Galații Bistriței

Galații Bistriței (German: Heresdorf; Hungarian: Galacfalva) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania.

It is composed of five villages: Albeștii Bistriței (formerly Ferihaza; Weisskirchen, Kisfehéregyház), Dipșa (Dürrbach, Dipse), Galații Bistriței, Herina (Münzdorf, Harina), and Tonciu (Tatsch, Tacs).

At the 2021 census, Galații Bistriței had a population of 2,257; of those, 79.62% were Romanians, 7.04% Roma, and 6.47% Hungarians.

[2] Dipșa village features a church originally completed in 1489.

It was founded by Transylvanian Saxons as a Catholic and later Lutheran church, and is now Romanian Orthodox, dedicated to Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki.