Gurasada

Gurasada (deprecated Gura - Sadeiu; Zaadt German, Hungarian Guraszáda ) is a municipality in the district of Hunedoara in Transylvania, Romania.

Geographical location

The municipality is situated on the same Gurasada Bach - a right tributary of the Mureş ( Maros ) - in the southwest of Transylvania at the foothills of the Transylvanian Erzgebirge. Near the scattered settlement Boiu de Sus (Upper Ochsendorf ) rises Mount Gorgan (46 ° 2 ' N, 22 ° 34' O46.0288222.57128 ). Situated on the European route 68 and the double-track line Arad - Alba Iulia, the place is located about 30 kilometers west of the district capital Deva ( Deva ) away. Covering an area of ​​9295 acres and a vertical drop of 480 meters, the ten eingemeindeten villages, hamlets and isolated settlements are located 2-9 km from Gurasada. 54% of the municipal area is forested; 37% is used for agriculture.

History

The place Gurasada, the center of a Romanian principality of the 11th century, was first mentioned in records in 1292 under the name Zad.

In the area of the village, a scraper was found from the Mesolithic to the temporal classification of M. Roska but was unsure.

The main occupation of the population is agriculture, cattle breeding and wood processing. Given the presence of bentonite in the field of community this rock was also promoted. The reduced demand is processed as a micronized powder since 2007 limestone.

Population

In the 1850 census, lived on the territory of the present municipality of 4,173 people. 4,066 of these were Romanians, five Hungary, four German and 98 Roma. The highest population ( 4,875 ) - and at the same time the Romanians ( 4742 ) and of Hungary ( 105) - was reached in 1910. The highest number of Germans ( 16) in 1880 and 1900 and the Roma in 1850 counted. In addition, in 1930 per one resident called the Ukrainians, a Serb, and as Slovak. Of the latter, in 1956 an has been registered. 2002 there were in the church Gurasada only 1,783 people, of whom 1,769 Romanians, Hungarians eleven, a German, a Rome and a Bulgarian.

Attractions

• The Church Sf. Arhanghel Mihail (45 ° 57 'N, 22 ° 35' O45.9486622.59007, German Archangel Michael ), built in the 13th century, is a stone cruciform with three apses to the cross arms. The older part of the church, in a rectangular shape and a vaulted ceiling - unique in this form in Transylvania - was built with wasseranziehendem mortar. Above the porch is the bell tower, the aisles were added in 1820. The uppermost of the two color layers originates from 1765, was painted by the masters Ioan from Deva and Nocolae from Piteşti and provided with Cyrillic inscriptions. In the graveyard around the church old stone crosses are seen. The church is located on the European road and is a listed building.
• The villa Klobosisky and the 2.5 hectare property with rare trees and shrubs, built in the 19th century, are national monuments.
• The wooden church of the village Cuvioasa Paraschiva Boiu de Jos (sub ox village), built in the 17th century, is a historical monument.
• The ruins of a castle built on the mentioned by the locals La Manastire area of ​​the two-kilometer road village Câmpuri - Surduc ( Thal field) between the 1st century before Christ and the 2nd century AD, are national monuments.
• The wooden house of Andrica Sinefta in the scattered settlement Boiu de Sus, built in the 19th century, is a historical monument.
• The wooden church Sf. Arhangheli the place Cărmăzăneşti, built in 1725, is a listed building.
• The wooden church Sf. Arhangheli the place Dănuleşti ( Danuleschd ), late 17th or built in the early 18th century, is a historical monument.

Images of the Church of Gurasada

Personalities

• Silviu Dragomir (1888-1962), was a historian, politician, member of the Romanian Academy in 1926.