Rimetea

Rimetea

Torockó
Houses in the village center
Houses in the village center
Location in Alba County
Location in Alba County
Rimetea is located in Romania
Rimetea
Rimetea
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°27′N 23°34′E / 46.450°N 23.567°E / 46.450; 23.567Coordinates: 46°27′N 23°34′E / 46.450°N 23.567°E / 46.450; 23.567
Country Romania
CountyAlba
Government
 • MayorFrancisc Szőcs (UDMR)
Population
(2011)[1]
1,126
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.AB

Rimetea or Torockó (formerly Trascău; Hungarian: Torockó; German: Eisenmarkt) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Colțești (formerly Sângeorzul Trascăului; Torockószentgyörgy; Sankt Georgen) and Rimetea. A former mining town, today it is known as the location of the Piatra Secuiului (Hungarian: Székelykő, lit. "Rock of the Szeklers") mountain. Rimetea has a majority Hungarian population, at 94.1%[2]. The village has a strong cultural significance for Hungarians and Transylvanian-Hungarians, and is home to a Szekler ethnographic museum.[3] In 1999 the village was awarded the Europa Nostra award.

Geography

Rimetea lies in the Apuseni Mountains of central Transylvania, in a valley 23 kilometers north of Aiud, between the mountains of Székelykő and Ordaskő. The village rests at an altitude of 650 meters, and the Székelykő is an additional 479 meters higher.[4] The distinct location of Rimetea at the bottom of the Székelykő gives it a unique characteristic, since in the village the sun appears to "rise twice" - once above the horizon, before disappearing behind the mountain, and emerging again. [5]

Etymology

The village's name "Torockó" or more archaically "Toroczko" has its root in an old Slavic word "troszk" meaning "iron ore" or "iron-like". An o slipped between the first tr when spoken in Hungarian, and the word merged with the slaving ending "-ov" meaning "made of", forming the name Toroszkov. With a degradation of consonant sounds, the name Toroszkó, emerged.[5] The first time the village was mentioned was in 1257 under the name Toroczko.

The village's iron-mining past is clearly reflected in not only the origin of the Hungarian name, but also in the German name "Eisenmarkt".

History

Trascău Citadel in Colțești

The first time the villiage was mentioned was in 1257 under the name Toroczko.

As part of the Kingdom of Hungary it belonged to Torda-Aranyos County; after the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, in which the Kingdom of Hungary lost two thirds of its landmass, it became part of Alba County in Romania.

At the 2011 census, 91.4% of inhabitants were Hungarians and 8.3% Romanians. At the 2002 census, 76.2% were Unitarian, 12.6% Romanian Orthodox, 5% Reformed, 2.6% Roman Catholic and 2.8% stated they belonged to another religion.

References

  1. ^ "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Rezultate | Recensamant 2011" (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  3. ^ "Torockó Egyesület". www.torockoegyesulet.hu. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  4. ^ "Torockó". duna-haz.com (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  5. ^ a b "Torockó - Erdely - Székelyföld -- A Falu Történelme". www.torocko.eu. Retrieved 2020-04-15.

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