Lechința (german: Lechnitz; hu, Szászlekence) is a commune in
Bistrița-Năsăud County,
Transylvania,
Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bungard, Chiraleș, Lechința, Sângeorzu Nou, Sâniacob, Țigău, and Vermeș.
Geography
The commune is situated on the
Transylvanian Plateau, in the
Nösnerland, a historic region of northeastern Transylvania. It lies on the banks of the
Lechința River.
Lechința is located in the southern part of Bistrița-Năsăud County, from the county seat,
Bistrița and from
Beclean. It is crossed by
county roads DJ151 and DJ172E.
History
The
Battle of Kerlés occurred in Chiraleș village in 1068; an army of
Pechenegs and
Ouzes commanded by Osul was defeated by the troops of King
Solomon of Hungary and his cousins, Dukes
Géza and
Ladislaus
Ladislaus ( or according to the case) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin.
It may refer to:
* Ladislaus of Hungary (disambiguation)
* Ladislaus I (disambiguation)
* Ladislaus II (disambiguation)
* Ladislaus III (disambiguation)
* Ladi ...
.
Demography
At the 2011 census, 72% of inhabitants were
Romanians, 19.2%
Roma, 8.4%
Hungarians, and 0.2%
Germans.
Notable residents
*
Ionuț Hlinca
Ionuț Cristian Hlinca (born 5 June 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga IV
Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia D into Liga IV before ...
(born 1988), Romanian footballer
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George Mantello
George Mantello (born György Mandl; 11 December 1901 25 April 1992), a businessman with various diplomatic activities, born into a Jewish family from Transylvania, helped save thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust while working for the ...
(1901–1992), Jewish businessman who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust while working as a diplomat for El Salvador
Economy
The
Lechința Solar Park
Lechința Solar Park, a large thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power system, lies on a plot of land near the Lechința commune in Romania. The power plant is a 1.7-megawatt solar power system using state-of-the-art thin film technology, and was compl ...
is located in Lechința village.
The Lechința wine region is one the northernmost such regions on the Transylvanian Plateau; it comprises wineries located in Lechința,
Teaca, Bistrița, and
Batoș
Batoș ( hu, Bátos, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Botsch) is a commune in Mureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Batoș, Dedrad (''Dedrád''; ''Zepling''), Goreni (''Dedrádszéplak''; ''Ungarisch Zepling'') an ...
.
References
Communes in Bistrița-Năsăud County
Localities in Transylvania
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