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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
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|county                 = Alba
|name                   = Doștat
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|leader_name        = Emilia-Livia Cândea
|leader_party       = PNL
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'''Doștat''' ({{langx|de|Thorstadt}}; {{langx|hu|Hosszútelke}}) is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] located in [[Alba County]], [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]]. As of 2021, it has a population of 980 and is composed of three villages: Boz, Dealu Doștatului, and Doștat.

The commune is situated in the southeastern part of the county, on the border with [[Sibiu County]]. By road, it is at a distance of {{cvt|26.7|km}} from [[Sebeș]], {{cvt|41.5|km}} from the county seat, [[Alba Iulia]], and {{cvt|54.4|km}} from [[Sibiu]].

Doștat borders [[Roșia de Secaș]] commune to the north, [[Șpring]] commune to the west, [[Păuca]] commune to the north-east, [[Presaca]] village to the east, [[Ludoș]] commune to the southeast, and the town of [[Miercurea Sibiului]] to the south.

{{Historical populations
|source = [http://www.insse.ro INS, Census data]
|1850 |1642
|1900 |2160
|1930 |2748
|1966 |2193
|2002 |1072
|2011 |956
|2021 |980
}}

==Villages==

===Boz===
Boz ({{langx|de|Bußd}} or ''Bussd'', {{langx|hu|Buzd}}) is a village in the Doștat commune. The name means [[Sambucus|elder bush]] in [[Romanian language|Romanian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/ESE/7burg_ac.html#bussd2|title=Bussd}}</ref> The first document that mentions the village is from 1290.{{which|date=March 2013}} In 1786 there were 571 inhabitants recorded, in 1936 there were 1,013 inhabitants, from which 342 [[Transylvanian Saxons]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}

In 1992, after almost all ethnic [[Germans]] emigrated (mainly to [[Germany]]), there remained only 371 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bgwiehle/siebenburgen/sb-popul.htm#Muehlbach
|title=Population of Transylania}}</ref>

Boz is the birthplace of the [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] priest [[Mathias Schuster]] (1912–1997), who  founded the village Rosenau in [[Seewalchen]] commune in [[Austria]], as a refuge place for the German population (Saxons and [[Transylvanian Landler|Lander]]) from Transylvania and other parts of [[Central and Eastern Europe]] who had to flee after [[World War II]] in order to escape the [[Expulsion of Germans after World War II|communist deportation]] to the [[Soviet Union]] and imprisonment.

During the war, on their way to the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Russian front]], being enrolled in the German army (as [[Waffen SS]]), the men from Bussd wrote on the walls of the train in their home dialect: ''"Holt Dich, Stalin, un der Grunn, denn de Bussder kunn", "Tremble for your moustache, [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], 'couse the people from Bussd are coming!"'' .

A meaningful joke about Bussd can be found in a German newspaper: In the train from [[Brașov|Kronstadt]] to [[Vienna]], a peasant from Bussd is sitting next to a merchant from Vienna, who was continuously rhapsodizing about his beautiful city. Because the peasant wasn't paying any attention, the merchant asked him: So tell me, you really haven't been in Vienna before? The peasant then answered drily: Well, have ''you'' ever been in Bussd?<ref>{{citation|issue=19|title=Der Berggeist|date=June 2006|pages=2}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Aiud History Museum 2011 - Roman Dacia - Roman Inscription-1.JPG|Roman [[votive]] altar with [[inscription]] from [[Roman Dacia]] ({{circa}} 101–250 AD), found at Doștat
File:BozAB 3.JPG|The {{ill|Fortified Evangelical Church of Boz|ro|Biserica fortificată din Boz}}, built 1523
File:BozAB 12.JPG|The [[Unitarian Church of Transylvania|Unitarian Church]] of Boz
File:BozAB 9.JPG|The [[Romanian Orthodox Church|Orthodox Church]] of Boz
File:Josephinische Landaufnahme pg187.jpg|Doștat on the [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Josephine]] Topographic [[Surveying|Surveys]] of [[Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867)|Transylvania]], 1769&ndash;1773
File:Dostat grup vocal gaina.jpg|Local folklore group
File:Mosu_mila_2007.jpg|Local costumes
File:Butari mai vechi.jpg|Local folklore group
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Doștat, Alba}}
*[http://www.siebenbuerger.de/ortschaften/bussd-muehlbach/bilder/ Images of the village]

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[[Category:Communes in Alba County]]
[[Category:Localities in Transylvania]]