Cârțișoara

Cârţişoara is a place in Sibiu county in Transylvania, Romania, and has about 1200 inhabitants.

Location

Cârţişoara located near the Fagaras Mountains, at the so-called Transfogarascher high street. You can reach the place on the European Route 68, a junction between Sibiu Fagaras ( Fagaras ) leads to four kilometers to the site. The nearest large town of Victoria ( Victoria City) is located 20 kilometers east; the county capital Sibiu ( Hermannstadt) 52 km west of Cârţişoara away. The Natural Park of Fagaras, the nature reserve Bâlea and the nature reserve Arpasel are located in the immediate vicinity.

History

Cârţişoara was created in 1964 by merging the villages Oprea Cârţişoara (German Kleinkerz ) and Streza Cârţişoara (German Oberkerz ). Both places were in the more distant past in the possession of Kerzer Cistercian monastery. The first mention of Kleinkerz was in 1473; by Oberkerz 1534th

Personalities

Born

• Badea Cartan (1849-1911), scholar
• Andrei Budac (1872-1912), Heiducke

Crocheted

• Matei Tamforea (1836-1906), painter, representative of the rear glass icon painting - the center of this style was in the village.

Attractions

• The Orthodox Church of the Annunciation was built in 1818-1821. The frescoes from 1824, comes from the brothers Grecu from Săsăuş.
• The Orthodox St. Nicholas Church was built in 1806, the interior painting from 1809 was also carried out by the family of painters Nicolae Grecu from Săsăuş.
• The Village Museum Gheorghe Badea Cartan with a valuable exhibition of icons on glass.
• The villa Paltinul at Balea Lake. It is the former hunting lodge of Nicolae Ceauşescu with various hunting trophies.