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Vízakna
Ocna Sibiului (; ) is a town in the centre of Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, central Romania, to the north-west of the county seat, Sibiu. The town administers a single village, Topârcea (''Tschapertsch''; ''Toporcsa''). Demographics At the 2011 census, the town had 3,372 inhabitants, of which 89.4% were Romanians and 9.7% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, Ocna Sibiului had a population of 3,434; of those, 77.34% were Romanians, 6.61% Hungarians, and 2.82% Roma. Natives * Júlia Bányai (1824 – 1883), freedom fighter in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 * Nicolae Cristea (1834 – 1902), Orthodox priest, professor, journalist, and political activist * Ierusalima Gligor (1929 – 2021), nun, stavrophore, and hegumen * Emil Hossu (1941 – 2012), actor * (1908 – 1982), jurist and communist politician See also * Castra of Ocna Sibiului * Lacul Auster * Ocna Sibiului mine References Image gallery Image:RO SB Ocna Sibiului calvinist church 1.jpg, Fortified ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Júlia Bányai
Júlia Bányai (1824 – November 1, 1883), was a female freedom fighter from Transylvania who dressed as a man (using the name Gyula Sárossy) who fought in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and other conflicts that followed. Biography Bányai was born in 1824 to a poor salt miner in the town of Vízakna (now Ocna Sibiului) in Transylvania (today part of Romania) and became an equestrian in the circus. She married the lawyer and human rights activist Gyula Sárossy, but he died a few months after the wedding from an illness. Military years In 1848, Bányai dressed in a man's uniform and enlisted in the Hungarian forces using her late husband's papers as well as his name Gyula Sárossy. Soon she was moved to Nagyvárad (now Oradea), stationed with the 27th Battalion and was later promoted to sergeant. With several fellow soldiers, she helped capture 12 wagons of food in Zalatna (Zlatna), that was supposed to replenish the Austrians’ food supply. For this feat she received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibiu County
Sibiu County () is a county () of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat () is the namesake town of Sibiu (). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Hermannstadt''. Under the Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Szeben County, ) was created in 1876. Demographics At the 2021 census, Sibiu county had a population of 388.326 residents and a population density of 71.48/sq.km(27,59sq.mi) At the 2011 Romanian census, 2011 census, the county has the following population indices: * Romanians – 91.25% (or 340,836) * Romani people in Romania, Romani – 4.76% (or 17,901) * Hungarians in Romania, Hungarians – 2.89% (or 10,893) * Germans of Romania, Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) – 1.09% (or 4,117) * Minorities of Romania, Other – 0.1% (or 640) At the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, the county has the following population indices: * Romanians – 93.36% (or 313,118) * Romani people in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ierusalima Gligor
Ierusalima Gligor, also known as Ierusalima of Tismana, (7 June 1929, in Ocna Sibiului – 21 April 2021, at the Tismana Monastery) was a Romanian nun, stavrophore and hegumen, described as "the pillar of the Tismana Monastery in hard times, in the old days of communism", known beyond Romania as "a model of modesty and wisdom and skill in monastic matters". She served as the hegumen of the monastery for 51 years, from 26 December 1958 to 21 May 2010. Biography Gligor was born in Ocna Sibiului on 7 June 1929. She chose the monastic life at the age of 17, in 1946, initially as a novice either at the Bistrița Monastery or the Horezu Monastery. Starting in 1951, she joined the Tismana Monastery with a group of nuns. She ultimately became a stavrophore. On 26 December 1958, following the arrest of the previous abbess under false charges brought by the Romanian People's Republic, she was elected as the monastery's hegumen. During the communist era, under the leadership of Gligo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spa Towns In Romania
A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to prehistoric times. Spa towns, spa resorts, and day spas are popular worldwide, but are especially widespread in Europe and Japan. Etymology The term is derived from the town of Spa, Belgium, whose name in Roman times was ''Aquae Spadanae''. The term is sometimes incorrectly attributed to the Latin word ''spargere'', meaning to scatter, sprinkle, or moisten. During the medieval era, illnesses caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking chalybeate. In 1326, ironmaster Collin le Loup discovered the treatment. The water was sourced from a spring called ''Espa'', the Walloon word for "fountain".Medical Hydrology, Sidney Licht, Sidney Herman Licht, Herman L. Kamenetz, E. Licht, 196Google Books/ref> In 16th-century England, the old Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Localities In Transylvania
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Populated Places In Sibiu County
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, Race (human categorization), race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of Sexual reproduction, interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages With Fortified Churches In Transylvania
The Transylvania region of Romania has one of the highest concentrations of existing fortified churches from the 13th to 16th centuries. It has more than 150 well preserved fortified churches of a great variety of architectural styles (out of an original 300 fortified churches). Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania are seven villages (six Transylvanian Saxons, Saxon and one Székelys, Székely) founded by the Transylvanian Saxons. They are dominated by fortified churches and characterized by a specific settlement pattern that has been preserved since the Late Middle Ages.Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania. UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992-2010 The list The seven villages listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site: ...
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Ocna Sibiului Mine
The Ocna Sibiului mine is a large salt mining, salt mine located in central Romania, in Sibiu County, close to Ocna Sibiului. The mine represents one of the largest salt reserves in Romania, having estimated reserves of 61 billion tonnes of Sodium chloride, NaCl. Lakes of the salt mine * Lacul Auster * Lake Brâncoveanu * Lake Gura Minei * Lake Rândunica * Lacul Negru (Ocna Sibiului), Lacul Negru * Lacul cu Nămol * Lake Horea * Lake Cloșca * Lake Crișan * Lake Mâţelor * Lacul Fără Fund (Ocna Sibiului), Lacul Fără Fund * Lacul Verde (Ocna Sibiului), Lacul Verde (Freshwater lake) * Lake Pânzelor * Lacul Vrăjitoarelor (Freshwater lake) * Lake Avram Iancu-Ocnița * Lake Mihai Viteazul References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ocna Sibiului Mine Salt mines in Romania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacul Auster
Lacul Auster (Romanian for ''the austere lake'') is a natural salt lake in the town of Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is one of the many lakes of the Ocna Sibiului mine, a large salt mine which has one of the largest salt reserves in Romania. In the middle of the lake, an islet has been formed. The islet makes the lake unique among the other lakes of the mine. Name In Romanian, the word ''auster'' means austere. The lake is nicknamed ''Lacul cu insula'' (lit. ''the Lake with the Island'') because of its island, which makes it unique among the salt mine's lakes. Previously, the lake had the nickname ''Lacul Roșu'' (the Red Lake) due to its reddish color. History Lacul Auster was formed on the site of an old non-documented saltworks. In 1922, its water level was much higher than at present, and it was lowered by artificial drainage because it was believed that its waters flooded the Ignaţiu salt mine, which was in operation. Information *Surfac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castra Of Ocna Sibiului
The castra of Ocna Sibiului was a fort in the Roman province of Dacia. The fort was built and abandoned in the 2nd century AD. Its ruins were unearthed on the Topârcii Hill in Ocna Sibiului (Romania). See also *List of castra Castra (Latin, singular castrum) were military forts of various sizes used by the Roman army throughout the Empire in Europe, Asia and Africa. The largest castra were permanent legionary fortresses. Locations The disposition of the castra refl ... Notes External linksRoman castra from Romania - Google MapsEarth Roman auxiliary forts in Romania Ancient history of Transylvania Historic monuments in Sibiu County {{Dacia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Hossu
Emil Hossu (; 24 November 1941 – 25 January 2012) was a Romanian actor. Hossu was born into a Greek-Catholic family in Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County and grew up in Cluj. Since his father was a diplomat during the time of Ion Antonescu, his whole family was deported on August 23, 1945 to a camp in Germany; after a year and three months, they escaped and returned to Romania. In 1948, his father was sent by the Communist authorities to forced labor at the Danube–Black Sea Canal, from where he returned after 6 months, only to die from cancer. After completing Cantemir Vodă High School in Bucharest, Hossu studied at the Institute of Theatre and Film Arts, which he graduated in 1965. With his first wife, violinist Anca Hossu, he had a son, Dan. He was a well-known actor of stage and screen in the 1980s and 1990s, having performed in over 50 movies and stage productions. In 2002, he was awarded the National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank. At the time of his death, on 25 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolae Cristea (priest)
Nicolae Cristea ( – February 7, 1902) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Romanians, ethnic Romanian Romanian Orthodox Church, Orthodox priest, professor, journalist and political activist. A protégé of Andrei Șaguna, he studied in Germany before returning to edit the church's newspaper for nearly two decades, a period during which he also taught at the theological seminary in Sibiu. He was politically active, a stance that culminated in the early 1890s with his signing of the Transylvanian Memorandum and subsequent imprisonment. Biography Origins and education Born to peasant parents in Ocna Sibiului, in the Transylvania region, he began primary school in his native village before continuing at a Roman Catholic school in nearby Sibiu. He attended the Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Sibiu), state high school there, also Catholic in orientation: from 1848 to 1850, his courses were in Latin, and then in German until graduation. In 1857, he became a student at the city's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
