Zlatna

Zlatna is a town in Alba County, crucial Transylvania, Romania. It has a populace of 7,490 A gold mining agreement has existed inside the vicinity in view that Roman instances, whilst it became called a municipium beneath the call of Ampellum. The name Zlatna derived from the Slavic term for gold was first recorded in a 1347 file. In 1387, it become offered city status. During 1619-1620 Gabriel Bethlen, introduced to Zlatna a few hundred German and Slovak settlers for mining work.

Tellurium became first observed in a Zlatna mine in 1782 by way of Austrian mineralogist Franz-Joseph Muller von Reichenstein. Zlatna regained its town status in 1968, after a time while it become formally a commune. Located 36 km north-west of Alba Iulia, inside the Zlatna depression, the town lies on the confluence of Ampoi River with Valea Morilor creek. 220 metres high chimney, interconnected with a smoke duct with a copper smelter inside the city.