Ribița

Ribiţa [ ribitsa ] ( German cellar village, Hungarian Ribice ) is a municipality in the district of Hunedoara in Transylvania, Romania.

Geographical location

The municipality is located in southwestern Ribiţa Transylvania between the Bihor Mountains in the north and the Transylvanian Erzgebirge in the south, in the historical region of Hunyader county (county iron market). In the north of the district of Hunedoara, the place Ribiţa at the same Bach is - a right tributary of the Crisul Alb ( White yelp ) - about three kilometers north of the European route E 79 and the railway line Arad - Brad. The small town of Bradford ( Tannenhof ) is seven kilometers; the district capital Deva ( Deva ) about 40 kilometers south of Ribiţa away.

On the site of the municipality of 7,300 hectares, of which 45.2 % is forested, the eingemeindeten villages located within a radius of two to 22 kilometers on mostly unpaved roads, away from the community center.

History

The place Ribiţa was first documented in 1369. Already in the 11th century Romanian Prince, a village has been mentioned here. Their descendants donated the place nave stone church; were killed in 1784 by rebellious peasants.

A settlement of the region is, however, according to S. Rákóczy back on finds of gold mining and washing equipment, up to the Roman period.

In the community there is no central water supply. The water supply is made locally by individual wells. About 80 % of the farms have their own means of water supply. A sanitation does not exist.

The main occupation of the population is agriculture, livestock and beekeeping.

Population

At the official survey of 1850 lived on the territory of the present municipality of 3,171 people. 3,095 of these were Romanians, 71 Roma and five Magyars. The highest population ( 4,097 ) - and at the same time the Romanians ( 4070 ) and of Hungary ( 19) - was reached in 1910, the Roma 1850 In addition, each a resident in 1880 called the Ukrainians in 1890 and 1966 as a German and 1966. as a Serb. Since 1910, a lot of the population steadily so that in 2002, in the municipality Ribiţa 1,594 Romanians and two Hungarians were registered.

Attractions

• The Orthodox Church Sfântul Nicolae stone, built in 1417 Ribiţa, is a listed building.
• A stone cross erected in 1934 in memory of the fallen rebels of 1784 in Ribiţa, is a listed building.
• The wooden church Cuvioasa Paraschiva, 1763 eingemeindeten village Ribicioara ( Kellerchen ) built, renovated in 2009, is a listed building.
• The wooden churches Adormirea Maicii Domnului in eingemeindeten Dumbrava de Jos village and built the Nasterea Domnului in Dumbrava de Sus in the 19th century, plastered inside, without paintings and are under preservation order.
• In eingemeindeten village of Crisan ( outdated " Vaca "; Kuhdorf ) built the eponymous monastery in the 17th century, destroyed in the course of time several times, in 1992 ( and the church Nasterea Maicii Domnului ) rebuilt.
• The childhood home of Gheorghe Crisan (also called Marcu Giurgiu ) - now a museum - built in the 18th century was renewed in 1978. The museum, whose thatched roof was damaged in 2008, and bust Crişans in the museum, built in 1934 by Marcel Olinescu, are national monuments.
• The built Sfântul Nicolae Church in the 19th century eingemeindeten village Uibăreşti (Hungarian Újbáresd ) is a listed building.

Pictures

The Crisan Museum

Church in Crisan

The monastery in Crisan

The wooden church in Dumbrava de Jos

The wooden church in Ribicioara

Personalities

• Gheorghe Crisan (1733-1785) born in eingemeindeten Crisan village, was a leader of the peasant revolt of 1784