The Screeching area (Romanian Crișana, Hungarian Körösvidék) is a historical region in the northwest Romania, on the border to Hungary.
This travel guide only covers the Romanian part of the Kreisch area. Parts of the historical region are also in Hungary, see Hajdú-Bihar and Békés (county).
Regions
At its core is the Kreischgebiet in the two administrative districts (Jewțe) Bihor (capital Oradea) and Arad and a large part of the Sălaj district (capital Zalau). Smaller areas belong to wider circles. Sometimes the area gets around too Satu Mare regarded as part of the screeching area. But that is rather unusual and this travel guide counts you as part of the region instead Sathmar and Maramureș.
places
- 1 Oradea (Oradein).
Several church buildings are worth seeing, including the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption from the 18th century, the largest baroque building in Romania, or the so-called "Moon Church", whose mechanical clock shows the phases of the moon, but also the remains of the star fortress and Art Nouveau palaces such as the Shopping arcade to the black eagle (Vulturul negru). The baths Bischofsbad and Felixbad are located near the city. - 2 Arad.Arad is a modern city with an active cultural life. The center of the city is a wide boulevard from the 19th century with representative commercial and residential buildings, a theater, an Orthodox and a Catholic cathedral, a concert hall and the town hall in the neo-renaissance style. The fortress is also impressive in its strictly symmetrical construction and expansion, but it is a restricted military area and can therefore only be viewed from the air or from higher points or on an annual “Open Day”.
- 3 Zalau (Zillenmarkt).
with a historical, quite small town center.
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Other goals
- 1 Apuseni Natural Park (Parcul Natural Apuseni).The mountains are located in the west of the country and many caves have formed in the soft limestone.
background
The region is named after the river Kreisch (Romanian Criș, Hungarian Körös).
In the late Middle Ages the Kreisch area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary, in 1526 it fell to the Principality of Transylvania and was therefore part of the so-called Partium considered. It's not actually part of the historical region Transylvania, but is often used together with this (as well as the Banat, Sathmar and Maramureș) under the term Transylvania collected.
language
The predominant language is Romanian. In addition, there is a strong Hungarian minority, which makes up a good 10% of the population in Arad County and over 25% in Bihor County. There is also a small German minority of around 1%.
getting there
There are regional airports in Oradea and Arad. The closest international airports are in Timisoara (60 km from Arad), Cluj (165 km from Oradea) as well as across the border in Hungarian Debrecen (75 km from Oradea).
From Vienna you can take the EuroNight to Arad without having to change trains. Otherwise, rail connections from German-speaking countries usually go via Budapest. From there there are two daily direct intercity trains to Oradea, and one daily to Arad. The fastest connections from Vienna take around 7½ hours.
Arad is located directly on the A1 motorway, which is a continuation of the Hungarian motorway network. The 500 km from Vienna to Arad takes an average of 4:45 hours. To Oradea it is about as far, since you drive more country roads, but you have to plan a good 5½ hours here.
