A Temporal and Spatial Exploration of Unitarian Congregations and Districts in the Transylvanian Landscape Cover Image

Erdélyi unitárius egyházközségek és egyházkörök változó közigazgatási térben és időben
A Temporal and Spatial Exploration of Unitarian Congregations and Districts in the Transylvanian Landscape

Author(s): Gusztáv Winkler , Sándor Selinger
Subject(s): History
Published by: Erdélyi Unitárius Egyház
Keywords: geographical information system; GIS; administrative districts; Unitarian congregations; Unitarian districts; Transylvanian Unitarian Church

Summary/Abstract: This paper outlines the formation of the Unitarian congregations and Districts in Transylvania, analyzes the spatial unfolding of its changes, and compares that with the Transylvanian administrative districts. First, it covers the spread of Unitarianism in the 16th century. It then describes the process of its diminishing presence in the Transylvanian space aft er the second quarter of the 17th century until today. The paper uses a Geographic Information System (GIS). A GIS is a soft ware system that captures, stores, manipulates, analyzes, manages, and presents diff erent types of geographic data. The paper deals with the part of GIS which supports the historical of the growth and shrinking of the Transylvanian Unitarian Church.

  • Issue Year: 119/2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 410-416
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Hungarian