Sântămăria-Orlea

Sântămăria - Orlea or old spelling Sîntămăria - Orlea [ sɨntɘmɘria orlea ] ( German Lady, Hungarian Orlya - Boldogfalva or Őraljaboldogfalva ) is a municipality in the district of Hunedoara in Transylvania, Romania.

The place is also known by the German name Marie village and the Hungarian Boldogasszonyfalva and Hátszegboldogasszonyfalva.

Geographical location

The community Sântămăria - Orlea lies at the mouth of the Sibişel - a right tributary of the Raul Mare - in southwest Transylvania in Hatzeger Country ( Tara Hategului ), north of the Retezat Mountains. Located on the European Route 79 and the railroad Simeria - Petrosani, the place of small town located about 10 kilometers south Haţeg ( Hatzeg ); the district capital Deva ( Deva ) located 44 kilometers north of Sântămăria - Orlea away.

The station is located in the municipality eingemeindeten village Subcetate ( suburb ), about 3 kilometers from Sântămăria - Orlea.

History

The place Sântămăria - Orlea was first mentioned in 1315 as a possession of small noble family Candea documented. In the 15th century the town market rights were allocated.

However, the history of settlement in the region ranges according to reports by JM Ackner (1856 ), pp. Moldovanu (1894 ), L. Kövari, JF tilt Bauer and others to the Hallstatt period back. On the grounds of the village Subcetate, near the train station, on the mountain Petriş called by the locals ( Măgura Orlea, 438 m above sea level. M. ) archaeological finds were made, which were assigned to the Neolithic period. On the grounds of the church was, according to tilt Bauer, Kövari and Ackner also a Roman road.

The inhabitants live today mainly of animal husbandry and agriculture.

Population

In the 1850 census, lived on the territory of the present municipality of 2,383 people. 2,192 of these were Romanians, 60 Hungarians, five German, 125 Roma and another. The highest population ( 3,996 ) - and at the same time as the Roma (289 ) - was reached in 1992. The highest number of Romanians ( 3,813 ) in 1966, that of Hungary ( 377) in 1910 and the Germans ( 47) 1920 counted. In addition, identified themselves in some censuses some residents as Ukrainians, as Serbs (1910 and 1930 depending on a ) and as Slovaks. The highest number of Ukrainians ( 5) was achieved in 1910 and the Slovaks (6 ) 1910. 2002 there were in the church Sântămăria - Orlea 3,522 people, of whom 3,270 Romanians, 36 Hungarians, five German, 190 Roma, a Ukrainian, 18 Italians and two others.

Attractions

• The Reformed Church, founded in the 13th century by the family Candea, is a Romanesque hall church with gothic style elements on the vault; the bell tower zeigtin west. The church was originally an Orthodox, later a Catholic and now a reformed, which can be seen in the paintings of the 14th and 15th century in the ship. The church is also laying the grave Candea ( Kendeffy ) family and is a listed building.
• The Kendeffy Castle (45 ° 35 'N, 22 ° 58' O45.588722.96654 ), built in the 18th century, rebuilt in the 19th century, with the associated property is a listed building. In the castle a hotel has been operated since 1982.
• The Orthodox stone church Sf. Gheorghe with altar paintings and the ruins of a castle of Candea family, built in the early 14th century, late 13th /, in eingemeindeten Sânpetru village are listed buildings. On the site of the village of fossils have been found, including those of the pterosaur Hatzegopteryx. Francis of Nopcsa (1815-1904) - one of the highest court official of the imperial Monarchy - was one of the first discoverer of the fossils in Hatzeger country.
• , Built in the ruins of the Villa of small noble family Nopcsa in the 19th century and the ruins of the ancient Romanian Orthodox Church ( built in the 17th century ) in the village eingemeindeten Sacel ( Satschallen ), are listed buildings. The village is also the birthplace of Sacel paleontologist Franz Nopcsa.
• The ruins of a hexagonal keep on the mountain Petriş (45 ° 36 'N, 22 ° 59' O45.593057922.9857802 ), a former royal castle with about 200 m² large courtyard, surrounded by an outer wall and moat, from the 13th and 14. century eingemeindeten Subcetate village was probably built with its three foot thick stone walls on the ruins of a Roman tower (according to M. Moga, 1937).
• The reservoirs Sântămăria - Orlea Păclişa and Covragiu - Subcetate.

Pictures

The Church of Sântămăria - Orlea

The Kendeffy Castle

Front of the Church of Sânpetru

Back of the church of Sânpetru

The ruins of the Villa Nopcsa SACEL