Ghimeș-Făget
commune in Bacău County, Romania
Ghimeș-Făget (Hungarian: Gyimesbükk, pronounced: [ˈɟimɛʃbykk], or sometimes Nagy-Gyimes) is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is the only commune in the county that lies in the historical region of Transylvania.
The commune, the seat of which is the village of Făget, is composed of six villages: Bolovăniș (Bálványospataka), Făget (Bükk), Făgetu de Sus (Felsőbükk), Ghimeș (Gyimes), Răchitiș (Rakottyástelep), and Tărhăuși (Tarhavaspataka).
History
The village was part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. It was first mentioned in 1600 as Gijmes. The area of the commune belonged to Csíkszék until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when it fell within the Csík County of the Kingdom of Hungary. During that time, it was a border village between Hungary and Romania and as such, it had an important and large railway station designed by Hungarian architect Ferenc Pfaff. The main building of the station was 102 m (335 ft) long and 13 m (43 ft) wide, comparable in size and elegance with the railway stations of Szeged and Fiume.
In late August 1916, Romania entered World War I on the side of the Allies; the Romanian 4th Army under the command of Constantin Prezan crossed into Transylvania at Ghimeș-Făget and fought against the armies of Austria-Hungary and Germany, but had to retreat by mid-October (see Northern front of the Battle of Transylvania). At the end of the war, the village was occupied by the Romanian Army between 13 and 20 November 1918.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q514987. VIAF identifies the subject as 6958156811383445390004. Authority coordinates are 46.583, 26.067. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1600, 1876, 1916 and 1918.
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