Lăpugiu de Jos

Lăpugiu de Jos (deprecated Lăpugiul Inferior; German sub - Lapp village, Hungarian Alsólapugy ) is a municipality in the district of Hunedoara in Transylvania, Romania.

The place is also known under the outdated names romanian Lăpughiul de Jos and Lapusul - Inferior.

Geographical location

Lăpugiu de Jos is a commune in south-western Transylvania in the northern foothills of the Poiana Rusca Mountains, - a mountain range of the Romanian Western Carpathians - the brook Valea Lăpugilor in the historic district chair Marosillye of Hunyader county (county iron market). In the west of the district Hunedoara, two kilometers south of the European Route 673 and the railroad Ilia - Lugoj on the county road (drum Judetean ) DJ 680B, the place Lăpugiu de Jos is located approximately 30 kilometers east of the town Făget ( Kr Timiş ); the district capital Deva ( Deva ) is located about 42 kilometers east of Lăpugiu de Jos.

The eingemeindeten villages and hamlets are between three ( Ohaba ) and eight kilometers ( Baştea ) away from the community center. The Romanian Motorway A1 will ( when completed ) run on the grounds of the church.

History

Lăpugiu de Jos was first mentioned in 1439 and was in the Middle Ages a Romanian Nationals village. However, the history of settlement in the region dates back far longer. In the area of the village finds were which, inter alia, indicate in the Hallstatt period, according to G. Téglás; at Lasau a earthwork that has not been dated, made ​​.

Population

Since the official survey of 1850 Romanians were predominantly registered on the territory of the present municipality. The highest population ( 4,433 ) - and at the same time the Romanians ( 4328 ) and the Magyars (62) - 1910 was determined. The highest number of Roma population (41 ) in 1930 and the Romanian-German (20 ) was registered in 1880. 2002 were counted in the community Lăpugiu de Jos 1,750 people. Furthermore, it was 2002, a Ukrainian registered. In the census of 31 June 2011, 1,624 people were counted in 725 households in the community. The state finished my village Baştea is now almost deserted,

The main occupation of the population is forestry.

Attractions

• The wooden church Adormirea Maicii Domnului in Lăpugiu de Jos, built in 1765, in the murals depicting Cloşcas - one of the three leaders of the peasant uprising of 1784 in Transylvania - are to be seen, is a listed building.
• The wooden church in Holdea, was built in 1911 and 1932 covered with sheet metal.
• The wooden church in the former village Baştea, was built in the 18th century, in 2010 was in a desolate state.

Pictures of the wooden churches

Remains of the wooden church in Baştea (2010)

Wooden church in Holdea

Church in Teiu

Church in Ohaba