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11-654: The town is situated at the edge of the Cindrel Mountains , on a series of river valleys which flow into the Cibin River , in the southwestern part of the Transylvanian Plateau . The main town of Săliște has a population of 2,830; it also administers nine villages: Originally all the localities, except the village of Amnaș, were inhabited by Romanians. As of 2011, 95.7% of inhabitants were Romanians , 3.3% Roma , and 0.6% Germans . Most Romanians are Orthodox and

22-795: A small monastery in which the Romanian philosopher Constantin Noica spent the last part of his life. The main river flowing from the mountain is the Cibin River, which collects most of the other smaller rivers. Between the Cindrel Mountains and the Transylvanian Plateau, the river forms a wide depression—the Sibiu Depression  [ ro ] —in which the main city in the area, Sibiu , lies. The ethnographic region known as Mărginimea Sibiului

33-672: Is located there. 45°35′N 23°47′E  /  45.583°N 23.783°E  / 45.583; 23.783 Sadu (Cibin) The Sadu ( Hungarian : Cód ) is a right tributary of the river Cibin in Romania . It discharges into the Cibin in Tălmaciu . The Negovanu and Sadu II dams are located on the Sadu. Its length is 60 km (37 mi) and its basin size is 278 km (107 sq mi). The following rivers are tributaries to

44-403: Is well suited for wines and around Mag and Săcel there are a series of artificial lakes for fish farming. The film Blestemul pământului, blestemul iubirii was shot in the village of Fântânele in 1978–1979. The area was inhabited for a very long time, and on a hill between Sălişte and the nearby commune of Tilișca there are the ruins of an old Dacian citadel. The first document mentioning

55-621: The Southern Carpathians , in the North-East of the Parâng Mountains group . From the Transylvanian Plateau , with heights between 200 and 400 metres (660 and 1,310 ft), in the North and East, the heights grow abruptly through a zone of deep valleys at about 900 m (3,000 ft) on the verge of the massif where some villages are situated. The heights continue to grow slowly towards

66-521: The 14th and 15th centuries to the Wallachian rulers . Around 1485 it was included in one of the seven seats of Saxondom . In the late 18th century Săliște became an important village of the Romanian community and the most important cultural centre in the Mărginimea Sibiului area. In 1774 an important local revolt of the Romanian population took place; members of this community also participated in

77-582: The Germans still living in Amnaș are Lutheran Evangelical . There are also some small Protestant Churches. Traditionally the main occupation was shepherding and related activities. Today this occupies a smaller percentage of the workforce, but remains important alongside other agricultural activities. Light industry was developed in the recent period and there are some textile workshops. Commerce and services are also an important activity. The area around Aciliu and Amnaș

88-503: The highest peak, Cindrel Peak , at 2,244 m (7,362 ft). Only two other peaks in the range rise above 2000 metres: Balandrul Mare (2,210 m (7,250 ft)) and Starpului (2,146 m (7,041 ft)). Mount Cindrel was the site of the World War I Battle of Mount Csindrel , part of the 1916 Battle of Transylvania . Because the massif is easily accessible, the ethnographical area Mărginimea Sibiului has formed around

99-560: The mountain, having sheep-herding and wood industry as the main occupations. On the Cibin and the Sadu rivers dams and hydro-electrical power plants were constructed, the oldest being the one from Sadu in 1896. The Păltiniș resort is situated halfway between the village of Rășinari and the Cindrel Peak  [ ro ] , with hotels, chalets and a ski slope. The resort has developed around

110-790: The revolution of 1848 , the Transylvanian Memorandum movement, and almost every important event in the National awakening of the Romanians in Transylvania. Some of the most notable personalities born in Săliște are: Cindrel Mountains Cindrel Mountains (also known as Cândrel Mountains , Cibin Mountains , or the Szeben Alps ) are a group of mountains in central Romania in the centre of

121-608: The town is from 1354 and refers, in Latin , to Magna Villa . Early names would be Nogfalu in Hungarian and Grossdorf in German. Later, in 1383 the village is known as Magna Villa Valachiealis (Big Village of the Vlachs ), denoting its ethnically Romanian population. Still later, it was one of the villages in the Țara Amlașului (Omlás), a Transylvanian fiefdom granted by the kings of Hungary during

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