Bretea Română

Bretea Română [ Bretea romɨnɘ ] (deprecated Bretea Românească; German village board, Hungarian Oláhbrettye ) is a municipality in the district of Hunedoara in Transylvania, Romania.

The place Bretea Română is also known by the German name Wallachisch village board and the Hungarian Brettye, Beregtő and Románbrettye.

Geographical location

The municipality is located Bretea Română with the eleven villages and hamlets in the South of Transylvania two on the right side of the river Strei ( Strell ), north of the historic region Hatzeger Country ( Tara Hategului ). The village lies on the county road (drum Judetean ) DJ 668, about one kilometer from the European road 79. About halfway (about 10 km) between the small towns and Călan Haţeg, the place is located about 20 kilometers southeast of the city of Hunedoara (Iron market); the district capital Deva is about 38 kilometers northwest of Bretea Română away.

The nearest railway station is located in the Bretea Română eingemeindeten village Bretea Streiului ( Hungarian village board ) on the electrified and double-track line Simeria - Petrosani.

The eingemeindeten villages are about 1.5-9 miles from the seat of the municipality and to achieve partly on unpaved roads.

History

The place Bretea Română 1332 first mentioned as a Hungarian village in function of a customs office in a document. According to reports from G. Téglás and M. Roska about a find on the site of eingemeindeten village Bretea Streiului, however, the history of settlement ranges in the region date back to the Neolithic period. Other finds from the Roman period have been made in Bretea Română.

From the 15th - 16th Century was the place belonged to the noble family Bethlen. In the 17th - 19th Century was a Romanian Română Bretea farming community; , there were also Hungarian Kleinadlige, which had its own church. When Horea Uprising of 1784 several small Hungarian noble families came ( Kendeffi, Csongrádi, Nalaczi ) and the Reformed church in the village to harm.

The community has about 1,000 farms with about 1,200 apartments, of which only 57 yards - in eingemeindeten village Plopi (Hungarian Sztrigyplop ) - are connected to a sewage system.

The main occupation of the population is agriculture, cattle breeding and wood processing.

Population

1850 lived on the territory of the present municipality of 5,543 inhabitants. 5,201 of these were Romanians, 242 Roma, 79 Hungarians and 21 German. In 1910, with 5995 having the largest population - and at the same time the Romanians ( 5690 ), that of Hungary ( 268) and the Slovaks (4) - determined. The highest number of Roma in 1850 and the Germans ( 35) 1941 registered. In addition, a designated 1890 and 1900 two residents as Slovaks. As of the 2002 census, lived on the territory of the municipality 3,133 people, of whom 3,099 Romanians, 17 Hungarians, ten German, six Roma and a Greek. 2011 described themselves as 2,968 Romanians, Magyars than 15, eleven identified themselves as Roma, as five German and 53 did not specify their ethnic background.

Attractions

• The Orthodox Church in Bretea Română, built about mid-18th century, was originally a Calvinist, was taken over in 1978 by the Romanian population in 1981 and consecrated orthodox.