Brețcu

Breţcu Bereck
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Breţcu
Coordinates: 46°3′0″N 26°18′0″E / 46.05000°N 26.30000°ECoordinates: 46°3′0″N 26°18′0″E / 46.05000°N 26.30000°E
Country	Romania
County	Covasna County
Status	Commune
Government
• Mayor	Zoltán Dimény (Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,510
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Breţcu (Romanian: [’bretsku]  listen in Romanian; Hungarian: Bereck, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbɛrɛtsk]; Latin: Angustia) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of three villages:

• Breţcu / Bereck
• Mărtănuş / Kézdimartonos
• Oituz / Ojtoztelep

The village has been recorded under different names: Bereczk (1476), Breczko (1482-1496), Bretzku (1787 and 1850) and Bereck (1854).

The Roman settlement of Angustia and the Roman castrum is located on the east side of the village. G. Popa Lisseanu argued that Breţcu was an old Romanian land mentioned in 1426 by King Sigismund in an official document.^[1] In that document, King Sigismund offered privileges to Romanians and to their Duke (the names of some Romanians were cited: Ioan and Radul, Ţacu's son). The document contains the first attestation of Brețcu village.

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  Roman fort "Angustia"

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  Statue of Michael the Brave

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  Statue of Áron Gábor

Demographics

Position of the Roman camp Angustia in Breţcu

According to the 2011 census, the commune has a population of 3,510 of which 72.68% or 2,551 are Székely Hungarians.

Personalities

Áron Gábor, hero of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was born here in 1814.

References

1. G. Popa Lisseanu, Originea secuilor si secuizarea romanilor Ed. Pur Si Simplu, Bucuresti, 2003, p.69 ISBN 973-86261-4-5

External links

• Information in English, Hungarian, Romanian