Brănișca

Branisca (deprecated Brănicica; German Bern Pfaff, Hungarian Branyicska or Branica ) is a municipality in the district of Hunedoara in Transylvania, Romania.

Geographical location

The community Branisca lies south of the Transylvanian Erzgebirge ( Munţii Metaliferi ), in the historic district chair Marosillye - today Ilia - Hunyader the county (county iron market). Law of the Mureş ( Maros ) - two kilometers north - to the county road (drum Judetean ) DJ 706A located and the railway line Arad - Alba Iulia, the place is located about 15 kilometers north- west of the district capital Deva ( Deva ) away. The Romanian A1 will ( when completed ) run on the premises of the place Branisca.

History

According to K. Horedt and C. Daicoviciu finds of a settlement have been in the area of the town which point in the Early Bronze Age, made ​​. Branisca was first mentioned in documents in 1329. On the territory of the municipality there are several quarries and processing plants for limestone, andesite and basalt.

Population

The population of the municipality is as follows:

And at the same time the Romanians - - Since the official survey of 1850, the highest population was in the area of ​​present-day municipality in 1910 determined. The highest population of the Magyars (128 ) in 1900, the Roma in 1850 and the ( 23 [ 12 in Branisca and 10 in Boz ( Bosendorf ) ] ) registered the German Romania 1880. Furthermore, registered to 1966 in almost every collection of one or two Slovaks, 1956, two Ukrainians.

Since the 1940s, a lot of the population steadily so that in 2002 the municipality Branisca only 1,831 people were counted. 1,816 of these were Romanians, Magyars and 14 were known to be a Lipovans. In the census of 31 June 2011, 1,707 people were counted in 882 households in the community.

The main occupation of the population are agriculture and forestry, fish farming and the work in the quarry and the processing plants.

Attractions

• The wooden church Nasterea Maicii Domnului, 1673 (1864 updated) in eingemeindeten village Căbeşti built, the wooden church of Sf. Arhangheli, built in the 17th century in Gialacuta is completely burned March 19, 2012, the wooden church of Sf. Gheorghe, built in the 18th century in Boz, the wooden church of Sf. Nicolae, built in the 18th century in Târnava, the wooden church Cuvioasa Paraschiva, built in the 18th century in Târnăviţa, the wooden church Pogorârea Sf. Duh, built in the 19th century in Furcşoara and the wooden church Întâmpinarea Domnului, built in the 19th century in Bărăştii Iliei, all are listed buildings. The latter was built ( according to different data) 1778 or the 19th century.
• The castle of Prince Sigismund Báthory of Transylvania, built in the 16th century in the South Brănişcas; Here also lived George Martinuzzi ( brother of George). 1698 is the Castle in the possession of the noble family Jósika. During the Peasants' Revolt of 1784, the castle was destroyed, leaving only a six-sided tower remained. In the newly constructed castle ( in Baroque style ) lived, the Hungarian novelist Baron Nicolaus Jósika. In the castle park in the direction of Mureş are statues of Sarmizegetusa. The castle and its estate are under monument protection.

Pictures of the wooden churches

Wooden church in Gialacuta ( 2008, 2012 burned )

Wooden church in Boz

Wooden church in Bărăştii Iliei

Wooden church in Furcşoara

Wooden church in Târnava

Wooden church in Târnăviţa