Madaras

Madaras is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies within the Szekely Land, an ethno-cultural place in jap Transylvania. It consists of a unmarried village, Madaras. The village changed into first noted in 1567 as Madaras, meaning birdy. Its name can also have stated the abundancy of birds inside the area.

Its Romanian name derives from the Hungarian form. According to lifestyle, the village was inside the beginning placed within the Hamorkert part also called Fejedelem Kertje. Its residents was once engaged within the mining of iron ore and mercury which changed into a royal monopoly. By the 18th century, the iron ore mine became exhausted, so the villagers commenced to cope with pottery and the village soon was well-known for its potters which lasted till the quit of the 19th century. More these days, thermal water resources has been located inside the region and there are nonetheless unexploited iron ore and andezit occurrences, too.