Aranyos Seat in medieval Transylvania

Aranyosszék (Latin: Sedes Aurata; Romanian: Scaunul Arieşului)^[1] was the seat (territorial administrative unit) of the Transylvanian Székelys living in the Valley of the Arieş River (Hungarian: Aranyos). Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Seats (sedes szék stuhl scaun were territorial-administrative units in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Transylvania (Ardeal or ro ''Transilvania'' Erdély, see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian For the village in northeastern Hungary see Székely (village The Székely ( pronounced) or Szekler people (Székely The Arieş (Aranyos is a River in Transylvania, Romania that flows through the Alba and Cluj Counties

The free Székely Guards were granted a part of the lands belonging to the king around the old Turda Castle (in ruins, today in the Moldoveneşti area), as a reward for the courage they showed in battles against Tatars. Moldoveneşti or Várfalva (Moldoveneşti Várfalva Burgdorf (earlier Orfalău Varfalău is a commune in Cluj County, Romania, 12 Tatars ( Tatar: Tatarlar/Татарлар sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic -speaking ethnic group or multiple ethnic groups Here they settled in 21 villages, in around 1270. This was the newest Székely Seat, because the other Székely territories (today: Székely Land) were populated earlier. Székely Land (Székelyföld Terra Siculorum Ţinutul Secuiesc refers to the territories inhabited by the Székely, a Hungarian minority living in the centre of

The centre of the seat was a small market town (oppidum), Felvinc, now Unirea village. Unirea, previously Vinţu de Sus (Felvinc Oberwinz is a commune and a village located in the north-east of the Alba County, Romania. Unirea may refer to several places in Romania: Unirea, a commune in Alba County Unirea, a commune in Brăila

In the late 19th century, when the administrative system of the Kingdom of Hungary was reorganised, the Seat was united with Torda County and Torda-Aranyos County was created. The Kingdom of Hungary (short form Hungary) was a considerable state in Central Europe that existed from 1001 to 1918 then from 1919 to 1946 Turda (Thorenburg Hungarian: Torda) is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş River. Torda-Aranyos is the name of a historic administrative county ( Comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary.

The region is today part of the Alba and Cluj Counties in Romania. Alba ('alba Hungarian: Fehér) is a county ( Judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Alba Iulia Cluj (kluʒ Hungarian: Kolozs) is a County ( Judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Cluj-Napoca Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania

See also

List of Székely settlements

References