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'''Dej''' ({{lang-hu|Dés}}; {{lang-de|Desch, Burglos}}; {{lang-yi|דעעש}}) is a city in northwestern [[Romania]], 60 km north of [[Cluj-Napoca]], in [[Cluj County]]. It lies where the [[Someşul Mic River]] meets the river [[Someşul Mare River]].
The town lies at the crossroads of important railroads and highways linking it to [[Cluj-Napoca]], [[Baia Mare]], [[Satu Mare]], Deda, [[Bistriţa]], and [[Vatra Dornei]].
==History==
Dej is an old [[salt mining]] town built on a hilly ground. The first documents attesting the existence of this city go back to 1061 and 1214{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. Massive salt reserves were found in the area in [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] times. The Dej fortress was built sometime between 1214 and 1235.
King [[Andrew II of Hungary]] <!-- (1205-1235)--> raised Dés to the privileged status of a free royal town. In 1241 the city was invaded by [[Tatars]]. The old mines were exhausted by 1717; the new mines are still in operation today. Some of the galleries of the salt mine are believed to be more than 15 kilometers long. The population of Dej used to consist mostly of [[Transylvanian Saxons]], who settled here from Germany; their number decreased over centuries.
In 1638, Dej was the site for the show trial staged against the members of the [[Sabbatarianism|Sabbatarians]] ({{lang-hu|Szombatosok}}), a sect formed during the [[Protestant]] movement; they were sentenced to death. The execution took place in Beszterce ([[Bistriţa]]).
In 1717, an attack by the Tatars of [[Crimea]] struck Dej.
From 1876 to 1920 Dej was capital of the [[Szolnok-Doboka]] County in the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]; from 1920 to 1940, capital of the [[Someş County]] in Romania.
==Points of interest==
The town's landmark is the [[Reformed Church in Hungary|Hungarian Reformed Church]], built in the second half of the 15th century. The church displays [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] elements carved in stone. The tower is 72 meters high, and the fortifying walls were erected in the 16th century, then torn down during a renovation in the 1880s. There is also a monastery of the [[Franciscan]] order in Dej.
Other sites of interest in Dej: "Dr. Teodor Mihaly" and "Dr. [[Alexandru Vaida-Voevod]]" memorial houses and the Ocna Dej salt mine, said to be suited for the treatment of [[locomotor system]] diseases, [[asthenia]], debility, and [[Osteomalacia|rachitis]].
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