Hida ( hu, Hidalmás; yi, הידאלמאש, translit=Hidalmash) is a

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located in

Sălaj County Sălaj County () (also known as ''Land of Silvania'', ''silva, -ae'' means "forest") is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, located in the north-west of the country, in the historical regions of Crișana and Transylvania. It is bordered to the nort ...

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. It is composed of eight villages: Baica (''Bányika''), Hida, Miluani (''Milvány''), Păduriș (''Tyikló''), Racâș (''Almásrákos''), Sânpetru Almașului (''Füzesszentpéter''), Stupini (''Füzes'') and Trestia (''Komlósújfalu'').

Miluani

The village of Miluani had 112 inhabitants in 2002 and is famous for its grain and sunflower production. The settlement was first mentioned in Hungarian documents in 1320 as ''Miluad''. From the 13th century the area was property of the Hungarian Zsombor clan. In the 14th century it was donated to the Elefánthy family. A

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church was built in the 16th century and a new one in 1920. Miluani is the filia of the

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parish of Chidea; traditionally its vicars were

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until 1897. Local Unitarians also belongs to Chidea. Miluani was also a center of the

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arch-deaconry

Miluani historically was part of

within the

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. It belonged to

Doboka County Doboka County was a county in 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 th ...

until 1876, when it was incorporated into

Kolozs Kolozs County 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 north-western Romania (north-western Transylvania). The capital ...

county. In 1920, after

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and the

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, the village, as part of Transylvania, was handed over to

. In 1940, by the

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, it was again annexed by Hungary. In 1944 ethnic Romanian rebels of Miluani burnt up the Hungarian Reformed Church's archive in Hida

The Jewish population of Hidalmás (26.0% in 1910) was deported to Auschwitz by the Hungarian government in May 1944. Among those who have resided in the village include

Sándor Kendi Sándor Kendi de Szarvaskend (''Kendy''; ? – 30 August 1594)Markó 2006, p. 113. was a Hungarian noble in the Principality of Transylvania, member of the Royal Council, who served as Governor of Transylvania for the underage voivode Sigi ...

, a Hungarian magnate and

József Nyírő József Nyírő (July 18, 1889 – October 16, 1953) was a Hungarian writer of popular short stories and novels; a politician associated with fascism who was accused of war crimes; and briefly a Catholic priest in Miluani. Biography Nyírő was ...

, a Hungarian writer and politician, and vicar in Miluani.

Natives

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Sights

* Wooden Church in Baica, built in the 17th century (1645), historic monument * Wooden Church in Hida, built in the 18th century (1717), historic monument * Wooden Church in Racâș, built in the 16th century (1558), historic monument * Wooden Church in Sânpetru Almașului, built in the 18th century (1795), historic monument * Orthodox Church in Miluani, built in the 16th century, historic monument * Hida, Manor Hatfaludy, built in the 20th century (1916), historic monument * Hida, Devil's Rock Nature reserve (Natural monument)welcometoromania.ro - Hida, Devil's Rock Natural reserve
retrieved on May 16, 2012 * Meadow with daffodils from Racâș-Hida, Natural reserve

External links

CIMEC – Établissements religieux en Roumanie

CIMEC – Établissements religieux en Roumanie

Kereső: Milvány

1877. évi I. törvénycikk

References

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