Laslea
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | commune |
| county | Sibiu |
| name | Laslea |
| image_shield | ROU SB Laslea CoA.PNG |
| image_skyline | Malmkrog Apafi Schloss 01.jpg |
| image_caption | Apafi manor in Mălâncrav |
| image_map | Laslea jud Sibiu.jpg |
| map_caption | Location in Sibiu County |
| leader_name | Ioan Onea |
| leader_party | PSD |
| leader_term | 2024–2028 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | 351 |
| area_total | 113 |
| population_total | auto |
| postal_code | 557115 |
| area_code | +40 x59 |
| website | |
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Laslea (; ) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Florești, Laslea, Mălâncrav, Nou Săsesc, and Roandola. In Romanian, Florești was known as Felța until 1950.
Geography
The commune is situated towards the center of the Transylvanian Plateau. It is located in the northeastern part of Sibiu County, on the border with Mureș County. It lies on the banks of the river Laslea, which discharges into the Târnava Mare near the village Laslea.
National road runs just north of the commune. The closest cities are Sighișoara, 13 km to the east, and Mediaș, 28 km to the west; the county capital, Sibiu, is 83 km to the southwest.
Villages
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| In Romanian | In German | In Hungarian |
|---|---|---|
| Florești | Felsendorf | Földszin |
| Laslea | Grosslasseln | Szászszentlászló |
| Mălâncrav | Malmkrog | Almakerék |
| Nou Săsesc | Neudorf | Apaújfalu |
| Roandola | Rauthal | Rudály |
| :: |
Mălâncrav
Mălâncrav is a village in Laslea commune. An asphalt road of 13 km leads to the village. In the formerly majority Transylvanian Saxon village, there still is a small community of Saxons.
The Saxon Romanesque Lutheran church has early 14th-century Gothic murals in the apse, with 15th-century murals in the nave and a 15th-century late Gothic altar. They constitute some of the most significant Gothic murals in Transylvania aside from those at Ghelința in Covasna County. In later centuries the Apafi family (descending from a certain Saxon man named Apa; later a leading Hungarian noble family in Transylvania) buried their dead in the church, since they had overlordship in the village. In 1902, the tomb chest of György Apafi, father of Mihaly Apafi, and his family was transferred to the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.
Mălâncrav was not part of the autonomous Saxon territory, although it had a majority Saxon population until the late 20th century.
The film Malmkrog (2020) was named after the village and was shot at the Apafi manor.
Demographics
|source = Official Austro-Hungarian and Romanian census data |1850 |3802 |1880 |4336 |1900 |4587 |1920 |4397 |1941 |5043 |1977 |4675 |1992 |3276 |2002 |3203 |2011 |3327 |2022 |3100
At the 2002 census, the commune had a population of 3,203; of those, 76.2% were Romanian Orthodox, 7.2% Pentecostal, 5.7% Evangelical Lutheran, 5.2% Seventh-day Adventist, 2.6% Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession, and 1.2% Baptist. At the 2011 census, Laslea had 3,327 inhabitants; of those, 58.67% were Romanians, 29.55% Roma, 7.36% Germans, and 1.02% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 3,100, of which 56.71% were Romanians, 25.45% Roma, and 5.81% Germans.
Economy
The Noul Săsesc gas field is situated on the territory of the commune.
Sustainable tourism
In 2006, the then-Prince of Wales bought and restored two 18th-century Saxon houses in the villages of Mălâncrav and Viscri to help protect the unique way of life that has existed for hundreds of years and promote sustainable tourism.
The buildings have been sensitively restored and converted into guesthouses for tourists. They remain in keeping with the surrounding architecture and feature a number of Transylvanian antiques but with modern facilities where possible. The renovation of these buildings has helped provide a sustainable future for the people of rural Transylvania while also enabling residents to maintain their traditional way of life.
The route of the Via Transilvanica long-distance trail passes through the villages of Florești, Mălâncrav, and Nou Săsesc.
Mălâncrav church gallery
image:almakerek11.jpg|Exterior Image:almakerek2.jpg|The apse Image:almakerek1.jpg|15th-century altar Image:almakerek4.jpg|Apse ceiling Image:almakerek5.jpg|Jesus with the Cross on the Via Dolorosa (apse) Image:almakerek6.jpg|Hungarians saints: Bishop Gellert, King Ladislaus I, unknown, King Stephen I, his son Prince Emericus Image:almakerek7.jpg|Hanging of Judas Image:almakerek8.jpg|Ceiling. Around the keystone, from bottom left (cw): Nativity of Jesus, Annunciation, the Four Evangelists, Presentation in the Temple, ? Image:almakerek3.jpg|Mark the Evangelist (ceiling) Image:almakerek9.jpg|The Last Supper and Christ washing the apostles' feet
References
References
- "Primar". Laslea town hall.
- Attila Szabó (ed.), ''Erdély, Bánság És Partium Történeti És Közigazgatási Helységnévtára''. Miercurea Ciuc, 2003, Pro-Print Könyvkiadó, {{ISBN. 973-8468-01-9
- Teutsch, Georg Daniel. (1850). "Beiträge zur Geschichte Siebenbürgens unter König Ludwig I. 1342 - 1382". [[Austrian Academy of Sciences]], History Commission.
- Mérai, Dóra. (2017). "Memory from the Past, Display for the Future: Early Modern Funeral Monuments from the Transylvanian Principality". [[Central European University]].
- (31 May 2023). "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).
- "Terra Saxonum {{!}} Via Transilvanica".
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