Fundații particulare din Mărginimea Sibiului pentru afirmarea națiunii române (sfârșitul sec. al XIX-lea și începutul sec. XX)
Private Foundations from Marginimea Sibiului for the Affirming of the Romanian Nation (end of 19th and beginning of the 20th Century)

Summary/Abstract: The goal of the article is to underline the role of the private foundations for the cultural, educational and religious support and development of the Romanians from ”Mărginimea Sibiului” at the end of the 19 th century and beginning of the 20 th century. The geographical area under investigation includes 12 Orthodox Romanian communities (Aciliu, Alămor, Cacova, Galeș, Gura Râului, Mag, Săcel, Săliște, Sibiel, Tilișca, Topârcea, Vale) and an Evangelical Saxon community (Amnaș). Grazing, cattle breeding and trade were the basic occupations of the 20,000 inhabitants thereof. The communities had a local medical doctor (Rășinari, Săliște), a pharmacist (Rășinari), a painter (Săliște); they had churches made of solid material and covered with roofing tiles, streets paved with river stone and schools with microscope, thermometer and barometer (Săliște). Despite difficulties caused by the WWI, donations for philanthropic, religious and cultural purposes increased 17 times in Săliște Archpriestship between 1908 and 1918. Most of the money came from private people, who willingly showed huge availability for socio-cultural charity. In Săliște, in 1919, there were at least 20philanthropic foundations. The most important one, worth 100,000 crowns, belonged to the great businessman Petru I. Comșa. Other major donors were Gligor Daucu from Săcel (60,000 crowns), Ana Jițian from Săliște (30,000 crowns); Alexandru Lebu from Cacova (30,000 crowns), Nicolae and Maria Lupaș from Săliște (10,000 crowns), Comana Mosora from Săliște (3,000 crowns), Maria Micăuș from Cacova (2,500 crowns), Ilie Măcelariu from Gura Râului (2,000 crowns).

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