Sasca Montană

Sasca Montană ( German German Saska, montan Saska, Hungarian Szászkabánya ) is a municipality in the district of Caras -Severin, Banat, Romania. At the community Sasca Montană includes the villages Bogodinţ, Potoc, Sasca Română and Slatina - Nera.

Geographical Location

Sasca Montană is located in the Banat Mountains, southwest of the circle Caras -Severin. The place is surrounded by the Locva Mountains to the west, the Almaj Mountains in the southwest and the Anina Mountains to the northeast. Sasca Montană is around 17 kilometers from the national road (Romanian: Drumul Naţional ) DN 57 It is 30 kilometers from the city Oraviţa and 100 kilometers from the district capital Resita. The village extends over a length of almost three kilometers along the Şuşaratals. Limits the village is south of Gheorghe Mountain and north of Neratal.

Neighboring towns

History

The earliest traces of human life on the territory of today Sasca Montană originate from the Neolithic period. Pottery and a sword of bronze prove the Cotofeni and the Hallstatt culture. First mining tracks come from the Roman period.

In a document from 1406, a " Fabian paroh de Zaz " was called and so mentioned the place name for the first time. The place name " Zaz " suggests that here Saxons lived and the place was named after its inhabitants. Documents indicate Saxony from the Erzgebirge, who were brought as miners to southern Banat in the Middle Ages, which they left in 1520 to escape the Turks again. From the Turkish period, nothing is handed down what may be inferred that the continuation of mining.

After the Peace of Passarowitz ( 1717), the Banat was built by the Viennese Court Chamber and populated. From the hereditary lands German miners from Wallachia Romanian lumberjacks, coalfish and carters came. From 1727 Maximillian Mining Act was introduced and applied. 1741 the mining school was opened. 1748-1754, the commissioning of four smelters took place. From 1754 Sasca was Montană seat of the Mining Office.

The Bergwerg Sasca Montană was in 1773 by Emperor Joseph II and 1817 by Emperor Franz I, who forgave the place the rights of a mountain town with market law visited. The sale of the Banat domains to the StEG (1855 ) Mining lost in Montanbanat important. 1905 closed the last copper mine. It began a large exodus of workers after Steierdorf / Anina and Resita but also to America. In the interwar period Sasca Montană flourished again as a district center of the Romanian Banat now. After 1952 an exploration of ore reserves was made and 1973-1998 a resumption of mining activities took place. Today mining activity in Sasca Montană is completely set.

Tourism

Already in 1886 compared " Cornel Chyzer " in his guide Saska with the famous mountain resort of Bad Aussee. The establishment of the " southern Hungarian Carpathian Association", the area was touristy evaluated. In the immediate vicinity is the small spa Şuşară. Sasca Montană is the starting point in the Mesozoic limestone shaped by nature.

For sports lovers, hiking on marked trails, rafting, mountaineering, biking, bungee jumping or horse riding are all popular. Likewise, caving can be operated.

Lovers of industrial archeology can visit the water supply channel smelter Maximilian, some timbered house dating from the 18th century, a historical pond or pit inputs. But the collection of minerals, rocks and waste on old mine dumps and quarries is possible.

To protect the diverse flora and fauna of the National Park Cheile Nerei - Beusnita was founded in 1990. The national park covers about 37,000 hectares. The main attractions are the lakes " Ochiul Beiului " and " Lacul Dracului " the waterfalls " Şuşară " and " Beusnita " and over 400 caves discovered so far. You can also visit the " monastery Nera ", where the nuns produce different Homeopathic medicines from plants.

The geologist " Mihai Tautu " opened in Sasca Montană a small ethnological museum are exhibited in the everyday objects such as furniture, handicrafts, carpets, appliances, doors and gates, books, stamps.

Through cross-border cooperation with the city government and the county government Werschetz Caras -Severin a common database regarding the infrastructure and regional events is maintained. The " tourist information center " in Sasca Montană was opened with EU funds in 2009 and has as its goal to promote the National Park Cheile Nerei - Beusnita and to inform the tourists about the area and attractions.

Roman Catholic Church

On October 4, 1751, on the day of Heligen Francis of Assisi, the Roman Catholic church was consecrated in Sasca Montană. The church is built in the Viennese Baroque style. Inside a Mother of God image is stored, which is said that it would have brought the first settlers from their ancestral homeland Tyrol. It depends even today in a baroque frame inside the church. Earlier pilgrims came from New Moldova, from the Bohemian villages that are close to the Danube, and before the First World War, the faithful from white churches by Saska at the great Marian holidays.

Demography

The demografosche development of the community Sasca Mmontană, including the incorporated villages: