Cetatea de Baltă

Cetatea de Baltă ( Kokelburg German, Hungarian Küküllővár ) is a town in Alba county in Transylvania, Romania.

The community is also known by the German names Kukelburg, Kuchelburg and Kümelburg.

Geographical location

Cetatea de Baltă lies to the east of Alba County, in the west of the Transylvanian Basin. In a wide left tributary of the Târnava Mica ( Small Kokel ) at the county road (Drum Judetean ) DJ 107 ( Blaj - Târnăveni, Mureş county ) located, are there to the next bigger city Târnăveni 18 km; the county capital Alba Iulia is located approximately 60 kilometers southwest of Cetatea de Baltă. With its three incorporated towns, the community expands over an area of ​​6491 hectares.

History

Cetatea de Baltă was first mentioned in 1177 under the name "villa Cuculiensis castri " in papal lists. Later the name of the place were Küküllővár, Castrum Kukuleu and Castelanus de Kukulex. As the county Kokelburg, including the medieval fortress in 1467 was ceded to a battle lost by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in the Moldavian prince Stefan cel Mare ( Stephen the Great ). Since that time were different princes of Moldavia - Bogdan III. cel Orb (son of Stefan the Great), Alexandru Lapusneanu, Ştefan VI. Rareş and others - owners of the fortress. 1565 was the fortress of the family Csáky - owner of the serf villages in the area - demolished to build a new castle. Over time, the appearance of the castle by their owners has been changed several times. Through a marriage of families Bethlen Haller and the name of the building built in the 17th century castle, Bethlen -Haller was born.

Population

The population is as follows:

In 2002 lived in the village Cetatea de Baltă even 2,005 people. Half of them were about Romanians ( 1075 ), 3 German, 454 Hungarians and 473 Roma. In the three eingemeindeten villages lived 282 people. The highest number of Germans ( 358) on the territory of present-day municipality was registered in 1941, almost all ( 354) in eingemeindeten village Tătârlaua ( Taterloch ). 2011 known under other, except those specified in the table with ethnic composition of population, 912 as Roma.

Attractions

  • The fortress Kokelburg no longer exists; in its place now is a blank space.
  • The Evangelical Lutheran Church, a former Catholic church, to which are Romanesque and Gothic art can still be seen. With the 1060 built two towers, she held the Mongol invasion of 1241 stood. A larger image of a Tatar head is still preserved in the church. In the Mongol invasion of 1241 the castle to the church ( a wooden castle, fortified with earthen walls ), destroyed. The church is a listed building.
  • The Bethlen -Haller castle, which was damaged in 1944 during World War II and then served as a warehouse and offices. In the 1970s the wines of Jidvei ( silk ) were housed in the basement of the castle. The castle and the related property are under monument protection.
  • The Romanian Greek-Catholic Holy Trinity Church, inaugurated on December 27, 2009.

Gallery

Pictures of Cetatea de Baltă and surroundings:

The Bethlen -Haller Castle

Church and castle

The Orthodox Church in Cetatea de Baltă

The Evangelical Church

Hungarian language Romanesque art Albac Avram Iancu (Alba) Berghin Bistra (Alba) Blandiana Cenade Ciugud Ciuruleasa Ohaba Pianu Unirea (Alba)
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