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Sălaj County Council
www.cjsj.ro History
The victory won by Mihai Viteazul actively involved in the realization
in Guruslău is marked by a 26 me- of the Great Union on 1 of De-
st
ter high monument built on the hill cember, 1918. From his position of
with the same name by the sculp- president of The Governing Coun-
tor Victor Gaga in 1976; on the cil, Iuliu Maniu succeeded the ra-
pavement there are scenes from pid integration of the Transylvanian
Mihai Viteazul fights and on top the administration into the reunified
obelisk, made up of three parallel Romania. He was Prime Minister
blades, representing the three Ro- of Romania in three governments,
manian countries, on the outside, “Simion Bărnuţiu” Museum, Bocșa between 1928-1933.
to the upper part, was also exalted, marked by important personali-
their coat of arms being applied. ties of Sălaj that contributed to the Following the Vienna Dictate of
events that shaped the national August 30, 1940, Sălaj came un-
history. So, when you say Sălaj, you der Hungarian administration, be-
say Simion Bărnuțiu and Iuliu Ma- ing part of the counties handed
niu. Simion Bărnuţiu was an expo- over to Horthyst Hungary, Ip and
nent of the 1848 year generation,
being a revolutionary patriot, schol-
ar, teacher, fighter for the rights of
the Romanians in Transylvania who
became the ideologist and soul
of the Romanian revolution from
Heroes Monument, Ip 1848-1849. Simion Bărnuţiu has
made great contributions to the
The legacies of the Middle Ages in development of philosophical, po-
Sălaj County include more than 20 litical and legal thinking in the Ro-
religious buildings, churches still manian Lands, has created courses Heroes Monument, Treznea
preserving, to a certain extent, the for pupils and students, has printed
same appearance from the time works of great value whose princi-
when they were built. The testi- ples are still present today. Treznea localities in Sălaj county
mony of this era is also the oldest still reminding, to present and fu-
church in use in Sălaj - the church of ture generations, the history of
Uileacu Şimleului, dated after the those times.
sculptural elements still present to- In 1950, with the country’s eco-
wards the end of the 13th century . nomic administration, important
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Along with this, on the territory of changes occurred in Sălaj County. It
the county there are other places is dismantled and divided between
of worship dating back to the 15th three regions of northwest Roma-
century, still in a very good condi- “luliu Maniu” Memorial House, Bădăcin nia: Baia Mare, Bihor (Crişana) and
tion. Cluj. Then, in 1968, by another law,
The history of the county was also The Memorandum Generation regarding the administrative or-
in Sălaj County is represented by ganization of the territory of the
Reformed Church, Uileacu Şimleului
George Pop from Băseşti, support- Socialist Republic of Romania, Sălaj
er of the rights of the Transylvanian County, after countless statements,
Romanians and deputy in the Par- reappears on the map of the coun-
liament of Budapest in three legis- try in today’s configuration, but
latures. He also presided over the much smaller than in the interwar
work of the Great National Assem- period. The anticommunist politi-
bly in Alba Iulia on 1 of December cal beliefs of the time were repre-
st
1918. sented by another famous per-
The exponent of the Great Union, sonality of Sălaj County - Corneliu
luliu Maniu, another famous per- Coposu, arrested and imprisoned
sonality of Sălaj County, was one in communist prisons for 17 years,
of the most prestigious politicians after 1989 reactivating in Roma-
in the history of Romania who was nia’s political environments.
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