Săpânța (; hu, Szaplonca or ''Szaploncza'';
Slovak: ''Sapunka'';
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
: ספינקא or ''Spinka'' or ''Shpinka'') is a commune in
Maramureș County
Maramureș County () is a county (județ)
in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ ...
,
Maramureș
Maramureș or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpath ...
,
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 ...
, northwest of
Sighetu Marmației
Sighetu Marmației (, also spelled ''Sighetul Marmației''; german: Marmaroschsiget or ''Siget''; hu, Máramarossziget, ; uk, Сигіт, Syhit; yi, סיגעט, Siget), until 1960 Sighet, is a city (Municipalities of Romania, municipality) in ...
and just south of the river
Tisza
The Tisza, Tysa or Tisa, is one of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe. Once, it was called "the most Hungarian river" because it flowed entirely within the Kingdom of Hungary. Today, it crosses several national borders.
The Tisza be ...
. It is composed of a single village, Săpânța.
It is known for its "
Merry Cemetery
The Merry Cemetery ( ro, Cimitirul Vesel ) is a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureş county, Romania. It is famous for its brightly coloured tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the people ...
" and was the original home of the
Spinka dynasty of
Hasidic
Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...
Rebbes.
Gallery
File:Săpânța Panorama.JPG, View of the village
File:1479285 6008ana324466yutyu6rtu56uy5ey64e556404 84515328 n-2.jpg, Merry Cemetery
The Merry Cemetery ( ro, Cimitirul Vesel ) is a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureş county, Romania. It is famous for its brightly coloured tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the people ...
, unique in Europe
File:Mănăstirea Săpânța.jpg, Săpânța Peri monastery church, the tallest wooden church in the world
File:Szaplonca2FotoThalerTamas416.JPG, Jewish cemetery
References
External links
Photos of Săpânța* More abou
Maramureș and the Merry Cemetery*
ttp://i-love-romania.blogspot.com/2009/04/sapanta-peri-monastery.html Photos of Săpânța-Peri MonasterySăpânța - o destinatie surpriză
Communes in Maramureș County
Localities in Romanian Maramureș
Shtetls
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