Şeica Mare

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Șeica Mare, formerly Șelca Mare, Seica-Mare (in the Saxon dialect Marktšielken, Martšelkn, in German Marktschelken, Großschelken, Grossschelken, in Hungarian Nagyselyk, Selyk, in Latin Selk maior), is the village of residence of the commune of the same name in Sibiu County, historical region of Transylvania, Romania.
It is composed of six villages: Boarta, Buia, Mighindoala, Petiş, Şeica Mare and Ştenea. Calvaser (Kaltwasser; Hidegvíz) was also a village until the late 20th century, when it was absorbed by Şeica Mare village.
Year of first written attestation: 1309 (Symon decanus de Selk).
Main tourist attractions: Evangelical-Lutheran Church, built around 1300; The monument of the Romanian Heroes from the First World War