Baia de Criș (german: Altenburg; hu, Körösbánya) is a commune in

Hunedoara County Hunedoara County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian, it is known as , in German as , and in Slovak ...

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 the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

, close to the small town of Brad. It is composed of nine villages: Baia de Criș, Baldovin (''Báldovin''), Căraci (''Karács''), Cărăstău (''Karasztó''), Lunca (''Lunka''), Rișca (''Riska''), Rișculița (''Riskulica''), Țebea (''Cebe'') and Văleni. The village of Țebea is where the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan started in 1784, and marks the death place and burial site of

Avram Iancu Avram Iancu (; hu, Janku Ábrahám; 1824 – September 10, 1872) was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Țara Mo ...

. Image:BaiaDeCrisHD_(47).JPG, Franciscan monastery of Baia de Criș, founded in the 14th century Image:Baia_de_Cris_3.jpg, Baia de Criș Image:Baia_de_Cris_4.jpg, Baia de Criș Image:Baia_de_Cris_5.jpg, Baia de Criș Image:Baia_de_Cris_6.jpg, Baia de Criș Image:Baia_de_Cris_8.jpg, Baia de Criș Image:Baia_de_Cris_11.jpg, Baia de Criș File:Tebea 3.jpg, Țebea File:Tebea 4.jpg, Țebea File:Tebea 5.jpg, Țebea File:Tebea 7.jpg, Țebea File:RO HD Caraci 70.jpg, Căraci File:Risca 3.jpg, Rișca File:Risca 4.jpg, Rișca File:Valeni 1.jpg, Văleni

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Communes in Hunedoara County Localities in Transylvania Mining communities in Romania {{Hunedoara-geo-stub