Teiuş

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Teiuş
Coat of arms of Teiuş
Coat of arms
Location of Teiuş
Location of Teiuş
Coordinates: 46°12′0″N 23°40′48″E / 46.2, 23.68
Country Flag of Romania Romania
County Alba County
Status Town
Government
 - Mayor Iacob Dorin Cornel Mateica (Democratic Party)
Population (2002)
 - Total 7,284
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
House in Teiuş near train station
House in Teiuş near train station
Interior of the Uniate church in Teiuş
Interior of the Uniate church in Teiuş

Teiuş (Romanian pronunciation: /te.'juʃ/, German: Dreikirchen, Hungarian: Tövis) is a town in Alba County, Romania, near the junction between the Stremţ/Geoagiului Creek and the Mureş River, with a population of 7,284 inhabitants. The town is a junction point on the Cluj-Napoca - Sighişoara railway. It has several old churches, the most notable being the 17th century Uniate church and the Roman Catholic church, built for John Hunyadi in 1449 and rebuilt (1701-1704) in a simple Gothic style.