Cristuru Secuiesc (Romania, Harghita)

• Overview
• Coat Of Arms

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• Romania
• Subdivisions of Romania

• Homepage of Cristuru Secuiesc - Sz�kelykereszt�r

Overview

Cristuru Secuiesc - Sz�kelykereszt�r is in Harghita - Hargita County, Romania

Cristuru Secuiesc, in Hungarian Sz�kelykereszt�r has got 9,500 inhabitants (98.6% Hungarian; 1992 census). Religious Composition: 47.9% Calvinists, 32.2% Unitarians, 16.2% Roman Catholics, 2.7% Orthodox. The town was in the Udvarhely (in Rumanian Odorhei) County of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1876 to 1919/1920 (Rumanian occupation / Treaty of Trianon) Before 1876 Sz�kelyudvarhely was one of the Sz�kely boroughs in the Sz�kely Land and the capital of the formerly "Kereszt�r fi�sz�k" (like county, but more than a county with self-government). The town 1920-1940 part of Romania, 1940-1944 part of Hungary (after the Decision of Vienna. The Treaty of Paris (1947) reallocated it to Romania. 1952-1968 part of the Hungarian Autonomous Region.

First mention from 1332 like Szentkereszt. In 1559 it became borough.

Roman Catholic Gothic Church (1458), Reformed Church (1767), Town Museum, Gy�rf�s Mansion
Istv�n Moln�r, 8 July 2000

Coat of Arms

by Istv�n Moln�r, 9 Oct 2000

The Coat of Arms of Cristuru Secuiesc - Sz�kelykereszt�r, Harghita County, Romania is located at http://www.keresztur.kabelkon.ro/