Municipalities belonging to Ditró :

Orotva orotva_cimer

Orotva has formed at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century as a result of the people migration from the village to the fields used for doing hay and animal breeding. The first settlers worked with deforestation and with coal burning, which is where the name of the village derives from. The ortás could develop from the irtas word which means deforestation. It has developed as diaspora and is expanding long into the valley. The village formed at 850m height above sea level is located in the valley of the Orotva and Halaság streams. The first residents are mentions in 1830 when the locality was still called Bányahegy. The first family’s names known were: Illyés, Fülöp, Simon, Török then Puskás and Köllõ. To Orotva belongs also Tilalmas with nearly 70 houses. The mine functioning at the border of the village had an important role because the settlement is rich in building blocks and radioactive ores. At first they extracted thorium ores and between 1900-1980 coal.

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In the years of 1978-80 the village electrification means an important step for the stability of population. As the village got a school building only in 1959, the children were educated in private homes and community homes. Concerning to religious life in Ditró we can mention that the church services were performed in private homes. In the early 1900s, they already had belfry. The chapel built in 1925 has served as school and for religious purposes. Over the years, the clergy-house is built, which since 1970 is functioning as a separate parish and in 1973 has been built a new church.

Official website of Orotva: http://www.orotva.ro/ Pictures of Orotva:

Cengellér

Cengellér has formed from the people who moved from Ditró to this area. The inhabitants were farmers, fellers and carters. The houses were located dispersed from the Cengellér hill-top to the valley. The elementary school was attended in the years of 1930 by 20 to 30 children. Last residents moved out at the end of 1960, partly in Ditró or other places. The original name of the defunct village was Szent Gellert and in common parlance it became Cengellér.