| Orăştie | |
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| Coordinates: | |
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| Country |  Romania |
| County | Hunedoara County |
| Status | Municipality |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Iosif Veniamin Blaga (Democratic Party) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 38. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania List of counties See also List of Romanian Counties by Population The Judeţe (translated in English as "counties" are administrative Romania 's administration is relatively centralised and administrative subdivisions are therefore fairly simplified A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government The Democratic Party ( Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD was a centre-right party of Romania. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 62 km² (14. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | |
| - Total | 24,354 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website: http://www.orastie.info.ro/ | |
Orăştie (German: Broos, Hungarian: Szászváros) is a city in Hunedoara County, south-western Transylvania, Romania. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Eastern European Time ( EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Daylight saving time ( DST Eastern European Summer Time ( EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 Time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+3 is used in the following locations Moscow Time Eastern European Summer Time West Asian Summer Time The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Hunedoara (hune'dwara Hungarian: Hunyad) is a county (Judeţ of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. Transylvania (Ardeal or ro ''Transilvania'' Erdély, see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
History
- VIIIth to 9th century - First signs of human settlement. The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era.
- 1206 - King of Hungary, Andrew II, mentioned Romosul, a village near Orăştie, as one of the first three villages in Transylvania comprising Saxon colonists. This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since Árpád See Heads of state of Hungary for a list of post-1918 presidents 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 Andrew II the Jerosolimitan ( Hungarian: Jeruzsálemi II András/Endre, Croatian: Andrija I The Transylvanian Saxons (Siebenbürger Sachsen Erdélyi szászok Saşi are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania (Siebenbürgen from the 12th
- 1224 - Andrew II confirmed the privileges of the Saxon colonists and mentioned the existence of Romanian (Blachi) and Pecheneg (Bisseni) populations in the town. Vlachs is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe The Pechenegs or Patzinaks ( Turkish: Peçenekler, Hungarian: Besenyő, Greek: Patzinaki/Petsenegi or Πατζινάκοι/Πετσενέγοι/Πατζινακίται
- 1241 - Orăştie was devastated during the Mongol invasion. The Mongol invasions of Europe, under the leadership of Subutai, centered on the destruction of East Slavic principalities such as Kiev and Vladimir
- 1309 - Orăştie had approx. 1,600 inhabitants.
- 1324 - Hungarian King Charles I Robert, awarded it the rank of town. Charles I of Hungary (Károly Róbert Karlo Robert Karol Róbert (1288 Naples, Italy &ndash 16 July 1342, Visegrád,
- 1376 - 19 guilds (fraternitas) are mentioned as active in the town. A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade The earliest guilds were formed as confraternities of workers
- 1420 - The county is raided by the Ottomans, who are said to have taken about 20,000 prisoners (could be an exaggeration). The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
- 1425 - Saxons from Orăştie became suppliers of the Turks. Town is mentioned under its German name, Bros or Broos.
- 1436 - Hungarians are mentioned as living in the center of the town.
- 1438 - An Ottoman army entered Transylvania near Orăştie and damaged the town's fortress.
- 1479 - An Ottoman army of 60,000 raided Transylvania. Orăştie was set on fire. On their way back, they were attacked by Transylvanian troops (some under the command of Pavel Chinezul) near Orăştie. ImageExamplejpg|Caption2 Pál Kinizsi was a Hungarian general in the army of king Matthias Corvinus. The Turks lost half of their forces.
- 1500 - The annual fair on Saint Nicholas Day was held for the first time in history. Saint Nicholas (Άγιος Νικόλαος, Agios Nikolaos, "victory of the people" is the common name for Nicholas of Myra, a Christian Saint
- 1509 - The first mention of Gypsies in Orăştie: "The ledger of Sibiu city, registres a payment made in favor of two employers sent to Orăştie to escort some Gypsies held and accused of violent crimes in the market place in Orăştie. "
- 1577 - The first mention of the Hungarian name for the town, Szászváros (meaning: Saxon Town).
- 1599 - Michael the Brave asked the town for a loan of 1,000 florins. Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul Vitéz Mihály 1558 - 9 August 1601) was the Prince of Wallachia (1593-1601 of Transylvania Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch gulden — from Old Dutch for 'golden'
- 1582 - The Old Testament of Orăştie, one of the first Romanian-language translations of the Bible was printed here.
- 1602 - General Giorgio Basta garrisoned 400 Imperial soldiers in the town. Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt (1544-1607 was a general of Albanian descent employed by the Holy Roman Emperor to command Habsburg forces in the Garrison (various spellings (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip" is the collective term for a body of Troops The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in Their actions persuaded the townsfolk to flee or otherwise barricade themselves in the church's castle. Later, in the same year, general Gabriel Bethlen, with an army of Tatars, Turks, Hungarians and Serbs besieged the town. Gabriel Bethlen (de Iktár (- English, Hungarian: Bethlen Gábor, Romanian: Gabriel Bethlen, German: Gabriel Tatars ( Tatar: Tatarlar/Татарлар sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic -speaking ethnic group or multiple ethnic groups Serbs ( Serbian: Срби Srbi) are a South Slavic people living in the Balkans and Central Europe, mainly in Serbia, The Imperial soldiers were denied access to the church's castel and all but 11 were killed. In August, Basta retook Transylvania and hanged the Mayor of Orăştie and two other prominent burghers.
- 1604 - 1,500 of Basta's soldiers were garrisoned in the town. Because of extreme famine, there cannibalism extended. A famine is a widespread shortage of food that may apply to any Faunal species which phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional Malnutrition, Starvation Cannibalism (from Spanish es ''caníbal'' in connection with cannibalism among the Antillean Caribs, also called anthropophagy (from Greek ἄνθρωπος
- 1605 - A large part of the town was destroyed.
- 1661 - An Ottoman army in pursuit of John Kemény, set on fire Orăştie and Sebeş. Sebeş ( German: Mühlbach, Hungarian: Szászsebes) is a city in Alba County, central Romania, southern Transylvania
- 1663 - The reformed college of the town was established by Michael I Apafi
- 1697 - The first pharmacy of the town, "Graffius", was established. Michael Apafi (1632 – 15 April 1690) was a Hungarian Prince of Transylvania. Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον 'pharmakon' = drug is the Health profession that links the Health sciences with the chemical sciences
- 1733 - The tax registry mentioned 2,800 inhabitants in 568 families: 240 Romanian families, 170 Hungarian, 100 Saxon, 50 Gypsy and 8 Greek. Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions
- 1738 - The plague caused the deaths of 156 people. Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as
- 1749 - The Roman Catholic church was built in the shape that it still has: in 1880 a tower was added. Year 1749 ( MDCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
- 1752-1756 - 144 colonists from Upper Austria settle the town. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Upper Austria (Oberösterreich Horní Rakousko is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria.
- 1757-1758 - Another 222 colonists from the same region. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
- 1784 - The peasants' rebellion of Horea, Cloşca and Crişan. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Revolt of Horea Cloşca and Crişan began in Zarand County Transylvania on 2 November 1784, but it soon spread all throughout the Apuseni
- 1786 - A census under Emperor Joseph II counted 3,190 people in the town. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The Holy Roman Emperor (Römischer Kaiser or Römisch-Deutscher Kaiser Romanorum Imperator was the elected monarch ruling over the many varying numbers of states Heir and co-regent Joseph was born in the midst of the early upheavals of the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 1820-1823 - The Lutheran church was build, with a tower being added in 1841. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link
- 1828 - A large fire destroys 127 houses. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap
- 1848 - Fightings between forces of Hungarian Revolutionary forces under general Józef Bem, and the Austrian armies. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap From March 1848 through July 1849 the Habsburg Austrian Empire was threatened by revolutionary movements Józef Zachariasz Bem, Bem József (March 14 1794 - December 10 1850 was a Polish general and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined
- 1853 - Transylvania was reorganised in 10 counties. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The third one was centered on Orăştie. The county has 134,77 square miles/348,90 square km and 214,165 inhabitants. According to etnical criteria, its population comprised: 192,995 Romanians, 7,809 Hungarians, 1,063 Germans (and 12,297 of other categories). The religious divisions: 160,603 Eastern Orthodox, 38,550 Eastern Rite Catholics, 8,565 Lutherans, 4,283 Roman-Catholic, 2,141 Calvinists and 23 of other religions. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world This article refers to Eastern Churches in full communion with the Holy See The Reformed churches are a group of Christian Protestant Denominations formally characterized by a similar Calvinist system of doctrine historically
- 1854 - Orăştie had 4,207 inhabitants. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year
- 1857 - Census counted 5,029 inhabitants: 1,850 Eastern Orthodox, 1,136 Roman Catholic, 884 Lutheran, 688 Calvinist, 486 Eastern Rite, 24 Jewish, 19 Unitarian and 5 Armenian. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Unitarianism as a theology is the belief in the single personality of God in contrast to the doctrine of the Trinity (three persons in one God The Armenian Apostolic Church (Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի Hayasdaneaytz Arakelagan
- 1867 - The synagogue was build. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A synagogue (from Greek: grc συναγωγή transliterated synagogē, "assembly" he בית כנסת beit knesset, "house of
- 1869 - First bank was established: "Brooser Vorschuss-verein". Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
- 1877 - Orăştie had 5,661 inhabitants. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
- 1880 - Orăştie had 1,086 houses and 5,451 inhabitants: 2,312 Romanians, 1,427 Germans, 1,227 Hungarians, 16 Slovaks, 8 Serbs, 176 other nationalities, 138 foreigners and 147 of unknown maternal language (a category that included Gypsies); 2,030 Eastern Orthodox, 1,002 Roman Catholic, 964 Lutheran, 769 Calvinist, 523 Eastern Rite, 163 Jewish. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year } The Slovaks or Slovakians are a western Slavic People that primarily inhabit Slovakia and speak the Slovak language, which is
- 1900 - Orăştie had 6,238 inhabitants. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Electrical street lighting was introduced. A street light, lamppost, street lamp, light standard or lamp standard, is a raised source of Light on the edge of a Road
- 1910 - 6,937 inhabitants (of which 3,276 Romanians). Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
- 1930 - 7,377 inhabitants. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- 1941 - 9,751 inhabitants. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- 1948 - 8,819 inhabitants. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- 1956 - 10,488 inhabitants. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- 1960 - 11,726 inhabitants. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- 1966 - 12,822 inhabitants. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar.
- 1973 - 14,994 inhabitants. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar.
- 2002 - 20,000 inhabitants. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
References
1. Chronicles and documents about the history of Orăştie - vol. 1 1200-1541, Anton E. Dörner.
2. Orăştie - 750 years, Ion Iliescu, Tiberiu Istrate.
3. Orăştie - 775, dr. Anton E. Dörner, Vasile Ionaş, Ioachim Lazăr, Mihai Căstăian.
4. Orăştie - Encyclopedia, Petru Baciu.
External links
- (Romanian) www.orastieinfo.ro
- (Romanian) www.orastie.org
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