Țara Hațegului ("Hațeg Land"; german: Wallenthal, hu, Hátszegvidék, la, terra Harszoc) is a historical and ethnographical area in

Hunedoara County Hunedoara County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian, it is known as , in German as , and in Slovak as ...

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, S ...

, in the south-western corner of

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

. It is centered in the town of

Hațeg Hațeg (; german: Wallenthal; hu, Hátszeg) is a town in Hunedoara County, Romania with a population of 9,340. Three villages are administered by the town: Nălațvad (''Nalácvád''), Silvașu de Jos (''Alsószilvás''), and Silvașu de Sus ( ...

Țara Hațegului is located in the Depression of Hațeg. Here there are: the site of

Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa Colonia Ulpia Traiana Augusta Dacica Sarmizegetusa was the capital and the largest city of Roman Dacia, later named ''Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa'' after the former Dacian capital, located some 40 km away. Built on the ground of a camp of t ...

(the capital of the

Roman Dacia Roman Dacia ( ; also known as Dacia Traiana, ; or Dacia Felix, 'Fertile/Happy Dacia') was a province of the Roman Empire from 106 to 271–275 AD. Its territory consisted of what are now the regions of Oltenia, Transylvania and Banat (today ...

, established in the 2nd century A.D.), the

Densuș Church The Densuș Church (also known as St Nicholas' Church) in the village of Densuș, Hunedoara County is the oldest stone church in Romania. It was built in its present form in the 13th century on the site of a 2nd-century Roman temple, with som ...

and palaeontological remains (see

Hațeg Island Hațeg Island was a large offshore island in the Tethys Sea which existed during the Late Cretaceous period, probably from the Cenomanian to the Maastrichtian ages. It was situated in an area corresponding to the region around modern-day Hațeg, H ...

and

Hatzegopteryx ''Hatzegopteryx'' ("Hațeg basin wing") is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur found in the late Maastrichtian deposits of the Densuş Ciula Formation, an outcropping in Transylvania, Romania. It is known only from the type species, ''Hatzegopteryx ...

). Under the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

, the Hátszeg District was part of

Hunyad County Hunyad (today mainly Hunedoara) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary, of the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and of the Principality of Transylvania. Its territory is now in Romania in Transylvania. The capital of the co ...

. The region is composed of one town and ten communes:

Baru ''Baru'' is an extinct genus of Australian mekosuchine crocodilian. It was semi-aquatic, around 4 m (13 ft) in length. Being semi-aquatic its habitat was around fresh pools of water in wet forests, ambushing their prey, much like moder ...

, Densuș,

General Berthelot General Berthelot (''Fărcădinul de Jos'' until 1923, ''Berthelot'' between 1923 and 1964, ''Unirea'' between 1965 and 2001; hu, Alsófarkadin; german: Unterwolfsdorf) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of fiv ...

Pui Pui ( hu, Puj, german: Hühnendorf) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of twelve villages: Băiești (''Bajesd''), Federi (''Fégyér''), Fizești (''Füzesd''), Galați (''Galac''), Hobița (''Hobica''), Oha ...

, Răchitova,

Râu de Mori Râu de Mori ( hu, Malomvíz, german: Mühlendorf) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeas ...

, Sarmizegetusa,

Sălașu de Sus Sălașu de Sus ( hu, Felsőszálláspatak, german: Ober-Bachdorf) is a Commune in Romania, commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eleven villages: Coroiești (''Korojesd''), Mălăiești (''Malajesd''), Nucșoara ('' ...

Sântămăria-Orlea Sântămăria-Orlea ( hu, Őraljaboldogfalva, german: Liebfrauen) is a Communes of Romania, commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Balomir (''Balomir''), Bărăștii Hațegului (''Baresd''), Bucium-Orle ...

and

Totești Totești ( hu, Totesd) is a Commune in Romania, commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cârnești, Copaci, Păclișa (''Poklisa''), Reea (''Rea'') and Totești. Gallery File:PăclișaHD (10).JPG, Pog ...

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* http://www.visithateg.com/ Historical regions of Transylvania {{Romania-geo-stub