Odorheiu Secuiesc
Székelyudvarhely

County	Harghita County
Status	Municipality
Mayor	Jenő Szász, Hungarian Civic Union, since 1996
Population (2002)	36,926
Geographical coordinates	46°18′50″N, 25°18′6″E
Web site	http://www.udvph.ro/

Odorheiu Secuiesc or Székelyudvarhely (Romanian: Odorheiu Secuiesc, Hungarian: Székelyudvarhely, German: Oderhellen) is the second-largest city in Harghita County, Romania. In its short form, it is also known as Odorhei in Romanian and Udvarhely in Hungarian. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 513 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (855 × 1000 pixel, file size: 24 KB, MIME type: image/png) (All user names refer to ro. ... Administrative map of Romania. ... Facts Development region: Centru Historic region: Transylvania Capital city: Miercurea-Ciuc Population:  â€¢ As of 2002:  â€¢ Population density: 326,222 52/km² Area: 6,639 km² Codes:  â€¢ Car numbers  â€¢ ISO 3166-2:RO HR RO-HR Telephone code: (+40) x66 (1) Web:   County Council Prefecture 1. ... The Hungarian Civic Alliance is a political party of the Hungarian minority in Romania. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Facts Development region: Centru Historic region: Transylvania Capital city: Miercurea-Ciuc Population:  â€¢ As of 2002:  â€¢ Population density: 326,222 52/km² Area: 6,639 km² Codes:  â€¢ Car numbers  â€¢ ISO 3166-2:RO HR RO-HR Telephone code: (+40) x66 (1) Web:   County Council Prefecture 1. ...

Demographics

The city has a population of 36,948, of which 96.7% or 35,359 people are Székely Hungarians, making it the city with the second-highest proportion of Hungarians in Romania (based on the census of 2002). The Székely or Szeklers (Hungarian: , Romanian: , German: ) ( sék-ei in pronunciation ) are a Hungarian ethnic group mostly living in Transylvania in Romania, with a significant population also living in Vojvodina, Serbia. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

History

The town, as the former seat of the Udvarhely comitatus, is one of the historical centres of the Székely Land. The first known reference to the city was in a papal register of duties in 1333. Odorheiu Secuiesc was the location of the first national assembly of Székelys in 1357. Udvarhely is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Map of the counties in the Kingdom of Hungary around 1880 A comitatus (less frequently, a comitat, or, inaccurately, a county; for the various names, their origin and use see here) is the name of an administrative unit in the Kingdom of Hungary from the 10th century to 1918. ... Harghita, Covasna, and MureÅŸ counties within Romania Ethnic map of Harghita, Covasna, and MureÅŸ (1992 data) Székely Land (Hungarian: Székelyföld; Romanian: Å¢inutul Secuiesc, Latin: Terra Siculorum) is used today in a cultural-ethnographical sense to refer to the territories inhabited by the Székelys, a Hungarian minority... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Pope (from Latin... Events End of the Kamakura period and beginning of the Kemmu restoration in Japan. ...

A fortress was built in the town in 1492. It was rebuilt and strengthened by John II Sigismund Zápolya in 1565, in order to control the Székelys. The latter, allied to the Wallachian Prince (and Habsburg partner) Michael the Brave during his campaign in Transylvania, destroyed the fortress in 1599. It was repeatedly rebuilt and destroyed again during history. The ruins of the structure are nowadays known as "The Székely-attacked fortress". John II Sigismund Zápolya (Hungarian: Zápolya/Szapolyai János Zsigmond, Croatian: Ivan Žigmund Zapolja) (18 July 1440, Buda, Hungary - 14 March 1471, Gyulafehervar, Hungary) was the son of John Zápolya and Isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o. ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... The Habsburg Monarchy, often called Austrian Monarchy or simply Austria, are the territories ruled by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine, between 1526 and 1867/1918. ... Engraving of Michael the Brave Mihai Viteazu redirects here. ...

Odorheiu Secuiesc and the surrounding villages were hit by significant flooding in August 2005. Map showing affected countries The 2005 European floods hit mainly Romania, Switzerland, Austria and Germany, as well as several other countries in Central Europe during August 2005. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August...

A statue park of historical persons important for the Székelys was unveiled in Odorheiu Secuiesc on May 22, 2004. This has created controversy, as one of the sculptures (The Wandering Szekler) was interpreted in the Romanian press as being that of writer and poet Albert Wass, sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes by the People's Tribunal in Cluj in 1946.^[1][2] is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Albert Wass Count Albert Wass de Szentegyed et Czege (Hungarian gróf szentegyedi és czegei Wass Albert; Válaszút, Hungary (now Răscruci, Cluj County, Romania), 1908 – Astor, Florida, February 17, 1998) was a Hungarian noble, forest engineer, writer and poet from Transylvania. ... For in absentia medical care, see Health care delivery. ... The two Romanian Peoples Tribunals, the Bucharest Peoples Tribunal and the Northern Transylvania Peoples Tribunal (which sat in Cluj) were set up by postwar Romanian Government, overseen by the Allied Control Commission to try suspected war criminals, in line with Article 14 of the Armistice Agreement with... Map of Romania showing Cluj_Napoca Cluj_Napoca (Hungarian: Kolozsvár, German: Klausenburg, Latin: Claudiopolis), the seat of Cluj county, is one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centers in Romania. ...

Town centre

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Etymology

The local population still uses the medieval Hungarian name of the town (Udvarhely), which roughly means "Court Place" in English. The oldest surviving written record about the town is from 1333, when, in medieval Hungarian writing style, the town was called "Uduorhel". Since 1615, when the Prince of Transylvania reaffirmed the rights of the town, the place has been referred to as Székelyudvarhely.

Natives

• Peter Eötvös (b. 1944), Hungarian composer and conductor.
• László Rajk (1909–1949), Hungarian Communist politician, victim of Mátyás Rákosi's show trials.

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Twin cities

• Békéscsaba (1990.01.15.)
• Barcs (1991.01.23.)
• Subotica (1994.10.05.)
• Buda Castle (district of Budapest) (1995.07.26.)
• Buda Highlands (district of Budapest)
• Vác (1997.04.24.)
• Dunajská Streda (1997.09.24.)
• Soroksár (district of Budapest) (1997.09.24)
• Tatabánya (1999.09.30.)
• Törökbálint (2000.03.28.)
• Tihany (2000.03.28)
• Cegléd (2001.06.01.)
• Hajdúdorog

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References

1. ^ (Romanian) Mihai Petean, "Criminalul Wass Albert loveşte din nou", Gazeta de Cluj
2. ^ (Romanian) George Damian, "Criminalul Wass omagiat la Odorhei de 15 martie", Ziua, March 18, 2006

v • d • e Municipalities and Towns of Harghita County (alphabetical order by locality)
Băile Tuşnad • Bălan • Borsec • Cristuru Secuiesc • Gheorgheni • Miercurea-Ciuc • Odorheiu Secuiesc • Topliţa • Vlăhiţa