Lipova (Arad)
Lipova (Hungarian Lippa, Lippa German, Serbian Липова ) is a small town in Arad County in western Romania.
Geographical location
The community Lipova located 34 kilometers east of the district capital Arad on both banks of the river Mures and is next to the eponymous town on the left bank of the Mureş Lipova from the villages wheel hub and Soimos on the right bank. Lipova is centrally located in Arad county with the same distance to its westernmost city Nădlac and its easternmost municipality Halmagel.
Climate
Like the whole Banat has Lipova continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. Spring is usually short. The annual average temperature is 9-10 ° C.
History
Monastery Church of Maria wheel hub
Turkish Bazaar
The first mention Lipovas dated the year 1285 under the name Leipoa, since 1314, there are documents under the name Lipva. In 1389, the city Lipova received city rights under their current name. Soimos was first mentioned in 1278 under the name Solymos documented, wheel hub in 1440th
Documents show from 1245 that King Béla IV of Hungary the cetatea (castle ) Lipovei had at his command to build again. This had been destroyed earlier in the years 1241-1242 in the attack of the Golden Horde of the Mongols ( " Mongol hordes " ) under Batu Khan. Built in 1325, Charles Robert of Anjou here Minoritenkloster and a Catholic church. Under him Lipova also became the most important economic and commercial center of Arad county and had a salt chamber and a mint. From 1410 to 1420 the hospital was built. 1514, the peasants of Lipova joined the peasant uprising György Doja (Romanian Gheorghe Doja ). After the defeat of the fortress Lipova came to Johann Zápolya. 1529 Lipova was raised to free royal town. 1551 were the Turks at the gates Lippas and began the siege of the fortress. Long, however, the fort could not be held by the Turks, it was recaptured by the troops of Transylvanian Chancellor. 1552 after the conquest of Timisoara, the Turks turned back against Lippa. This time Lippa remained until the end of the 16th century under Turkish rule. From the Habsburgs Lippa 1718 raised to the county town.
Population
Demography
The inhabitants Lipovas distributed according to the 2002 census the following ethnic groups:
(Specifications according to site of the Mayor's Office )
Religions
The Romanian population belongs mostly to the Romanian Orthodox Church. More and more and more important Pentecostalism ( Biserica Penticostală ).
The population of the Hungarian and German is predominantly Catholic.
Pilgrimage
Every year on August 15 Assumption when Catholics from around the world flock to see the Abbey Maria wheel hub, wheel hub, the district is particularly to a single large market.
Traffic
Lipova is on the wheel hub station on the railway line Arad - Alba Iulia, it is in the same district, connected to the Romanian railway network. Until 1991 also reversed the local railway Arad - Podgoria after Lipova their terminal was located in front of the state railway station.