Lapus
Encyclopedia
Lăpuş is a commune in Maramureş County
, Transylvania
, Romania
, on the Lăpuş River
, at 12 km from the town of Târgu Lăpuş
. It is composed of a single village, Lăpuş. Etymologically, its name appears to come from the Hungarian lápos (i.e. "flatland, bog, muddy place"). Its existence is attested, under the name of Dragosfálva, in 1293, in an edict through which the land of Lápos is given by the king of Hungary to one Tomaj Dénes, from the nation of the Patzinaks, although there are traces of habitation in the area as early as the Bronze Age.
It was a famous anti-communist resistance area after WWII (1949-1953).
It has a beautiful old wooden church, built at the end of the 17th century, that was restored between 2002 and 2004.
Maramures County
Maramureș is a county of Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.- History :* The 10th century frontier county of Borsova was founded by Stephen I of Hungary. Since then Máramaros served as the north-eastern border of the Hungarian Kingdom until 1920, the Trianon Peace...
, Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, on the Lăpuş River
Lapus River
The Lăpuș River is a tributary of the Someș River in Romania.It is formed at the junction of the headwaters Izvorul Alb and Izvorul Negru.-References:* Administrația Națională a Apelor Române — Cadastrul Apelor — București...
, at 12 km from the town of Târgu Lăpuş
Târgu Lapus
Târgu Lăpuş is a town in Maramureş County, northern Transylvania, Romania, on the river Lăpuş. In 2002, it had a population of 13,355. Of these, 86.5% were Romanians, 12.4% Hungarians and 1% Roma...
. It is composed of a single village, Lăpuş. Etymologically, its name appears to come from the Hungarian lápos (i.e. "flatland, bog, muddy place"). Its existence is attested, under the name of Dragosfálva, in 1293, in an edict through which the land of Lápos is given by the king of Hungary to one Tomaj Dénes, from the nation of the Patzinaks, although there are traces of habitation in the area as early as the Bronze Age.
It was a famous anti-communist resistance area after WWII (1949-1953).
It has a beautiful old wooden church, built at the end of the 17th century, that was restored between 2002 and 2004.