Csíkzsögöd

Coat of Arms of Kászon-szék

CSÍKZSÖGÖD (Jigodin-Ciuc, Rumania today) is now merged with Csíkszereda. This is the hometown of the accomplished Székely painter Imre Nagy (1893-1976) and also hosts a museum on his life and works. His remains rest in the walls of the building. The white-washed church is fortified with walls and stands on a hilltop giving an impressive view for the turists, even from a distance.
In the 11th century, Csík-land, the predecessor of Csík-szék, originally included areas of Három-szék and the Barcaság. According to a letter, dated 1324, by Hungarian king Charles Robert (1308-1342) of the House of Anjou, the number of villages was increasing in Csík-land, and the revenue list of the pope, dated 1332, talks about a well-populated network of villages here.
Hungarian Balázs Orbán, the unique ethnographer of the Székely-land, describes that Csík-land is composed of three regions, i.e., Csík-szék, Kászon-szék and Gyergyó-szék.
Therefore, when the general entity of the Székely people per se is discussed, they are referred to as Trium generum siculi, (Engl. Three generations of the Székelys), originating from these three széks. Later these three branched into 6 generations with 4 sub-branches in each generation.