Lake Horea | |
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Location | Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania |
Coordinates | 45°52′37″N24°03′48″E / 45.876998°N 24.063268°E |
Type | Salt lake |
Native name | Lacul Horea (Romanian) |
Max. depth | 44.50 m (146.0 ft) |
Salinity | 69-330 g/l |
Lake Horea (Romanian : Lacul Horea) is a natural salt lake in the town of Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County, in the historical Transylvania region of Romania. It is one of the many lakes of the Ocna Sibiului mine, a large salt mine which has one of the largest salt reserves in Romania. It is one of the three lakes of the mine's strand, the other ones being Lake Crișan and Lake Cloșca. [1]
The lake was named after Vasile Ursu Nicola, commonly known as Horea, who was a Transylvanian Romanian leader of the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan in 1784-85.
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Vasile Ursu Nicola (1731 in Arada, Principality of Transylvania – 28 February 1785 in Karlsburg, commonly known as Horea was a Transylvanian peasant who, with Ion Oarga and Marcu Giurgiu, led the two-month-long peasant rebellion that began in the Metaliferi Mountains villages of Curechiu and Mesteacăn in late 1784 and that was known as the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan.
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