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Baia de Criș

Baia de Criș
Commune
Baia de Criș is located in Romania
Baia de Criș
Baia de Criș
Coordinates: 46°10′N 22°43′E / 46.167°N 22.717°E / 46.167; 22.717
Country  Romania
County Hunedoara County
Population (2002) 3,031
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Baia de Criș (German: Altenburg; Hungarian: Körösbánya) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Romania, close to the small town of Brad. It is composed of nine villages: Baia de Criș, Baldovin (Báldovin), Căraci (Karács), Cărăstău (Karasztó), Lunca (Lunka), Rișca (Riska), Rișculița (Riskulica), Țebea (Cebe) and Văleni.

The village of Țebea is where the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan started in 1784, and marks the death place and burial site of Avram Iancu.

Franciscan monastery of Baia de Criș, founded in the 14th century

Baia de Criș

Baia de Criș

Baia de Criș

Baia de Criș

Baia de Criș

Baia de Criș

Baia de Criș

Țebea

Țebea

Țebea

Țebea

Rișca

Rișca

Văleni

Coordinates: 46°10′N 22°43′E / 46.167°N 22.717°E / 46.167; 22.717



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