Săcueni

Sacueni ( Zickelhid German, Hungarian Székelyhíd ) is a city in Bihor County in Romania.

Geographical location

Sacueni located in Crisana on the edge of the Great Hungarian Plain, and at its transition to the northwestern foothills of the Apuseni Mountains. The county town of Oradea is located about 35 kilometers south. Just 7 km west of the city center runs the Romanian- Hungarian border. Through the city flows the Ier.

History

The region of present-day town has been inhabited since Neolithic times. Other archaeological finds date from the Iron Age, Bronze Age and Dakerzeit. During the Migration Period settled here Gepids and Avars. Around the year 1000 the Hungarians conquered the area in possession. In 1217, the village was first mentioned. In the first half of the 15th century ( documented proof of 1455 ), he received a city charter. In the following period, the relative importance of the place took off. In the 16th and 17th centuries it belonged temporarily to the Ottoman Empire, then to Austria - Hungary. The fortifications were razed by the provisions of the Peace of iron castle in 1664. In the last decades of the Habsburg monarchy was Székelyhíd / Sacueni seat of a chair district in Bihar County. As a result of the First World War came Sacueni despite his Hungarian majority population in Romania. As a result of the Second Vienna Award of the City from 1940 to 1944 came back temporarily to Hungary. After a citizen referendum 2003 Sacueni in 2004 reaffirms the city. The main economic activities are agriculture and livestock farming, food, metal and wood processing.

Székelyhíd (bottom right) about 1782 ( Journal of the recording Josephine land survey )

Székelyhíd ( N 47 ° 21 '; O 39 ° 45') about 1892 ( Journal of the recording Josephine Francisco - country recording)

Population

1880 lived on the territory of today's 8,706 people, including 7,782 Hungarians. In 1930, referred to by the then 11,628 inhabitants 9319 when Hungary, 1203 as Romanians, 642 as Jews, 378 as Roma, 45 and 18 as German as Slovaks. In 1956, the number of Jews had fallen to 74. As of the 2002 census, 11,665 residents were registered in Sacueni, including 7,177 in the city proper, and 4,488 in the five incorporated towns. 9010 were Hungary, 1,747 Roma and 891 Romanians.

Traffic

Sacueni lies on the railway line from Oradea to Satu Mare. In the city the branch line branches off to Zalău. Through the city leads the European Route 671 From Sacueni introduces road border crossing to Hungary.

Attractions

• Dealul Pleşuv, Bronze Age fortress
• Roman Catholic Church (18th century)
• Room mountain palace (18th century)

Partnerships

• Létavértes Hungary, Hungary
• Écaussinnes Belgium, Belgium
• Hungary Szeged, Hungary