Ozun

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Medium sized village, with 2583 inhabintants.

It has been recorded during the centuries with the following names:
1332 - Uzun
1335 - Uzum
1567 - Wzon
1642 - Úzon
1750 - Ozun
1760 - Ozon
1850 - Ozuna
1854 - Uzon
1920 - Ozun
starting from 1990 - Ozun/Uzon (both Romanian and Hungarian versions are accepted officially, and displayed at the entrance of the village, because Hungarian and Romanian communities inhabit the village.)

Ozun City is located in the southern part of Field Nice, on the right bank of Black River, on Route 11, at an altitude of 515 m located near St. George.

Most common in Covasna consists of seven villages (Ozun, Sântionlunca, Lisnic, Bicfalau, Meadow Ozun, Măgheruş Lisnic-Valley) is situated in Brasov Depression, at the south-eastern borders of the county Alsóháromszék (Three Seats) at 9 km away from St. George, 27 km from Brasov, 30 km from Covasna.

First document: 1332, Sacerdos of Uzmi.

Romanian historical names: 1750, Ozun, 1760-1762, Ozone, 1787, Uzonu, 1854, Uzon.

A document from 1330, now considered false, mentions a Principality in Ozun. That pass though a state compatible with early awareness of continuity and existence of the Romanians in Ozun early centuries of the Middle Ages.

Attractions:

In Ozun there are many historical monuments. In the center we see the church reformed in the fifteenth century. with the basic plan as eggs, Catholic Church, Hall and Memorial Park.
In the village there are many mansions and castles built in the eighteenth century. (Belda-Mikes castle, mansion Újvárossy-Agoston mansion Temesváry etc.), Bearing signs of popular baroque, rococo and empire-style.

Pünkösti Mansion is also considered a monument of art. Its high roof double attic is a variant of the popular (it was built around 1810). This building library today "Lajos Erdélyi". Popular construction is the more traditional wooden buildings, with shingle roof, like the house of Baba Mózesné dated the first third of the nineteenth century. Adolf Páljános his house (the former barracks of Hussars), built in Renaissance style in the early nineteenth century. A nice detail is arched porch of the house. Bicfalau village is situated in picturesque surroundings on the foothills Întorsurii, surrounded by beech forest. The first documentary about the settlement dates from 1332. The village has a population of 379 inhabitants according to 2002 census.
Due to socio-historical conditions specific to Szeklerland most were built mansions. Within some localities, such as Bicfalau and sieving, the traveler can find ten mansions. Beautiful architecture of mansions remember Simon mansion on High Street, built in 1793, with a stone porch with arches and columns. Also in this street is Jantsó home and in Church Street we can see his house Ödön Zsigmond. This house has an asymmetrical porch, vaulted, arched, decorated in baroque style. Other mansions and houses important: Gergely Páll's mansion on High Street, built in 1830, Molnár mansion on the dam, dated from 1822, with verandah popular low arched columns, unique in Bicfalau; house Bőjthe - Cseke of 1860, Lajos Harkó house, mansion Ven - Abraham Zátyi house, house of Páll Gergely etc.
Lisnic place name comes from the Slavic word for "forest". In the first half of XIV century., Lisnic was a settlement taxable, the first document of the village dates from 1332.
Among the attractions of the village center remind Reformed church, monument, surrounded by a stone fence in a circle, the remains of the city. The bell tower was built in the place of entry of this city. The ball on the turn - as in arms Székely - Sun and Moon are golden. In turn we can see one of the most famous Renaissance bells in the area, decorated with leaves' veins of metal ", considered a monument of art. This bell was made by master Henrik Lampen Brasov in 1693. Gothic church still bears.

The first documentary of the village Santion dated from 1332, the village received its name probably from St. John or St. Ivan. The village became known mainly because of the writer's first wife Jókai Mór, dramatic actress, Laborfalvi Róza (born Judit Benke, 1817 to 1886). From range attractions in the village remember the Roman Catholic Church, that historic chapel tower hussar Szentiványi with the baroque. Unitarian Church Meadow was built in 1826, inside it is a memorial of 1939, in memory of Berde Mózsa (1815-1893), former leader of the revolution of 1848-49 and personality.