Valea Lungă, Alba

Valea Lunga (deprecated Hususău or Husasau; Langenthal German, Hungarian Hosszúaszó ) is a town in Alba county in Transylvania, Romania.

The place is also known by the German name Long Thal and Langendorf and the Hungarian Hosszúaszú.

Geographical location

The community Valea Lunga is situated in a hilly landscape in the south of Kokeltals, in Transylvania. On the right bank of the lower reaches of the Târnava Mare (Grand Kokel ) - a left tributary of the Mureş - is the town on the railway line Teiuş - Braşov and the National Road ( Drum National) DN 14B between Blaj ( Blasendorf ) and Copşa Mica ( Kleinkopisch ), Circle Sibiu. Valea Lunga is situated about 19 ​​km east of Blaj; the county capital Alba Iulia ( Charles Castle ) is located about 55 km (36 km distance) away to the west.

History

In the field of eingemeindeten village Făget ( Birkesdorf ) finds from the Bronze Age were made after reports of K. Horedt, V Pârvan and M. Roska. In the village Glogoveţ ( Tuten village) are - according to data from L. Köváry, N. Schroller and M. Roska - archaeological sites, which suggest a settlement in the Early Bronze Age.

The place Valea Lunga was first mentioned in 1309 under the name Longavallis. Located on the outskirts of the historic crown land, Langenthal was a Transylvanian Saxon village of hearing, ruled in the Middle Ages by Hungarian nobles. In 1848, 20 kleinadlige families were settled in place. On the Reformed cemetery of the town is the family tomb of Szentkereszthy family.

The main occupation of the population is agriculture, woodworking and working in a gravel mining on the river Mureş.

Population

The population of the municipality is as follows:

The highest population ( 5,333 ) of the present-day municipality was determined in 1966. The highest population of Romanians ( 4,544 ) in 1956, which the Germans in 1941, that of Hungary in 1910 and the Roma (243 ) 1850 registered. In addition, in 1880 a resident called the Serb, 1900 and 1910, one each in 1930 and four as Slovaks.

In the village Valea Lunga even 2002 1901 people were registered in the census, of which 1661 Romanians, 105 Roma, 99 Hungarians and 36 German.

Attractions

• The late Gothic towerless evangelical church hall, built in the 14th century, received in 1729 a new coffered ceiling from 118 fields. The Baroque altar and the pulpit are of 1725; the stone baptismal font and the gargoyles on consoles from the Middle Ages. In the church also naive wall painting fragments are preserved. The crypt under the choir of the church was established as an ossuary; from here led an escape to a farm. At the ring, made ​​of rubble stone, five feet high fortified walls of the church are from the original six two towers. 1981 built the Saxons on the foundation of a collapsed three-storey bell tower a fortified tower with battlements of broken stone. The smaller of the two bells is from 1592; the Great of 1710. The church is a listed building.
• In the resort, there is still the Roman Catholic and the Greek Catholic Church, built about 1772, a reformed Church of Baron Szentkereszti donated and an Orthodox church, built in 1930. A synagogue, built in the late 19th century, was demolished after the Second World War.

Personalities

• Friedrich Müller ( Friedrich Müller- Langenthal, 1884-1969 ), born in Langenthal, from 1945 until his death bishop of the Evangelical Church AB in Romania
• Josef Barth (1833-1915) was an eminent botanist of Transylvania; from 1864-1898 pastor in Langenthal.

Web Links & Resources

• Valea Lunga at ghidulprimariilor.ro
• Langentahl on siebenbuerger.de
• Web presentation of the Langenthal hometown community