Baraolt

Baraolt ( German outdated Boralth, Hungarian Barót ) is a town in Covasna county in Transylvania, Romania.

Location

Baraolt located in the historical Székely land in a named after the city of valley floor ( Depresiunea Baraolt ) of the Eastern Carpathians between the mountains of Harghita in the northeast, southeast and Baraolt persani in the West. The district capital Sfântu Gheorghe located about 30 km southeast.

History

The oldest archaeological finds in the region come from the Eneolithic and the Bronze Age. Even a settlement from the period of the Roman Empire has been demonstrated. Baraolt was in 1224 under the name Boralt first mentioned in the Golden Charter of the Hungarian King Andrew II. Baraolt is known there as the limit of to be colonized by the Saxons area; probably the place, however, was inhabited from the beginning of predominantly Székelys. The place later belonged to the Principality of Transylvania and Austria- Hungary. Since 1614 is the presence of Wallachian family, occupied since 1787, the Romanian name. In the 19th century saw an economic revival by the degradation of lignite - inferior coal - a. After the end of World War I came Baraolt 1918/20 in Romania. From 1940 to 1944, the place was by the Second Vienna Award again briefly a part of Hungary, and was immediately on the Romanian border. On the part of Romanian sources is reported for this period of reprisals against the Romanian minority of the place. 1968 Baraolt received the status of a city.

Today Baraolt lives apart from mining mainly from agriculture, the bottling of mineral water, wood processing, textile industry and commerce.

Population

1850 were in the area of the present town of 5,540 inhabitants registered, of which 1,849 lived in Baraolt, the remaining 3,691 in today's incorporated villages. 4946 were Hungary, 399 Romanians and 175 Roma. By 1992, a population increase was recorded ( 10,493 ). As of the 2002 census lived in Baraolt still 9,670 people, including 5,914 in the city proper, and 3,756 in the local villages. 9,271 identified themselves as Hungarians, Romanians as 300, 84 and 11 as Roma and German.

Traffic

Baraolt does not have its own rail connection. The Augustin station on the railway line Teiuş - Braşov is located about 5 km away. There are regular bus services to Sfântu Gheorghe, Braşov and Budapest.

Attractions

• Museum
• Catholic Church ( 1564)
• Catholic Chapel (1755 )
• Reformed Church in the district Biborteni ( 13-14. century)
• Reformed Church in the district Căpeni (14th century)

Personalities

• Dávid Baróty - Szabó (1739-1819), Hungarian poet