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Tartlau ( Tartlau German, Hungarian Prázsmár ) is a municipality in the district of Brasov in southeastern Transylvania in Romania.

The place is also known under the outdated names Romanian Prajmar and Preşmer and the German names Tartlen and Tortalen.

Geographical location

The community Tartlau is on an area of ​​about 6800 hectares in the east of the circle Brasov, in the southeast of the historic Burzenland, southeast of the Transylvanian Basin. On the National Road (drum National) DN 10 and the railway line Brasov Sfântu Gheorghe Târgu Secuiesc, the place is away Tartlau about 15 kilometers northeast of the county town of Braşov (Kronstadt). The state finished my village Lunca Calnicului is three kilometers; the hamlet Stupinii Prejmerului ( Rohrau ) is four kilometers away from the community center.

On the site of the municipality of Raul Negru flows (Hungarian Feketügy ) in the Olt (Alt ).

History

Tartlau was founded by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century; 1211 first mentioned. In the 13th century was in place a cruciform church, built one of the strongest fortified churches of Eastern Europe to the church in the 15th century. In the southeast Transylvania Tartlau was in the administrative area of the historic county Kronstadt in the Hungarian Kingdom. Various archaeological discoveries - ranging from the Early Bronze Age - show that the area was inhabited long before that. A stone grave, found from the Bronze Age - According to J. Teutsch and H. Schroller were near the Villa Misselbacher - called by the locals.

Since Tartlau near the Bodzaer Pass ( Pasul Buzău 45.674725.96859 ⊙ ) is the place the fortified church was looted and destroyed almost 50 times by the Mongols, Turks, Tartars, Cossacks and Moldavians, but taken only once by Gabriel Báthory 1611.

Population

The population of Tartlau developed as follows:

The highest population of today's community since 1850, was established in 1977. The highest population of the Romanians in 2002, the Germans ( 2,279 ) in 1930, which the Magyars (431 ) in 1930 and the Roma (375 ) was registered in 2002. In 1930, a population known as Serb, 1890 and 2002, one each in 1966 and two residents as Ukrainians, 1890 known eight and ten inhabitants in 1930 known as Slovaks. Furthermore, in 2002 a resident known as Tschango. 2011 also known as Roma 510 people.

In 2009, another 125 the Transylvanian Saxons were registered in the Protestant community in Tartlau.

Attractions

• The well- restored church castle was included by UNESCO in 1998 in the list of world cultural heritage. The surrounding walls of the castle are 10-12 feet high and three to four feet thick. The battlements of the castle church in runs 10 meters in height and is covered by a gable roof. In the height of the battlements, the wall with numerous loopholes and cast openings (blow nose ) was fitted. In the tunnel-shaped entrance to the church there is a castle portcullis. Are located on the inside of the castle walls over 200 apartments in 2-4 storey arranged. Since 1990, it houses a museum. A special feature of this defense system is the so-called death organ. This is a thick board, which can be rotated by an iron axis and was covered on both sides with five muzzle-loading gun tubes. While the issue has been fired, the other could be loaded and fired repeatedly after rapid eye.
• The cruciform church with the tower over the center of the church building, was built ( according to different data) beginning or middle of the 13th century. The winged altar from 1450 was renewed.
• The former evangelical school - today's elementary school - built 1846-1848, are under monument protection.
• The Romanian Orthodox Church Sf. Apostoli Petru şi Pavel, built in 1791, are listed buildings.
• Several houses built in Tartlau in the 18th century, are national monuments.

Pictures of the church and the castle

Personalities

• Erwin Neustadt (1897-1992), writer
• Herta Wilk (1918-1992), folklorist