Lunca de Sus

Lunca de Sus is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies within the Szekely Land, an ethno-cultural area in eastern Transylvania. The settlement came into being out of the outer areas of Szepviz and Csikszentmihaly villages, but became a separate village handiest as late as around 1850. The village is located near the vintage Hungarian border, and consequently protection needed to be provided.

The Tartar invasions via the valley left many victims in the back of. In the end, in 1701 to 1702, the construction of a moat was commenced on Csapo-hill next to the village. The traces of the earthworks can nevertheless be seen in recent times at a period of 120 to150 meters. According to the lifestyle, the first family that settled into the valley turned into the Tanko-circle of relatives. The village administratively belonged to Csikszek, then, from 1876 until 1918 to the Csik County inside the Kingdom of Hungary. After World War I, by way of the terms of the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania. As a end result of the Second Vienna Award, it belonged to Hungary again between 1940 and 1944.