Description

Ozun got its name, according to oral tradition also mentioned by Balázs Orbán, from a leader named Úz. The earliest documentary mention of the settlement appears in the papal tithe register of 1332, where it is listed as “Uzun.” A later record from 1567 refers to it as “Wzon” and notes that it had 68 gates.

The village is located about 9 km southeast of Sfântu Gheorghe, on the right bank of the Negru River.

The first documented mention under the name Uzun dates from 1332. The area has been inhabited since ancient times; Bronze Age settlement traces have been discovered on the terrace of the Negru River. In 1612, the village was devastated by Saxons, in 1704 by Habsburg troops, and in 1706 by Kuruc forces. Between 1717 and 1719, the locality was affected by a plague epidemic. In 1764, Székely border guards were sworn in here for loyalty to the emperor, and the village became the headquarters of the battalion command. In 1810, it had the right to hold fairs. In 1738, the fortified church was damaged by an earthquake; after another earthquake in 1802, it was demolished in 1819, and the current church was completed in 1829. The bell tower was built in 1844 on the site of the old gate tower. The defensive walls were demolished in 1901. In the Battle of Uz, on July 2, 1849, Gábor Áron, major in the Székely revolutionary army and commander of the Székely artillery, fell. In 1910, the village had 1,777 inhabitants. Until the Treaty of Trianon, the village belonged to the Sepsi district of Háromszék County.

Tourist attractions

• The Reformed fortified church, medieval origin, 13th century, reconstructed at the end of the 15th century.
• Roman Catholic church, built between 1918 and 1922.
• Orthodox church, built in 1830.
• Mikes Castle, built around 1755; its predecessor, the Béldi manor house, is mentioned as early as 1544. The castle was renovated in the early 20th century.
• The former Hussar barracks building at the edge of the village, dating from the 18th century.
• Pünkösdi House (circa 1810), currently housing the communal library.
• Gidófalvi House
• Temesváry House, the only example of eclectism from the late 19th century.
• Dankó House (1835)
• Györbíró House (1838)
• Tarcsi House (1826)

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