Cristuru Secuiesc
Cristuru Secuiesc (Hungarian Székelykeresztúr, German Szeklerkreuz ) is a city in Romania in Harghita county in Transylvania.
Geographical location
Cristuru Secuiesc located between Odorheiu Secuiesc ( Székelyudvarhely, Oderhellen ) and Sighisoara ( Sighisoara ) in the Valley of Târnava Mare (Grand Kokel ) at the mouth of the river Goagiu from the north. It lies on the western edge of the Székely Land.
The city is located on the National Road (drum National) DN 13C ( Vânători - Bisericani ) and is a station on the railway line Sighişoara Odorheiu Secuiesc, which was opened to traffic after the floods in August 2005.
History
Supposedly loaded in Keresztúr in 1849 during the freedom struggle on the road to Sighisoara, a rest under a pear tree, the Hungarian poet and folk hero Sándor Petőfi. Today a monument in the city center is reminiscent of him. Before the battle of Segesvár ( Sighisoara ) concentrated the General Józef Bem most of its troops in Keresztúr.
The city was also next to Cluj- Napoca and Turda an important center of Unitarianism in Transylvania and the center of the so-called Shabbateans the region.
After the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, the city became, as part of Transylvania to Romania. After the assassination of the Romanian Prime Minister Ion Duca G. 1933, the place was meanwhile its name. In the Second Vienna Award of 1940, Hungary was under German pressure back a portion of the region in order to integrate the Székely into its territory can. This also Székelykeresztúr for several years came back to Hungary. Since 1944/1947, the entire region is back to Romania.
Cristuru Secuiesc was in the era of Ceauşescu, the location of the second largest children's home in Romania, which has been closed since 30 June 2002.
In August 2005, the area of the city was affected by the worst floods in 50 years. The city itself was spared because it is not located directly on the Great Kokel.
In Cristuru Secuiesc a town museum and the Orbán Balázs school are located.
Population
In 2002 Cristuru Secuiesc had 9,672 inhabitants. Of these, 9,201 Hungarians, 239 Roma, 202 Romanians and 12 Romania German. The population is between 1992 and 2002 declined by 9.1 %.