Mănăștur

Manastur (German Attersee or Transylvanian Saxon Appesdorf, Hungarian Kolozsmonostor ) was since the High Middle Ages until 1556 the seat of a Benedictine abbey (hence the name). The surrounding locality is since 1895 the district of Cluj ( Kolozsvár then, Kingdom of Hungary, now Cluj- Napoca, Romania). At the time of industrialization in the 1970s in Manastur was the largest plate area of ​​the city. The built since the 1970s apartment blocks have covered almost all traces of the historical Manastur.

The district Grădinile Manastur (Hungarian Monostori kertek ) is usually added to Manastur counted.

History

Middle of the 11th century here was founded a Benedictine abbey ( Monasterium Beatae Mariae de Clus ). German settlers were called in the 14th century from the Abbey and settled in their vicinity, having already migrated to the end of the 16th century to Cluj or were assimilated Hungarian. 1890 was of 3,100 inhabitants each about half Magyars and Romanians.

Since 1895 include Manastur and Grădinile Manastur to Cluj. After the demolition of old houses socialist residential area was built. The Block S4 forms the largest block of flats in Romania.

The well-preserved, now Roman Catholic Kalvarienkirche was built in 1095, but in the meantime several times partially demolished. A new nave was built in the early 20th century. The restoration work in the 1990s were in 1998 awarded the Europa Nostra Prize.

Origin of the name

The abbot in the German place names and the Monostor (German monastery) in Hungarian refers to the religious significance of the place. The Romanian Manastur is a transfer of the Hungarian name and is pronounced similarly.

Infrastructure

In Manastur Today, about 120,000 inhabitants. The busy national road DN1, on the Cluj-Napoca from the west can be achieved through the heart of the quarter (as Calea Floreşti and Calea Manastur ). A tram connection and various O- bus or bus - lines open up large parts of the district.

There are numerous shopping by large supermarkets, complemented by shopping centers Polus Center Cluj (outside Mănăşturs ) and Winmarkt Someş. In the district there are some vegetation: the Parcul Primaverii, the Parcul calvaria to the Kalvarienkirche and the sports park Iuliu Haţieganu. They are also fitted the Agricultural and Veterinary University and the Ursus Brewery.