Mărginimea Sibiului

The Marginimea Sibiului ( or shortened: Mărginime ), Hungarian Szeben -foothills ( German as " Sibiu border area ") is an ethnographically significant region in Transylvania, south and south-west of Sibiu ( Sibiu) in Sibiu county located.

Location

The Between the Zoodt ( Sadu ) and the Schwarzenbach ( Raul Sacel ) -most region is located at the foot of the Cindrel Mountains ( Munţii cindrel ). Although in close proximity to the former Transylvanian Saxon largely populated places in the north, the Marginimea Sibiului is considered one of the most traditional Romanian parts of the country.

As an exception, the Transylvanian Saxon village Talmesch ( Tălmaciu ) can be seen, which is therefore not counted by many locals to Mărginime.

The villages in the Marginimea Sibiului

To Marginimea Sibiului villages are counted in general the following:

Mărginime in a broad sense

The north of it located ligand places Cisnădie ( Heltau ), Cisnădioara ( Michel Berg), Mohu ( Moichen ) Veştem ( west), Bungard ( Baumgarten ), Şelimbăr ( Schellenberg ), Cristian ( ) and SACEL Occasionally beyond ( black water) counted in the region.

History and Culture

In Tilişca remains of a Dacian fortress were exposed, so it can be assumed that the area was inhabited since ancient times.

The village Răşinari was 1204 - the first of the settlements in the Mărginime - mentioned in a document. Similar to the " Fagaras Country " ( Tara Fagarasului, now largely in Braşov county ), were parts of the Marginimea Sibiului over the centuries occasionally to Voivod of Wallachia (eg in the 14th and 15th century Mircea cel Bătrân ) awarded.

An upheaval in the cultural life took a turn for the Habsburg period advantageous affiliation of many Romanians the Greek Catholic denomination, but later also sponsored by Joseph II construction Romanian Orthodox church building. (See: Selecting distinctive personalities )

Characteristic for the region, both the village architecture, as well as the rural customs, and depending on locality different, but usually held exclusively in black and white costumes.

People

The inhabitants of the Marginimea Sibiului traditionally dealt mainly with sheep farming and wood processing. Due to the geographical location and the shepherd existence for a continuous connection to the Romanian South ( Wallachia ) was taken care of.

Selection of distinctive personalities

  • Axente Banciu (1875-1959), writer and journalist from Sălişte
  • Emil Cioran (1911-1995), philosopher and writer from Răşinari
  • Aurel Decei (1905-1976), historian Gura Râului
  • Onisifor Ghibu (1883-1972), school reformers from Sălişte
  • Octavian Goga (1881-1938), poet and politician from Răşinari
  • Ioan Ilcuşu (1883-1977), Romanian Minister of Defense from 1939 to 1940, from Răşinari
  • Iuliu Victor (1912-1968), director of Sălişte
  • Ioan Lupas (1890-1967), historian of Sălişte
  • Dumitru Marcu (1884-1942), an architect from Sălişte
  • Inocenţiu Micu -Klein (1692-1768), theologian and politician from Sadu
  • Samuil Micu -Klein (1745-1806), theologian and philosopher from Sadu
  • Ilarie Mitrea (1842-1904), doctor and explorer on behalf of the Dutch navy, from Răşinari
  • Ioan Moga (1902-1950), historian of Sălişte
  • Nicolae Oancea (1907-1973), publicist from Sălişte
  • Andrei Oţetea (1894-1977), historian of Sibiel
  • PICU Patrut (1818-1873), writer and visual artist from Sălişte
  • Ioan Piuariu -Molnar (1749-1815), a linguist from Sadu
  • Daniil Barcianu Popovici (1847-1900), politician from Răşinari
  • Dionisie Romano (1805-1873), theologian and politician from Sălişte
  • Dumitru Roşca (1895-1980), philosopher of Sălişte
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