Săliștea ( German : Tschorren ; Hungarian : Alsócsóra ), known as Cioara until 1965, is a commune located in Alba County , Transylvania , Romania . The old name of Cioara is still widely used, especially by local residents.
30-604: It is composed of four villages: Mărgineni, Săliștea, Săliștea-Deal, and Tărtăria ( Alsótatárlaka ). Săliștea is located near the Mureș River in the southwestern part of Alba County . The centre of the commune is situated 5 km (3.1 mi) north of a main Romanian National Road , namely the DN7 , to which is connected by the county road DJ705E. The nearest cities are Sebeș (21 km), Cugir (25 km) and
60-748: A crow (in Romanian : cioară or corb ). The emblem of the inn was also the emblem of the Barcsay noble family from Bârcea Mare , Hunedoara , that was attested in this area in several documents from 1458 and 1462, and became the dominant noble family in Săliștea starting from 1508. The village of Cioara is linked to Sofronie of Cioara , the Eastern Orthodox Monk and Saint of the Romanian Orthodox Church who, between
90-633: A Romanian Orthodox bishop. As a response to Sofronie's movement, the Austrian military commander systematically destroyed the monasteries in Transylvania that had served as centres of the uprising, including the one in Cioara. In the end however, The Orthodox achieved a notable victory: recognition by the court of Vienna of the legal existence of their church and the appointment of a bishop in person of Dionisije Novaković . Several historians also showed
120-560: A decree appointing Dionisije to his post in Transylvania; at the same time, he kept his office in Buda. In September, von Buccow installed him in St. Nicholas Church in Șcheii Brașovului , reading the decree in Latin, following which the bishop delivered a speech in the same language. Beforehand, the priests and laymen of Șchei, known for their attachment to Orthodoxy, obliged him to swear allegiance to
150-403: A villager from Săliștea. Several coins dated back to the times of Roman Dacia were also found by archaeologists. The first attestation of a village in the area occupied today by Săliștea dates back to 4 November 1310, when by order of king Charles I of Hungary , the village of Archișul Românesc (Romanian Archiș) was donated to Count Reneriu from Vințu de Jos . The other village, Drejman ,
180-697: Is 27,890 km (10,770 sq mi). The Mureș River flows through the Romanian counties Harghita , Mureș , Alba , Hunedoara , Arad and Timiș , and the Hungarian county Csongrád . The largest cities on the Mureș/Maros are Târgu Mureș , Alba Iulia , Deva and Arad in Romania as well as Makó and Szeged in Hungary. The Hungarian reaches of the Mureș/Maros are 73 km (45 mi) long as
210-679: Is a 789-kilometre-long (490 mi) river in Eastern Europe . Its drainage basin covers an area of 30,332 km (11,711 sq mi). It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains , Romania , rising close to the headwaters of the river Olt , and joins the Tisza at Szeged in southeastern Hungary . In Romania, its length is 761 km (473 mi) and its basin size
240-639: The Union of Transylvania with Romania . Several people from Cioara took part in the Assembly, including the local priest, Constantin Oancea, who was one of the speakers in the Assembly. During World War II , more than 250 people from Cioara fought in the Romanian Army, of which 45 died in action. After the war, 65 children from Bessarabia , including their teacher, found refuge in the commune. The name of
270-535: The Vinča culture of the Middle Neolithic . The Tărtăria tablets dated 5300 BC were discovered in the village of Tărtăria, part of the Săliștea commune, in 1961 by a team of Romanian archaeologists led by Nicolae Vlassa . Other archaeological findings indicate the existence of a Dacian settlement in this area. The main discovery was a series of 62 pieces of silver artifacts, found in 1820 by Matei Molodeț,
300-524: The Romanian language with the help of his secretary and fellow Kiev pupil Dimitrie Eustatievici . He even wrote several short dogmatic and polemical works in the language, but these have been lost. The new bishop, received coldly due to his foreign origins and particularly because he had been named from Vienna; faced with serious restrictions that impeded his work; and longing for his Serbian followers in Buda, submitted his resignation in December 1762. This
330-835: The autumn of 1759 and the spring of 1761, led the peaceful uprising of the Romanian Orthodox population against the Habsburg policy of encouraging all Romanians to join the Greek-Catholic Church . In 1701, the Emperor Leopold I decreed Transylvania's Orthodox Church to be one with the Roman Catholic Church. Sofronie's peaceful uprising advocated for freedom of worship and the right of the Romanian population in Transylvania to have
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#1732786971740360-542: The bishop to move to a three-room peasant house in Rășinari that still stands. In 1764, upon the insistence of his archpriests, he asked the provincial government for permission to build a permanent residence, but the request was denied. It is not known where in Sibiu he held services: either in an improvised chapel, or in the neighboring village churches. In spite of the obstacles placed in his path, Novaković worked to organize
390-770: The commune was changed in 1965 from Cioara to Săliștea. According to the 2002 census, there were 2,374 people living in Săliștea (100% Romanians), of which 1,252 in the centre of the commune, 745 in Tărtăria, 309 in Săliștea Deal, and 77 in Mărgineni. At the 2011 census , the population had decreased to 2,197. At the 2021 census , there were 2,155 inhabitants in the commune, of which 2,039 were Romanians. Mure%C8%99 (river) The Mureș ( Romanian: [ˈmureʃ] ) or Maros ( IPA: [ˈmɒroʃ] ; German : Mieresch , Serbian : Мориш , romanized : Moriš )
420-729: The county capital, Alba Iulia (27 km). The bordering communes are Blandiana in the north, Vințu de Jos in the north-east, Pianu in the east, the town of Cugir in the west and Șibot in the south. The relief is dominated by the low terraces of the river Mureș in the north and the high plateau and several hills in the south. The highest hills, Globul, Hălmul and Coasta Răchitii, are about 700–900 m (2,300–3,000 ft) high. Other hills are Văratecul (630 m), Dealul Mare (452 m), Dealul Ciorii (424 m), Dealul Calului (389 m) and Munceii Rotunzi (341 m). The mean annual temperatures range between 5 and 9 °C (41 and 48 °F). The oldest traces of human activity in Săliștea date back to
450-451: The faith. The following year, the empress issued a new decree of toleration, this time accompanied by eleven conditions meant to facilitate conversion to Greek Catholicism. Given the cool reception he met in Brașov, Dionisije chose Sibiu as his residence, initially renting a house for two years. During one of his absences, the building was taken over by the head of the local post office, forcing
480-574: The general on a tour of the province, in order to assess the situation of the Orthodox church. For example, at Alba Iulia , he was forced to accept the cession of two parishes to the Greek-Catholic Church. One account holds that Petru Pavel Aron , head of the latter institution, officiated a liturgy in an empty, formerly Orthodox church, while Novaković did the same in the yard, drawing a large crowd. In July 1761, Maria Theresa signed
510-784: The involvement of several villagers from Cioara in the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan and the Transylvanian Memorandum movement. A number of 550 inhabitants of Cioara fought during World War I in the Austro-Hungarian Army and most of them as volunteers in the Romanian Army in the second part of the war. Sixty-five of them were reported dead in action. On 1 December 1918, the Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia proclaimed
540-426: The language in a few months. In March 1761, the Austrian government named Novaković administrator of the Orthodox church in Transylvania over the objections of Nenadović. After receiving instructions from Vienna, he set out for the provincial capital Sibiu , arriving during Holy Week, some three weeks after the new military governor, General Adolf Nikolaus von Buccow . Over the next few months, Dionisije accompanied
570-754: The name Maris (Μάρις). Strabo calls it Marisos (Μάρισος). It was known in Latin as the Marisus ; the Mureș is also mentioned, as Morisis (Μορήσης), in a document of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII , in 948 AD. It was also known in German variously as the Mieresch , Marosch or Muresch , owing to Transylvanian Saxon settlements and prior Habsburg rule. It
600-544: The potential to bring his entire flock to the state church. In spite of internal dissent which viewed the deteriorating situation as the work of Karlovci and proposed it be dealt with by expelling and arresting emissaries of the Serbian metropolitan, Empress Maria Theresa approved the plan. The following July, she issued a decree of toleration for the province's Orthodox population. Dionisije initially declined, due to his inability to speak Romanian, but later promised to learn
630-579: The revived diocese. In 1766, he held a census, finding that there were 635,454 Orthodox under his jurisdiction. The following year, he counted 1224 priests in 44 archpriests' districts. He had ordained 198 of these, while the remainder were ordained either in Wallachia and Moldavia or by Serbian bishops in Arad and Timișoara . His findings constitute the oldest detailed listing of Orthodox priests in Transylvania. Dionisije made several pastoral visits and learned
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#1732786971740660-2212: The river Mureș (from source to mouth): Left: Cărbunele Negru, Senetea , Fierăstrăul, Șumuleul Mare , Borzontul Mare , Borzontul Mic , Pietrosul , Bacta , Limbuș, Piatra , Eseniu , Martonca , Calnaci, Muscă, Gălăuțaș , Zăpodea, Măgheruș , Mărșinețul de Sus, Gudea Mare , Sălard , Iod , Borzia, Sebeș , Fițcău, Idicel , Deleni , Gurghiu , Mocear, Beica , Habic , Petrilaca , Valea cu Nuci, Terebici , Pocloș , Budiu, Niraj , Pârâul Mare, Lăscud, Sărata , Șeulia , Valea Luncilor, Ațintiș , Găbud, Fărău , Ciunga, Pusta Băgăului, Rât , Târnava , Hăpria, Sebeș , Pianul , Cioara , Cugir , Vaidei , Romos , Orăștie , Turdaș , Strei , Tâmpa, Cerna , Herepeia, Căoi , Vulcez, Leșnic , Săcămaș, Plai , Dobra , Abucea , Valea Mare , Sălciva, Peștiș , Căpriorișca, Somonița , Birchiș, Izvor , Corbul, Fiac, Suliniș , Lalașinț, Chelmac, Pârâul Mare , Șiștarovăț , Țârnobara, Sinicoț , Valea Fânețelor de Jos, Zădărlac, and Zădăreni Right: Chindeni , Arinul Scurt, Chirtoegher, Strâmba , Pârâul Noroios, Belcina , Lăzarea , Ghiduț, Ditrău , Faier, Jolotca , Filipea, Sărmaș, Ciucic , Toplița , Călimănel , Mermezeu, Zebrac , Neagra, Ilva , Obcina Ferigelor (Fântânel), Răstolița , Gălăoaia , Bistra , Pietriș, Dumbrava, Râpa , Agriș, Lueriu , Luț , Șar , Voiniceni , Cuieșd , Valea Fânațelor, Șăușa, Valea din Jos , Lechința , Ranta, Pârâul de Câmpie , Grindeni, Arieș , Unirea , Ciugud , Ormeniș, Mirăslău, Lopadea, Aiud , Gârbova , Geoagiu (Alba) , Galda , Ampoi , Pâclișa, Valea Vințului , Blandiana , Stânișoara, Băcăinți , Homorod , Geoagiu (Hunedoara) , Boiul, Bobâlna , Valea lui Sânpetru, Lazu , Vărmaga , Certej , Boholt , Căian , Bejan, Boz , Sârbi , Băcișoara , Gurasada , Zam , Almaș , Petriș , Crăciuneasca, Troaș , Vinești , Stejar , Julița , Valea Mare, Grosul , Monoroștia , Bârzava , Nadăș, Conop , Cornic, Milova , Jernova, Șoimoș , Radna, Cladova , Crac, and Száraz-ér Dionisije Novakovi%C4%87 Dionisije Novaković ( Serbian : Дионисије Новаковић , Romanian : Dionisie Novacovici ; ca. 1705 – 8 December 1767 )
690-602: The state border. Some 28.5 km (11.0 sq mi) on the northern side of the river are protected as part of the Körös-Maros National Park . The Maros Floodplain Protected Area consists of gallery forests, floodplain meadows and 0.6 km (0.23 sq mi) of forest reserve near Szeged. Salt used to be traded in medieval times on the river on large rafts. The river is known to be first mentioned by Herodotus in 485 BC bearing
720-600: The stipulation that he was forbidden to oppose the spread of Greek-Catholicism. The alternative of placing the community under Karlovci was dismissed for its potential to create a unified Orthodox bloc, while the suggestion they adhere to the Russian Orthodox Church was viewed as even more dangerous. Thus, in October 1758, State Chancellor Wenzel Anton Kaunitz proposed Novaković, whom he viewed as wise but not zealous, unlikely to damage Catholicism and with
750-692: Was a Serbian Orthodox bishop in the Habsburg monarchy , and one of the most learned men of his time. He occupied the post of Bishop of the Eparchy of Budapest from 1749 to 1769. An ethnic Serb , he became a monk at an early age at Savina Monastery in the Bay of Kotor region, and was later made hierodeacon . In 1725, he was sent to study in Kiev, first attending gymnasium and then the Kiev Theological Academy , returning home in 1737. In 1739, he
780-444: Was attested in a document from 29 June 1375, when by order of king Louis I of Hungary , villa Drasman is inherited by Reneriu's granddaughters. On 23 May 1458 Archișul Românesc and Drejman were united to form the village of Cioara , named after the stream Cioara, a tributary of river Mureș. It is possible that the stream Cioara was named after the famous inn close to the village of Archișul Românesc and Drejman, that had as an emblem
810-697: Was displeased that Novaković had the support of the imperial authorities. In that year he consecrated the large new Serbian Orthodox church in Buda that was being built since 1742. In late 1758 and into the following year, Orthodox unrest rose in Transylvania , caused by harsh measures taken by the head of the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church , Petru Pavel Aron , as well as the local authorities. A series of ministerial conferences took place in Vienna and decided to name an Orthodox bishop, with
840-777: Was known in Turkish as the Maroş or Muriş under the Ottomans . The following towns are situated along the river Mureș, from source to mouth: Toplița , Reghin , Târgu Mureș , Luduș , Ocna Mureș , Aiud , Teiuș , Alba Iulia , Geoagiu , Orăștie , Simeria , Deva , Lipova , Arad , Nădlac (all in Romania), Makó , Szeged (both in Hungary). The Mureș flows through the following communes (grouped by counties, from source to mouth): The following rivers are tributaries to
870-661: Was named professor of theology and philosophy at the seminary in Novi Sad . In 1747, by then a hieromonk , he was transferred to the Eparchy of Buda . When the episcopal seat fell vacant, he was elected bishop, an act confirmed by the Imperial Court in Vienna. In July 1749, the Metropolitan of Karlovci , Pavle Nenadović , consecrated him bishop. However, his enthronement only took place in February 1751, as Nenadović
900-471: Was rejected, but over the following years, he continued to submit petitions requesting his transfer back to Buda. He made suggestions as to his successor, recommending that he be enthroned in his presence so as to avoid incident. Dionisije's advice was ignored, and his resignation was only accepted in February 1767, to take effect in October. He left Transylvania in autumn, settling in Szentendre , which had
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