Polenta Hill - Sângeorgiu de Pădure
Fairies and giants once inhabited Sângeorgiu de Pădure, a hill next to the village, which according to folk tradition, was named after a fairy’s act. The Polenta Hill emerges in the southeastern part of the small town. According to the story, a handsome y...
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Danger Hill - Bekecs Peak
The inhabitants of Șilea Nirajului suffered very much due to the Tartars’ destruction on the Danger Field, under the Bekecs peak, but they received as much as they gave to the dog-heads at the Tartar Pass – so do people say, and a part of the place names ...
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Kata's Well - Măgherani
Centuries ago there was no village of Nyárádmagyaros along the Upper-Nyárád. According to the tradition, the Szeklers built a castle on one of the hills in the surroundings, and the Várbérc (Castle Rock) place name is also used today.One of the Tartar hor...
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Csombod’s Castle - Sărățeni, Chibed
Between Kibéd / Chibed and Sóvárad / Sărăţeni, on a high point, there stood once the knightly castle of Csombod, in the well of which the legendary soldier had hidden a great number of treasures. The lord of the castle, Csombod had a strong, loud voice – ...
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Treasure Hills - Livezeni
Centuries ago, the village of Livezeni, near Marosvásárhely / Târgu Mureş was regularly robbed by both the Turks and the Tartars. However, according to a legend, the treasures of the Turks are still buried under the hills nearby. Legend says that the Turk...
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Devil’s Ditch - Dumitreni
On the left side of Kis-Küküllő, near Balavásár, in a picturesque, narrow valley lies Szentdemeter, where there was once a castle that was similar in the reatness and beauty to the castle of Lázár in Gyergyószárhegy. Unfortunately, over the centuries the ...
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Paladomb's Fairies - Eremieni
One of the places for the rare battles between the fairy-tale fairies and devils was Paladomb (Slate Hill) near Nyárádszentimre. The village and its surroundings in the little valley were donated by King Saint László to his three loyal noble men, who foun...
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The Fairie’s Gathering Place - Ghindari
Near Makfalva, on the left bank of Kis-Küküllő, between the two small brooks, according to the folk tradition, once there was the castle of a Szekler Rabonban (voievod) called Maka. During the Tartar invasion and after that, the defenders gradually settle...
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Tales from Trei Sate / Hármasfalu
On the right bank of the river Kis-Küküllő / Small Tarnava, Hármasfalu / Trei Sate, situated in the vicinity of Erdőszentgyörgy / Sângeorgiu de Pădure and Makfalva / Ghindari, was established in 1950 by merging three villages – Csókfalva / Cioc, Atosfalva...
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Vityál castle - Eremitu
The history of the largest settlement in the Upper Nyárád region is exciting not only due to the battles of the First World War on the Bekecs Hill, but also due to the Vityál castle and the related legends. There are several small villages belonging to Ny...
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