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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
References
Communes in Hunedoara County
Localities in Transylvania
Mining communities in Romania
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