A térszervezés és a településhálózat változásai a Barcaságban (Románia) a 13. századtól 1876-ig
The changing of settlement system and administrative features in Burzenland (Romania) from the 13th century to 1876

Summary/Abstract: Burzenland (Terra Barcensis) is a historical and ethnographic region on the border of the Eastern and Southern Carpathians, in the south-eastern part of Transylvania, in the geographical centre of Romania. Data series regarding the settlements of Burzenland coming from written documents and administrative sources have been summarized on maps. With the help of maps, the formation of the settlement system of this area and the changes in administration can be traced from the 1200s to 1876. During this period, the traditional system of counties-seats-regions operated in Transylvania. This spatial organization formed the spatial framework for social and economic processes for half a millennium, until the final abolition of the system. During the Habsburg Empire period, the administration was reorganized between 1784–1790 and 1850–1860. The level of districts comprising several counties, seats and regions was organized according to political and economic aspects. Territorial units that are heterogeneous in ethnic, denominational, social, often economic, and natural interests served the interests of the centralizing power. The present study describes the characteristics of the administrative system of the county-seat-region of Burzenland that has been operating for half a millennium. We summarized the geographical features of the Barcaság, the subsequent Brassó/Braşov region administration, in the period from 1200to 1876.

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