Măeriște (Hungarian: Krasznahídvég; German: Bruckend) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania.

The commune, with an area of 74.97 km2 (28.95 sq mi), is in the north-west part of the county, in the hydrographic basin of the river Crasna.

Among the commune's tourist sites are the Reformed Church in Uileacu Șimleului (a former Benedictine monastery), an architectural monument dated from 1260 to 1300.

[citation needed] The mayor Vasile Lazăr was elected for the first time in 2004 as member of the Democratic Liberal Party and re-elected in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020.

Monica Oțelia Pușcaș resigned from the position of secretary of the town hall on March 28, 2012, to run for the mayor's seat as a candidate of the Social Liberal Union in the local election.