Mirăslău

Miraslau (deprecated Mirislau or Miraslă; Hungarian Miriszló or Oláhmiriszló ) is a town in Alba county in Transylvania, Romania.

Geographical location

The municipality is located in the north of the district Miraslau Alba at a right tributary of the river Mureş ( Maros ), in the southwest of the Transylvanian Basin. At the European Route 81 and the railroad Alba Iulia Târgu Mureş, the place is 6 km southeast of the city Teiuş (three parishes ); the county capital Alba Iulia ( Charles Castle ) is located 22 kilometers southwest of Miraslau away.

History

On the territory of the municipality Miraslau in several incorporated villages Cicău (Hungarian Csákó ) and Decea (Hungarian Marosdécse ), known by the locals Sălişte or Dupa garduri, there are archaeological sites that point to a settlement since the Neolithic period. In Lopadea Veche (Hungarian Oláhlapád ) there is another excavation site ( Jidovina ), were discovered from the items from the Bronze Age.

The place was founded by Hungary, was first mentioned in 1219 under the name villa Myroslov.

On the territory of the municipality defeated on September 18, 1600, the Habsburg General George Basta Wallachian voivode Michael the Brave.

The main occupation of the population is agriculture and livestock.

Population

The population of the municipality is as follows:

The highest population ( 3,982 ) of the present-day municipality was established in 1941; the Romanians ( 2954 ) and Hungary ( 1,005 ) in 1930, the Germans ( 9) in 1910 and the Roma (160 ) 1930. At the censuses of 1890, a Serb, 2002 Slovakian has been registered. In place Miraslau since the census from 1850 to 1930 there were about equally Romanians and Hungarians.

Attractions

• The ruins of the Catholic stone church of St. Peter, built in 1274.
• The monument with the portrait of the voivode Michael, built in 1956 to commemorate the battle of 1600, is a listed building.
• In eingemeindeten village Cicău (Hungarian Csákó ) the wooden church Sf. Arhangheli built in the 15th century and rebuilt in the 18th century, is a historical monument.