Csíkkozmás

CSÍKKOZMÁS (Cozmeni, Rumania today) took its name from Saint Kozma, a healing saint. The name Kozma can be found first in the revenue list of the pope, dated 1332, where he acknowledges that the village paid its tax, the tenth. Founded during the 12-13th centuries, Csíkkozmás had 500 inhabitants in 1614, but the village, similarly to the other Székely villages in Csík-szék was devastated by the Tartars, Turks and the Habsburgs. At times, the misery was so high that entire families singed contracts to enter serfhood, just to avoid starvation.
The church of Csíkkozmás is one of the oldest churches in the area; it was built over the remains of an older romanesque chapel and consecrated in 1653, in honour of brothers and healing saints Saint Kozma and Demjén. The sculpture of the two saints can be seen on the main altar.
Leaving the village, the road starts to climb on the mountain of Nyerges (Enlg. Saddle) and shortly reaches the ridge, called Nyergestető.