Sfantu Gheorghe

Sfantu Gheorghe is the capital town of Covasna County, Romania. Located within the critical part of the county. And in the ancient vicinity of Transylvania, it lies on the Olt River in a valley among the Baraolt Mountains and Bodoc Mountains. The city administers two villages, Chilieni and Coseni. Sfantu Gheorghe is one of the oldest towns in Transylvania, the settlement first having been documented in 1332.

The city takes its call from Saint George, the client of the nearby church. Historically it turned into additionally recognised in German as Sankt Georgen. The sepsi prefix refers back to the region which the ancestors of the neighborhood Székely populace had inhabited earlier than settling to the region of the metropolis. The preceding place in their agreement changed into around the town of Sebes which later have become populated specifically with the aid of Transylvanian Saxons. While part of the Kingdom of Hungary, the city changed into the economic and administrative center of the Hungarian county of Haromszek, which spanned the existing-day Covasna County and parts of Brasov County.