History

From 1119 latin documents atest and mention about "Maramorisius", "Maramurus" and "Marmatia", and both, greeks and slav documents tell us about "Maramores". As Ioan Mihali de Apsa states, the name of Maramures came from the river`s name Mara.
The first ducumentary statement is dated on the 2nd of February, under the shape of "ambele Visae", which means the both of Visae (Viseu de Jos and Viseu de Mijloc), beeing gifted by the King Ludvick to the Maramures "Voievod" named Balk(accordingly to "Maramures Diplomas from 14th-15th century- Ioan Mihali de Apsa, 1900).
For the first time the name of Viseu de Sus appear in the 1385 diplomas, and in 1453 we can find as mentioned - "Knezatul ambelor Visae", with the rivers of Viseu and Wasser.

	HISTORY
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Geographic localization: North-East of Maramures county, in Maramures depression-on Viseu Valley, at the confluence with Vaser river. The connection with Moldova county is assured by Prislop pass, and the connection with Transilvania is made by Setref pass. Historic Maramures is localized between the three traditional valey: Viseu, Mara and Iza. Viseu de Sus : is a community with 19000 people having a strong tradition concerning the living together of many ethnical : Romanians, Germans, Hungarians, Ukrainians.

A short history:

From 1119 latin documents atest and mention about "Maramorisius", "Maramurus" and "Marmatia", and both, greeks and slav documents tell us about "Maramores". As Ioan Mihali de Apsa states, the name of Maramures came from the river`s name Mara. The first ducumentary statement is dated on the 2nd of February, under the shape of "ambele Visae", which means the both of Visae (Viseu de Jos and Viseu de Mijloc), beeing gifted by the King Ludvick to the Maramures "Voievod" named Balk(accordingly to "Maramures Diplomas from 14th-15th century- Ioan Mihali de Apsa, 1900). For the first time the name of Viseu de Sus appear in the 1385 diplomas, and in 1453 we can find as mentioned - "Knezatul ambelor Visae", with the rivers of Viseu and Wasser.