Zalău
Zalău [ zalə̯u ] (Hungarian Zilah [ zilɒx ], German Zillemarkt or Walt Berg) is a city in Romania, located in Salaj county in Crisana. The municipality consists of two settlements, the city Zalău and Stâna. It is located in a secluded part of the region to the north- western mountain slopes of the Mezes Mountains.
In 2007, the city had about 63,600 inhabitants, in 1992 there were still 67 977 inhabitants. 20.1 percent of residents were recorded in Hungary.
The name of the town changed over the past centuries several times ( 1220 ziloc 1473 oppidum Zilah 1601 Zila, 19th century Zilahu and Zalahu ).
History
The first evidence of human habitation in Zalău can be found in an anonymous chronicle to the documents of the Hungarian king Bela IV. Regarding the first documentary mention of the city is the source position contradictory. Once it is, it would have been made in 1200, a second source speaks of 1241, when the Mongols destroyed Zalău. A church was built in 1246. By the year 1538, the city was part of Central Szolnok and thus part of the Hungarian Kingdom.
On August 1, 1473 issued Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary and Bohemia, the city rights. The oppidum Zilah gave the inhabitants of the city corresponding privileges, giving them economic independence.
From 1538 to 1552 Zalău was then part of the semi-independent Principality of Transylvania, ruled by Johann and Johann Sigismund Zápolya Zápolya.
From 1552 to 1570, Hungary was ruled by the Habsburgs. So it was that was the Principality of Transylvania slammed the city with some other parts of the country following the Treaty of Speyer in 1570 again. From 1806 to 1876, the settlement gained the status of a so -called free royal city.
In 1867, the state changed again, this time she was again associated with Hungary. 14 years later, Zalău capital city of the Central Szolnok and the county Szilágy ( Salaj ) ( 1876-1919 ). 1918, the city was occupied by the Romanian army and after the Peace Treaty of Trianon 1919/1920 part of the Romanian Kingdom. According to the Vienna Award of August 30, 1940, she belonged to Hungary again from 1940 to 1944, to be once again slammed Romania to the Paris Peace Conference in 1946. Since 1968 it is the capital of the district Salaj.
Attractions
In the city center, the National Museum is worth a good archaeological department. It displays artifacts from the prehistoric period and the Roman era. In townscape also falls on a large but relatively low green -roofed Reformed Church. More eye-catching building in the city include:
- Palace of Culture ( post-modern building with lots of glass )
- Palace of the Prefect
- The building of the company ROMTELECOM
- The Art Museum Ioan Sima
Economy
After the Second World War developed in the suburbs, some industrial companies. Zalău has a transshipment terminal on a railway line. It is a regional center for agricultural products. A furniture factory uses the wood of the surrounding hills. The French tire manufacturer Michelin has its Romanian major work on the western outskirts.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Remus Ghiuriţan (* 1919), the Romanian football player
- Florian Pop ( born 1952 ), Romanian mathematician
- Dacian Cioloş (born 1969 ), Romanian politician
- Ioan Codruţ Seres (born 1969 ), Romanian politician
- Eduard Raul Hellvig ( b. 1974 ), Romanian politician
- Cristina Casandra ( b. 1977 ), Romanian track and field athlete
- Ramona Maier ( born 1979 ), Romanian handball player
- Dorin Goga ( born 1984 ), the Romanian football player
Twinning
Zalău maintains a partnership with the city of Szentendre in Hungary.