Tălmaciu ( German : Talmesch ; Hungarian : Nagytalmács ) is a town in Sibiu County , in central Romania , 20 km (12 mi) south of the county seat, Sibiu . It lies on the eastern end of the Mărginimea Sibiului area.
6-728: Tălmaciu is situated at the confluence of the Sadu and Cibin rivers, 2 km (1.2 mi) before the confluence of the Cibin with the Olt River . It lies on one of the main access routes between Transylvania and Wallachia , at the northern entrance of the Turnu Roșu Pass ; the European route E81 passes through it. The town administers two villages: It also administered four other villages until 2004, when they were split off to form Boița Commune. At
12-501: The 2011 census , the town had a population of 6,527; of those, 95.3% were Romanians , 3.3% Roma , 0.8% Hungarians , and 0.6% Germans . At the 2021 census , Tălmaciu had 6,711 inhabitants. The first documents referring to Tălmaciu (Tholmach) are from 1318. After the Saxon colonisation of Transylvania , Tălmaciu was the administrative center for the settlements of Tălmăcel, Boița, Turnul Roșu, Racovița, Sebeșul de Jos, and Plopi. After 1453
18-453: The 1st Army was the I Corps. It was its only army corps and as such the only unit of the 1st Army to comprise multiple divisions . The I Corps was commanded by General Ioan Popovici. In the middle of September, Culcer moved the I Corps headquarters to Tălmaciu, to direct the operations of the two divisions located there. Popovici arrived in Tălmaciu along with his staff on 16 September. Tălmaciu
24-676: The administrative center was moved to Sibiu. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program . Because using the Olt Pass to the south requires passing through Tălmaciu, it has witnessed numerous historical events: On 29 August 1916, during the Battle of Transylvania , Tălmaciu (then part of the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary ) was occupied by General Ioan Culcer 's Romanian 1st Army . The most powerful unit of
30-564: The mountains is used for one of the most popular brand of bottled water in Romania: Fântâna. This Sibiu County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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
36-504: Was evacuated by the Romanians on 28 September, towards the end of the Battle of Nagyszeben . Tălmaciu also served as the air base for the 1st Army's squadron, consisting of (depending on source) 3 or 6 aircraft. Industrially, Tălmaciu is home to one of the most important thread manufacturers and spinners in Romania. There are also textile and lumber products manufacturers. The water flowing from
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