Tileagd ( hu, Mezőtelegd) is a commune located in

Bihor County Bihor County () is a county ( județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea. Toponymy The origin of ...

Crișana Crișana ( hu, Körösvidék, german: Kreischgebiet) is a geographical and historical region in north-western Romania, named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Roma ...

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. It is composed of six villages: Bălaia (''Kabaláspatak''), Călătani (''Kalotaitanya''), Poșoloaca (''Pósalaka''), Tileagd, Tilecuș (''Telkesd'') and Uileacu de Criș (''Pusztaújlak'').

Geography

It is on the picturesque road between

Oradea Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...

and

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

, 23 kilometres from Oradea. The closest town to Tileagd is

Aleșd Aleșd (; , sk, Alešď) is a town in Bihor County, western Romania. It administers three villages: Pădurea Neagră (''Feketeerdő''), Peștiș (''Sólyomkőpestes''), and Tinăud (''Tinód''). Geography The town is located in the east of the c ...

, 12 km away. Tileagd is served by three CFR trains daily from Oradea, which continue to Aleșd,

Huedin Huedin ( hu, Bánffyhunyad, ; german: Heynod; yi, הוניוד or הוניאד) is a town in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. Huedin is located at the northern edge of the Apuseni Mountains. It is surrounded by the villages of Nearșova, Dom ...

and Cluj-Napoca.

Etymology

Its Hungarian name originates in the word telek which means ''"plot"'' in English with a ''"d"'' affixture. The first written record about the village was made in a warrant of 1294's copy of 1572 under the name Thelegd and then its name emerged in 1773 as Mező-Telegd.

History

At the beginning of the 13th century, a group of

Székelys The Székelys (, Székely runes: 𐳥𐳋𐳓𐳉𐳗), also referred to as Szeklers,; ro, secui; german: Szekler; la, Siculi; sr, Секељи, Sekelji; sk, Sikuli are a Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania. ...

lived in the area, having moved from Udvarhelyszék. They were called 'Székelys of Telegd' and the first name of

Székelyudvarhely Odorheiu Secuiesc (; hu, Székelyudvarhely, ; german: Odorhellen) is the second largest municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. In its short form, it is also known as ''Odorhei'' in Romanian and ''Udvarhely'' in Hungarian. The Hun ...

which is the centre Telegd, the area they moved into. In 1291, the founder of the Thelegdy family moved to here. In 1688, at the edge of the village,

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army was defeated by general Heissler. With the building of the railway line, animal and food businesses started thriving in 1870. Later many new industrial, financial and other institutions were founded; for example, the first bank ''"Mezőtelegd vidéki Takarékpénztár Rt"'' in 1890; and an oil refinery and its associated a works were built at the beginning of the 20th century.

Population

* In 1828, it had a population of 1575. * In 1900, it had a population of 2508. These included 2034 Hungarians, 424

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s, 24

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s, 13 Slovaks and 13

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s. * In 2002, it had a population of 3960. These included 2374

s, 1016 Hungarians, 523

s and 40 Slovaks.

Notable residents

* The bishop of

Nagyszombat Trnava (, german: Tyrnau; hu, Nagyszombat, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, to the northeast of Bratislava, on the Trnávka river. It is the capital of a ''kraj'' (Trnava Region) and of an '' okres'' (Trnav ...

and the archbishop of

Esztergom Esztergom ( ; german: Gran; la, Solva or ; sk, Ostrihom, known by alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the right bank of the river Danu ...

, Miklós Telegdi, was born here. * The wife of

Stephen Bocskay Stephen Bocskai or Bocskay ( hu, Bocskai István; 1 January 155729 December 1606) was Prince of Transylvania and Hungary from 1605 to 1606. He was born to a Hungarian noble family. His father's estates were located in the eastern regions of th ...

, Kata Hagymássy, died here.

References

Communes in Bihor County Localities in Crișana {{Bihor-geo-stub