Avram Iancu

Avram Iancu (* 1824 in Felsővidra, Romanian Vidra de Sus, Avram Iancu today, † September 10, 1872 in Czebe ) was a Romanian lawyer and revolutionary from Transylvania.

Life

Iancu was a leader of the movement during the Romanian Revolution of 1848/ 49 in Transylvania and had under his control the Apuseni Mountains, his home area. He fought with Austrian support against the Hungarian anti-Habsburg uprising. By some successes in skirmishes against the Hungarian military, he quickly gained notoriety among the people. After the crushing of the Hungarian revolution by Habsburg and Tsarist troops Avram Iancu moved back to the Apuseni Mountains. In mental derangement, he died on 10 September 1872.

Role in the Romanian historiography

After the unification of Transylvania with Romania in 1918 and particularly in the 1970s and 1980s Avram Iancu was attributed an important role as a Romanian national hero in Romanian historiography, which had successfully set against Hungarian hegemonic temptations to resist. Even after the Revolution of 1989 were built with a strong Hungarian minority (eg, in Cluj- Napoca ) Avram Iancu - Monuments in Transylvanian towns to strengthen the legitimacy of the Romanian claim to Transylvania. This is seen by foreign historians in connection with the ongoing ethnic tensions between Romanians and Hungarians in Transylvania.

The birthplace Avram Iancus 1924 - renamed after him - on the occasion of his 100th birthday.