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Galda de Jos

commune in Alba County, Romania

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ16425261 ↗
Source-derived summary

Galda de Jos (German: Unter-Hahnenberg; Hungarian: Alsógáld) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eleven villages: Benic (Borosbenedek), Cetea (Csáklya), Galda de Jos (Alsógáld), Galda de Sus (Felsőgáld), Lupșeni, Măgura, Mesentea (Kismindszent), Oiejdea (Vajasd), Poiana Galdei, Răicani (Rajkány), and Zăgriș.

The commune lies on the banks of the river Galda, in the central-north part of the county, 6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of Teiuș and 20 km (12 mi) north of the county seat, Alba Iulia.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Galda de Jos” as commune in Alba County, Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Galda, commune and Alba.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 82-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Galda, commune and Alba providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Galda de Jos”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Alba County, Romania” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16425261. Authority coordinates are 46.224, 23.568. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Galda de Jos”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Galda de Jos primary sources, Galda de Jos archive and Galda research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Galda de Jos”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Galda de Jos” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.