Bucium (Alba)

Bucium (deprecated Bucium - SASA; German Tree Village, Hungarian Bucsony ) is a town in Alba county in Transylvania, Romania.

Bucium is also known by its Hungarian name Bucsum.

Location

Bucium lies in the valley of the river Abrud in the Transylvanian Erzgebirge ( Munţii Metaliferi, part of the Apuseni Mountains ), in western Transylvania. The nearest town Abrud located about 12 kilometers to the west, and the county capital Alba Iulia approximately 73 kilometers southeast of Bucium. It consists of about 30, mostly small settlements.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1595 under the name Firmwareupdates. He has since been dominated by pastoralism. Many residents also worked in gold mines and gold-washings.

Population

In 2002, the then 1792 residents of the community other than as described throughout as a Hungarian Romanians. The population increased since the Second World War ( 4119 in 1941 ) significantly. The highest number of Germans ( 64) was registered in 1850, almost all in the eingemeindeten village Poieni (Hungarian Bucsumpojén ).

In the village itself Bucium lived 2002 115 people.

Traffic

Bucium is located about 6 kilometers east of the National Road ( Drum National) DN 74 ( Abrud - Zlatna ), in which only partially paved county road (Drum Judetean ) DJ 107i of Abrud after Aiud removed.

Attractions

• East of Bucium are the basalt rocks Detunata goala ( 1169 m) and Detunata Flocoasa ( 1258 m).
• The municipal area is located near the village of Valea Negrilesii an approximately 300 -acre Narzissenwiese.

Born in Bucium

• Ion I. Agârbiceanu (1907-1971), physicist, 1963 was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy.