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Bogata Olteană
Hoghiz (german: Warmwasser; hu, HévÃz or ''OlthévÃz'') is a commune in BraÈ™ov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bogata Olteană (''Oltbogát''), Cuciulata (''Katscheloden''; ''Kucsuláta''), Dopca (''Dopich''; ''Datk''), Fântâna (''Olthidegkút''), Hoghiz and LupÈ™a (''Lupsa''). Geography The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the left bank of the Olt River. It is located in the northern part of the county, from the town of Rupea and from the county seat, BraÈ™ov. Demographics At the 2011 census, 68.4% of inhabitants were Romanians, 27.8% Hungarians and 3.6% Roma. At the 2002 census, 66.4% were Romanian Orthodox, 17.6% Unitarian, 8.4% Reformed, 3.1% Pentecostal and 2.8% Roman Catholic. Natives * Viorel Morariu (1931–2017), rugby union player * Aron Pumnul (1818–1866), philologist, teacher, and national and revolutionary activist Villages Cuciulata The village of Cuciulata was first attested in a document of 1372 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ungra
Ungra (German: ''Galt''; Hungarian: ''Ugra'') is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dăișoara (''Dahl''; ''Longodár'') and Ungra. Ungra is located in the northern part of the county, at 9 kilometers (5.6 mi) from Rupea and 62 kilometers (39 mi) from Brașov. It sits on the right bank on the river Olt, not far from where the Homorod and Dăișoara rivers flow into it. At the 2011 census, 88.4% of inhabitants were Romanians, 8.4% Roma, 1.7% Germans, and 1.5% Hungarians. In Ungra there is a medieval 13th century Transylvanian Saxon church and many old houses. See also *Castra of Hoghiz The castra of Hoghiz was a castra, fort in the Roman province of Roman Dacia, Dacia. The fort was built, in the 2nd century AD, on the left bank of the Olt River, at a place where a Dacians, Dacian settlement existing already in the 2nd ... References Communes in Brașov County Localities in Transylvania Romani commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unitarian Church Of Transylvania
The Unitarian Church of Transylvania ( hu, Erdélyi Unitárius Egyház; ro, Biserica Unitariană din Transilvania), also known as the Hungarian Unitarian Church ( hu, Magyar Unitárius Egyház; ro, Biserica Unitariană Maghiară), is a Christian church of the Unitarian tradition, based in the city of Cluj, Transylvania, Romania. Founded in 1568 in the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, it is the oldest continuing Unitarian denomination in the world. It has a majority- Hungarian following, and is one of the 18 religious denominations given official recognition by the Romanian state. The Transylvanian and Hungarian Unitarians represent the only branch of Unitarianism not to have adopted a congregationalist polity, and remains quasi- episcopal; the Irish Non-subscribing Presbyterian Church, a distinct body closely related to Unitarianism, has a presbyterian structure.Paul F. Bradshaw, ''The New SCM Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship'', SCM-Canterbury Press Ltd, London, 2002, p.460. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dacia
Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus roughly corresponds to the present-day countries of Romania, as well as parts of Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Ukraine. A Dacian Kingdom of variable size existed between 82 BC until the Roman conquest in AD 106, reaching its height under Burebista, King Burebista. As a result of the Trajan's Dacian Wars, two wars with Emperor Trajan, the population was dispersed and the central city, Sarmizegetusa Regia, was destroyed by the Romans, but was rebuilt by the latter to serve as the capital of the Roman Dacia, Roman province of Dacia. The Free Dacians, living the territory of modern-day Northern Romania disappeared with the start of the Migration Period. Nomenclature The Dacians are first mentioned in the writings of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perșani Mountains
The Perșani Mountains ( ro, Munții Perșani; hu, Persányi-hegység) is a mountain range in central Romania. The highest peak is , with an elevation of . Geologically, the Perșani Mountains are part of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three geographical groups (north, center, south), instead. The Romanian categorization includes the Perșani Mountains within the central Carpathians of Moldavia and Transylvania (''Munții Carpați Moldo-Transilvani''), which also comprise the Baraolt Mountains, the Bârgău Mountains, the Călimani Mountains, the Ciuc Mountains, the Gurghiu Mountains, and the Harghita Mountains. The main ridge runs in a north-south direction and has a length of . The Perșani Mountains consists mainly of basalt, shale, and flysch Flysch () is a sequence of sedimentary rock layers that progress from deep-water and turb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olt River
The Olt (Romanian and Hungarian; german: Alt; la, Aluta or ', tr, Oltu, grc, Ἄλυτος ''Alytos'') is a river in Romania. It is long, and its basin area is . It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its average discharge at the mouth is . Its source is in the Hășmaș Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near Bălan, rising close to the headwaters of the river Mureș. It flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Covasna, Brașov, Sibiu, Vâlcea and Olt. The river was known as ''Alutus'' or ''Aluta'' in Roman antiquity. Olt County and the historical province of Oltenia are named after the river. Sfântu Gheorghe, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina are the main cities on the river Olt. The Olt flows into the Danube river near Turnu Măgurele. Settlements The main cities along the river Olt are Miercurea Ciuc, Sfântu Gheorghe, Făgăraș, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina. The Olt passes through the following communes, from source to mouth: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuciulata Biserica 1
Hoghiz (german: Warmwasser; hu, HévÃz or ''OlthévÃz'') is a commune in BraÈ™ov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bogata Olteană (''Oltbogát''), Cuciulata (''Katscheloden''; ''Kucsuláta''), Dopca (''Dopich''; ''Datk''), Fântâna (''Olthidegkút''), Hoghiz and LupÈ™a (''Lupsa''). Geography The commune is situated on the Transylvanian Plateau, on the left bank of the Olt River. It is located in the northern part of the county, from the town of Rupea and from the county seat, BraÈ™ov. Demographics At the 2011 census, 68.4% of inhabitants were Romanians, 27.8% Hungarians and 3.6% Roma. At the 2002 census, 66.4% were Romanian Orthodox, 17.6% Unitarian, 8.4% Reformed, 3.1% Pentecostal and 2.8% Roman Catholic. Natives * Viorel Morariu (1931–2017), rugby union player * Aron Pumnul (1818–1866), philologist, teacher, and national and revolutionary activist Villages Cuciulata The village of Cuciulata was first attested in a document of 1372 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aron Pumnul
Aron Pumnul (27 November 1818 – 12 January O.S. (24 January N.S.) 1866) was a Romanian philologist and teacher as well as a national and revolutionary activist in Transylvania and later in Bukovina (then in the Habsburg monarchy). He was the subject of the poem "La mormîntul lui Aron Pumnul" ("At the Grave of Aron Pumnul") by Mihai Eminescu. In the field of linguistics, he supported the adoption of Latin alphabet instead of the Cyrillic alphabet, but he opposed direct loanwords from other Romance languages, promoting instead the Romanianization of the language, through the creation of words using Romanian roots (for instance ''vorbămînt'' for etymology and ''tîmplămînt'' for history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...) or importing Latin words by passing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viorel Morariu
Viorel Morariu (18 October 1931 – 23 May 2017) was a former Romanian rugby union flanker. He was one of the best Romanian rugby players of his generation. His son Octavian Morariu became president of the Romanian Rugby Federation (F.R.R). International career Morariu was a consistent member of the Romanian national team throughout the 1950s and 1960s and was a former captain of the team. Awards In 2012, he received the Vernon Pugh Award for Distinguished Service. Death Viorel Morariu died on 23 May 2017. See also * List of Romania national rugby union players References External links * Obituary of Viorel Morariu Romanian Rugby Federation The Romanian Rugby Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Rugby), abbreviated as FRR, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Romania. Romania currently comprises 24,610 players, 9,810 members of which are registered and 113 clubs i ... Romanian rugby union players 1931 births 2017 deaths Romania interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible Roman or Romans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Romans (band), a Japanese pop group * ''Roman'' (album), by Sound Horizon, 2006 * ''Roman'' (EP), by Teen Top, 2011 *" Roman (My Dear Boy)", a 2004 single by Morning Musume Film and television * Film Roman, an American animation studio * ''Roman'' (film), a 2006 American suspense-horror film * ''Romans'' (2013 film), an Indian Malayalam comedy film * ''Romans'' (2017 film), a British drama film * ''The Romans'' (''Doctor Who''), a serial in British TV series People *Roman (given name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters *Roman (surname), including a list of people named Roman or Romans *ῬωμΠ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentecostal Union Of Romania
The Pentecostal Union of Romania ( ro, Uniunea Penticostală din România) or the Apostolic Church of God ( ro, Biserica lui Dumnezeu Apostolică) is Romania's fourth-largest religious body and one of its eighteen officially recognised religious denominations. At the 2011 census, 367,938 Romanians (1.9% of the population) declared themselves to be Pentecostals.Comunicat de presă privind rezultatele provizorii ale Recensământului Populaţiei şi Locuinţelor – 2011 at the 2011 census official site; accessed October 28, 2012. Ethnically, as of 2002, they were 85.2% |
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