|
|
The
town of Iernut
is located in the western part of the county, on the
left bank of the Mures River, on the international European
road E 60, Târgu Mures - Cluj- Napoca, at its
crossroads with the national road DN 14A Iernut - Târnaveni
- Medias, 30 km west of Târgu Mures and 12 km
east of Ludus. It is also a railway station connecting
Târgu Mures to Razboieni.
In the archeological reservations
of Cipau and Lechinta ceramic vestiges dating from the
Neolithic Age as well as from the Basarabi culture were
discovered. In Cipau, traces of the Cris culture and
an inhumation cemetery from the first era of the Stone
Age, were discovered. As well, a scattered hut settlement
and an incineration necropolis, where a collection of
bronze Roman coins was found together with ceramic objects,
were discovered in this area. On the place of today's
town of Iernut archeological traces of a Roman colony
from the 2nd-3rd centuries were found. The town is documentary
dated from 1257 under the name of terra Ranolth, and
in 1461 it becomes a borough, oppidum Radnot. It received
its present name in 1854. It was declared town on the
17th of May 1989.
The castle and the estate
from Iernut gradually belonged to various noble families.
In 1707 Gheorghe Rákóczi the 2nd stopped
here, on his way to Târgu Mures, where he was
to be crowned Prince of Transylvania. During that time
several congregations and 15 diets of the Transylvanian
nobility took place here.
The inhabitants of Iernut
took part in the National Assembly from Blaj and in
the events of 1918 that culminated with the Great National
Assembly from Alba Iulia, the 1st of December 1918.
The battle from Oarba de Mures in September 1944 led
to the death of nearly 11,000 Romanian soldiers. For
their glory an impressive monument was built in 1950
on the Mures terrace, where, each year, on the 9th of
May, respects are paid in the honor of those that perished
for the liberation of the country from the fascist rule.
In the near proximity of the monument, a national camp
of outdoors sculpture has functioned each summer since
1984, the participants making sculptures with historical
themes, especially connected to the battles that took
place in this town.
|
After
World War II a series of industrial units were built in
Iernut, all these leading to the development of the town.
The thermo-electric power station is the best-known economic
unit belonging to Iernut. It became operational in 1963,
and in 1978 it covered 11 % of the national production
of electric energy. The town of Iernut also possesses
natural gas exploitations, research and agricultural production
stations, vegetable and flower greenhouses, cattle and
swine farms, fish farms.
The most important tourism
site is the "Kornis - Rákoczi - Bethlen"
Castle from 1545, modified in 1650 - 1660, built in the
Renaissance style and modified under the control of the
Venetian architect Agostino Serena. The castle currently
hosts the Agricultural High-School. We must also mention
the Reformed Church (1486), The Museum of History, Luppa
Capitolina (1994) - symbol of the Latinity of the Romanian
people, and, last but not least, the "Buna Vestire"
Orthodox Church dating from the 18th century as well as
the "Sfintii Arhangheli Mihail si Gavril" Orthodox
Church from 1765. |
|
|
|