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List Of Székely Settlements
Following is a listThis list may not be complete because it only contains the settlements mentioned in Balázs Orbán: ''Székelyföld leírása'' (Description of Székely Land), 1868. The list also fails to cover those settlements that were originally part of the Székely Seats but gave up, or lost their freedom before the 19th century. of Székely settlements. The list contains the municipalities belonging to the Székely Seats in the 19th century, before the administrative reform in Hungary. The Seats were the traditional self-governing territorial units of the Transylvanian 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. ... during medieval times. ( Saxons were also organised in Seats.) The Seats were not part of the traditional Hungarian county system, and their in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balázs Orbán
Balázs Orbán, Baron of Lengyelfalva (3 February 1829 – 19 April 1890) was a Hungarian author, ethnographic collector, parliamentarian, correspondent member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1887). Life He was born at Lengyelfalva, near Székelyudvarhely, Principality of Transylvania (today Polonița, Romania), into an old Székely family from Udvarhelyszék. His father, János Orbán, Baron of Lengyelfalva (1779-1871) was a parliamentarian, who during the French wars was an army officer; his mother was Eugénia Knechtel (1810-1883). According to Balázs Orbán's memoir, he was a descendant of a family half Upper Hungarian, half Italian (or Greek) from Istanbul. The Baron title was given by Maria Theresa to the great-grandfather of Balázs Orbán, Elek Orbán von Lengyelfalva on the 13th of November 1744. He completed his schooling in Székelyudvarhely, first to a catholic then to a reformed grammar school as he could learn ancient Greek, Math, and History there, but h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moldovenești
Moldovenești (formerly ''Orfalău'' and ''Varfalău''; hu, Várfalva; german: Burgdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania, 12 km southwest of Turda, in the valley of the Arieș. History The oldest record about the ancient castle at the village is from 1075, calling the place ''Castrum Turda'' (the old Turda Castle). During the Tatar invasions of Hungary in the 13th Century, most of the area around the castle was ravaged. Later, the land was given to free Székelys who moved here from the Saschiz region and the territory became part of Aranyos Seat. Bădeni village has been the site of a crematorium since 2014. Florina Pop"Cum arată 'cuptorul morţii' din Cluj, cel mai modern crematoriu uman din estul Europei" ''Adevărul'', October 9, 2014 Etymology The commune was renamed ''Moldoveneşti'' in the interwar period, in honour of Ioan Micu Moldovan. The previous name, ''Varfalău'', is derived from ''Várfalva'', which means "village of the castle" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ormeniș
Ormeniș (german: Ermesch; hu, Ürmös) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Ormeniș. It also included Augustin village until 2005, when that village was split off to form a separate commune. The commune is located in the northeastern part of the county, north of the county seat, Brașov. It sits on the left bank of the Olt River, which forms the border with Covasna County to the east and to the north. It neighbors Apața commune to the south and Racoș commune to the west. The Ormeniș train station serves Line 300 of the CFR network, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea. At the 2011 census, 43.3% of inhabitants were Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a ..., 39.3% Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inoc
Unirea, previously ''Vințu de Sus'' ( hu, Felvinc, german: Oberwinz), is a commune located in the north-east of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Ciugudu de Jos (''Alfüged''), Ciugudu de Sus (''Felfüged''), Dumbrava (''Dombró''), Inoc (''Inakfalva''), Măhăceni (''Aranyosmohács'') and Unirea. Geography Unirea is located on the Mureș River, in the north-east corner of Alba County, approximately 50 km from the county capital, Alba Iulia, and 20 km from the town of Turda, on the Romanian National Road DN1. The commune is bordered by Cluj County in the north and west, the town of Ocna Mureș in the east, and the commune of Mirăslău in the south. History From the late 13th century until 1876 the centre of today's commune was the administrative centre of the Aranyosszék region of Transylvania. In 1876, when the administrative system of the Kingdom of Hungary was reorganised, it became part of Torda-Aranyos county. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Călărași, Cluj
Călărași ( hu, Harasztos; german: Wahldorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bogata (''Bogátpuszta''), Călărași and Călărași Gară (''Harasztosi vasútitelep''). Demographics According to the 2011 census, Romanians made up 64.4% of the population, Hungarians in Romania, Hungarians made up 32.6% and Roma minority in Romania, Roma made up 0.4%. 2011 census results, National Institute of Statistics (Romania), Institutul Național de Statistică, accessed 17 February 2020. References Communes in Cluj County Localities in Transylvania {{ClujCounty-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felsőszentmihály
Mihai Viteazu (archaic: ''Sânmihaiu''; hu, Szentmihály; german: Michelsdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cheia (''Mészkő''), Cornești (''Sinfalva''), and Mihai Viteazu. Mihai Viteazu village, which is named after the medieval ruler Michael the Brave (''Romanian'': Mihai Viteazu), was founded in 1925 by the merging of two villages, Sânmihaiu de Jos (''Alsószentmihály'') and Sânmihaiu de Sus (''Felsőszentmihály''). Those two, together with Cornești and Cheia, were first mentioned in documents in the 14th century, after the settlement of Székelys in the Aranyos Seat area. However, archaeologists unearthed traces of human dwellings from earlier periods, too. The commune covers an area of and has 5,423 inhabitants. The most interesting sight of the area is the Turda Gorge (''Cheile Turzii''). Demography At the 2002 census, 71.2% of the commune's inhabitants were Romanians, 27.4% Hungarians and 1.3% Roma. 66.6% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
