Baia Sprie (Hungarian: Felsőbánya, German: Mittelstadt) is a town in the Maramures (Hungarian Máramaros) County of Romania. Administrative map of Romania with Maramureş county highlighted The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ...

The commune contains four settlements: Town of Baia Sprie/Felsőbánya, Chiuzbaia, Satu Nou de Sus and Tautii de Sus villages. The commune has 16,059 inhabitants. The town has 11,735 inhabitants (28.9% Hungarians, 1992 census). Neighbouring communities are: Baia Mare/Nagybánya City, Grosi, Dumbravita, Sisesti and Desesti. Baia Mare (Hungarian: Nagybánya, German: Frauenbach and seldomly Neustadt) is an important city in northern Romania and the seat of MaramureÅŸ County. ...

History

The first mention of the settlement is from 1329 as "Civitas in medio monte". The city was in Szatmár County of the Kingdom of Hungary. In 1567 it was annexed by Prince János Zsigmond, prince of Transylvania. 1605-1606, 1621-1629, 1645-1648 the town with the county was part of the Principality of Transylvania. The Kingdom of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyar Királyság) is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: Erdély, German: Siebenbürgen, Serbian: Трансилванија / Transilvanija, Turkish: Erdel, Slovak: Sedmohradsko or Transylvánia, Polish: Siedmiogród) forms the western and central parts of Romania. ...

Ethnic groups In 1910: Hungarian 93.8%, Romanian 5.2%, other 1.0%

Religions In 1910: Roman Catholic 52.1%, Greek Catholic 28.1%, Calvinist 13.3%, Jewish 6.1%, other 0.5% The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The term Eastern Rites may refer to the liturgical rites used by many ancient Christian Churches of Eastern Europe and the Middle East that, while being part of the Roman Catholic Church, are distinct from the Latin Rite or Western Church. ... In an unadorned church, the 17th century congregation stands to hear the sermon. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity; and often a combination of these attributes. ...

From 1919/1920 (Romanian occupation/Treaty of Trianon) to 1940 (Second Decision in Vienna) part of the Kingdom of Romania. 1940-1944 part of Hungary. The Treaty of Paris (1947) reallocated it to Romania.The settlement was a town 1952-1960 in Baia Mare Region, 1960-1968 in Maramures Region and from 1968 is in Maramures County. The Grand Trianon at Versailles, site of the signing The Treaty of Trianon was an agreement that regulated the situation of the new Hungarian state that replaced the Kingdom of Hungary, part of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy, after World War I. It was signed on June 4, 1920, at... Vienna Awards or Vienna Arbitration Awards or Vienna Arbitral Awards or Vienna Diktats or Viennese Arbitrals are various names for two arbitral awards (1938 and 1940) by which arbiters of National Socialist Germany and Fascist Italy sought to enforce peacefully the territorial claims of Revisionist Hungary, ruled by Regent Admiral... Administrative map of Romania with Maramureş county highlighted The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ...

External links

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