Hopârta

Hopârta (deprecated Hăpîrta; German sea port, Hungarian Háporton ) is a town in Alba county in Transylvania, Romania.

Location

The place Hopârta is located in the north-east of Alba County, on the eponymous river Hopârta - a tributary of the Mureş - and the National Road ( Drum National) DN 107E. With the four eingemeindeten villages that lie 2-6 kilometers from the village Hopârta, the community expands over an area of ​​6148 hectares in the west of the Transylvanian Basin. The nearest major town Aiud (Strasbourg Mures ) lies 16 km away; the county capital Alba Iulia ( Charles Castle ) is located about 43 kilometers south-west. Hopârta is located about 9.5 km (air line) east (left) of the river Mures ( Mures ).

History

Various archaeological discoveries - ranging from the Neolithic period - show that the area has been inhabited for a long time; other finds from the Roman period. The place was first in 1332, when the priest of the place handed in the first part of the papal tithe for the current year, documented under the name sacerdos de Hupurtun. 1854 witnessed the later official Hungarian name Háporton.

In the Middle Ages it was owned by the White Burger cathedral chapter, and later a free chair Saxon community.

Population

The population of the municipality is as follows:

The population on the territory of the present municipality took since the peak in 1956 significantly. The highest population of the German population (21, including 16 in Hopârta itself) in 1880, the Hungarians in 1900, the Roma registered in 2002. The village of Vama Seacă (Hungarian Szárazvámtanya ) is recognized as an independent administrative unit only since 1956.

Attractions

• The Romanian Orthodox Church Sf. Gheorghe
• In eingemeindeten village Şpălnaca ( Buchhof ), the wooden churches Sf. Arhangheli (begun in the 18th / and finished in 20th century) and Sf. Gheorghe (built in the 18th century, renovated in 1865 ) are listed buildings.
• The wooden church Sfintii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavriil in eingemeindeten village Turdas ( Thor village), built in 1770 and expanded in 1826, is a listed building.

Pictures

The wooden church Sf. Gheorghe in the village Şpălnaca

Altar of the wooden church Sf. Gheorghe in the village Şpălnaca

The wooden church Sfintii Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavriil in the village Turdas

The wooden church Sf. Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavriil of Turdas

Altar of the wooden church Sf. Arhangheli Mihail şi Gavriil of Turdas