Place:Beiuș, Bihor, Romania

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NameBeiuș
Alt namesBeiuş
Beiușsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Belényessource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates46.667°N 22.35°E
Located inBihor, Romania
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Beiuș is a city in Bihor County, Romania near the Apuseni Mountains. The river Crișul Negru flows through Beiuș, and the city administers a single village, Delani (Gyalány).

Between the late 18th and very early 20th centuries, Beiuș constituted one of the most important learning centres of the Romanian language in Crișana.

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History

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Beiuș's earliest mention in recorded history was in the year 1263, where it was mentioned as being burned down during a Mongol invasion in 1241. After some Ottoman occupation, it was conquered in 1691 by the Habsburg empire as confirmed by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. After the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 it was ruled by the Hungarian administration, until the Great Romanian Union in 1918.

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