Aninoasa

Aninoasa is located near the confluence of both source rivers ( Jiu de Vest and the Jiu de Est ) of the Jiu ( Schil ), in the eastern foothills of the Retezat Mountains . The district capital Deva is located about 60 km northwest of Aninoasa.

history

The region of today's city has been known for its rich wood deposits since the time of the Dacians and Romans .

The oldest mentioned settlement in the valley of the western Schil is Bărbătenii de Jos , which was later renamed Iscroni and which is now incorporated into Aninoasa. In 1442 a settlement called Anena was described. According to the Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga, it was possibly created in the 11th to 13th centuries by colonists from the Hațeg region . In 1791 a wooden church was built in Iscroni.

The present-day town of Aninoasa emerged from coal mining in the Schil Valley at the end of the 19th century, when several coal fields were opened in 1890. In order to be able to transport the coal, the operating company built a 4200 m long cable car to Petroșani in 1892 . In 1895 a school was built; In 1900 a railway for the transport of coal started operations. It was first officially mentioned as an administrative unit in 1913.

After the end of the First World War , Aninoasa, which until then had belonged to Austria-Hungary like all of Transylvania , came to Romania.

In 1968 Iscroni were incorporated into Aninoasa; In 1989 Aninoasa received city status. Even today (2009) there is still a coal mine in operation, which is the city's largest employer. Many of the remaining residents work in agriculture and tourist facilities.

population

In 1850 500 inhabitants were registered in the area of today's city. 488 were Romanians and 12 Roma . The mining industry led to rapid population growth; In 1910 there were 1523 residents, and in 1930 there were already 5318 residents. Since 1956 (6830) the population has tended to decline. At the 2002 census there were 5,106 people in Aninoasa, 3,120 of them in the city proper and in 1986 in Iscroni. 4684 identified themselves as Romanians, 260 as Hungarians , 141 as Roma and 8 as Romanian Germans . Unofficial estimates from 1999 put around 500 Roma. In 2011 there were 4,360 living in the area of the small town, 3,711 identified themselves as Romanians, 298 as Roma, 172 as Magyars and five as Germans.

traffic

Aninoasa has no rail connection. The incorporated place Iscroni is on the Simeria – Petroşani – Filiaşi railway line . Currently (2009) around five local trains stop here per day and direction. There are regular bus connections to Petroșani .

Attractions

scenic surroundings (Retezat and Vâlcan mountains )

Honorary citizen

2014: Ștefania Stănilă (* 1997), gymnast

Web links

Commons : Aninoasa - collection of images, videos and audio files

Aninoasa in the Schiltal ( Memento from February 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
↑ ^a ^b Jiu ValleyPortal, accessed on June 24, 2009 ( Memento from October 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
^ Censuses in Transylvania 1850–2002 (Hungarian), accessed on June 24, 2009 (PDF file; 1.1 MB)
^ Dena Ringold, Mitchell A. Orenstein, Erika Wilkens: Roma in an expanding Europe. Breaking the Poverty Cycle. The World Bank, Washington DC 2005, ISBN 0-8213-5457-4 , p. 93.
↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)

[1] 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de

[avj-2] Jiu ValleyPortal, accessed on June 24, 2009 ( Memento from October 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Censuses in Transylvania 1850–2002 (Hungarian), accessed on June 24, 2009 (PDF file; 1.1 MB)

[4] Dena Ringold, Mitchell A. Orenstein, Erika Wilkens: Roma in an expanding Europe. Breaking the Poverty Cycle. The World Bank, Washington DC 2005, ISBN 0-8213-5457-4 , p. 93.

[5] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)