern part of Alba County, from the city of Aiud, on the border with Cluj County. National road DN1 leads south to Aiud, Teiuș, and the county seat, Alba Iulia, away, and north to Turda and Cluj-Napoca, at a distance of . The A10 motorway runs through Decea, parallel to DN1. The Mirăslău train station serves the CFR Line 300, which runs from Bucharest to Brașov, Teiuș, Cluj-Napoca, and on to the Hungarian border. Mirăslău is the site of a battle in 1600 between the Wallachian army led by Michael the Brave and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ocna Mureș
Ocna Mureș (; la, Salinae, hu, Marosújvár, german: Miereschhall) is a town in Alba County, Romania, located in the north-eastern corner of the county, near the Mureș River. The town is situated next to a large deposit of salt, mined in the past until the ceiling of the mines collapsed from water infiltration in 1978. Ocna Mureș has a chlorosodic products plant, a salt extraction plant and a spa which uses the salty water from the former mines. The town administers five villages: Cisteiu de Mureș (''Magyarcsesztve''), Micoșlaca (''Miklóslaka''), Războieni-Cetate (''Székelyföldvár''), Uioara de Jos (until 1960 ''Ciunga''; ''Csongva'') and Uioara de Sus (''Felsőmarosújvár''). Its former name is ''Uioara'', and was called ''Ocna Mureșului'' from 1925 to 1956. The spa is no longer running. The chemical plant in town was lastly purchased by an Indian company from a company based in Timișoara. Currently, the plant has ceased activity. The majority of high school stude ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |