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Hârtibaciu River
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The Hârtibaciu (German: Harbach; Hungarian: Hortobágy) is a river in the Transylvania historical region of Romania. It develops in the South Carpathians and flows into the Cibin, a tributary of the Olt, in Mohu, southeast of Sibiu. It flows through the towns and villages Bărcuț, Retiș, Brădeni, Netuș, Agnita, Benești, Alțâna, Nocrich, Hosman, Cornățel and Cașolț. Its length is and its basin size is .
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 35 inbound references to Hârtibaciu River, and connects out to Brădeni, Roșia and Nocrich.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Rivers of Brașov County, Rivers of Romania and Rivers of Sibiu County.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- Hârtibaciu
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- Romania
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- Romania
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- Counties
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- Brașov, Sibiu
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- Towns
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- Agnita
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- Cibin
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- Mohu
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Hârtibaciu (German: Harbach; Hungarian: Hortobágy) is a river in the Transylvania historical region of Romania. It develops in the South Carpathians and flows into the Cibin, a tributary of the Olt, in Mohu, southeast of Sibiu. It flows through the towns and villages Bărcuț, Retiș, Brădeni, Netuș, Agnita, Benești, Alțâna, Nocrich, Hosman, Cornățel and Cașolț. Its length is and its basin size is .
King Géza II of Hungary settled the initial Transylvanian Saxon colonists along the Hârtibaciu, referred to by them as the Harbach. The Saxons established many towns along the river such as Agnita with Kirchenburgen, or fortified churches.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hârtibaciu River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations
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