Múltidéző utcaneveink. Kolozsvár és Brassó az utóbbi másfélszáz évben
Megjelenés dátuma: 2021
Kulcsszó: street name
name-giving
Transylvania
Kolozsvár
Brassó
közterületnév
name-giving
Transylvania
Kolozsvár
Brassó
közterületnév
Abstract:
The street names in the Transylvanian towns remained unchanged from their first naming until
the mid 19th century. Since then, street names have changed several times, mainly because of the
border, regime, and ethnic changes. This makes the relevant period for studying street name changes in Transylvania the last 150 years (since 1867). This article begins with an overview of the technical
terms used. Based on the naming process, streets could be named by convention or authorities. Based
on the relation between the street and the name, the street name can be of a functional or symbolic
name (it reflects the characteristics of the street, or there is no connection between them). Finally,
based on the content of the name, a street name can be neutral or commemorative (independent or
dependent of regimes). After this, the author presents two case studies: Cluj/Kolozsvár and Braşov/
Brassó/Kronstadt, the first being typical of Northern Transylvania, the second of Southern Transylvania.
Next, the author analyzes the changes of the street names in the two city centres, in each period,
the proportions of changes, and the name categories (functional – neutral, functional – commemorative,
symbolic – commemorative, and symbolic – neutral names). The article ends with a brief
overview of the usage of official, minority, historical, and vernacular street names in Transylvania.