Băile Olăneşti

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Băile Olăneşti
Coat of arms of Băile Olăneşti
Băile Olănești (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Little Wallachia
Circle : Vâlcea
Coordinates : 45 ° 11 '  N , 24 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 10 '46 "  N , 24 ° 15' 24"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 440  m
Area : 168.34  km²
Residents : 4,186 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 25 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 245300
Telephone code : (+40) 02 50
License plate : VL
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : city
Structure : 8 districts / cadastral communities: Cheia , Comanca , Gurguiata , Livadia , Mosoroasa , Olăneşti , Pietrişu , Tisa
Mayor : Vasile-Sorin Vasilache ( PSD )
Postal address : Str. 1 Decembrie, no. 1
loc. Băile Olăneşti, jud. Vâlcea, RO-245300
Website :
Others
City Festival : August September

Băile Olăneşti is a small town and a spa town in Vâlcea County in the Wallachia Region in Romania .

location

Băile Olăneşti is located on the south side of the Căpățâna Mountains , part of the Transylvanian Alps . The district capital Râmnicu Vâlcea is located about 15 km southeast.

history

The first written mention of Băile Olăneşti comes from the year 1527. The medicinal properties of the springs above the place have been known since 1760 at the latest. In 1821 several Wallachian nobles fled to the town from the revolutionaries under Tudor Vladimirescu . In 1830 the doctor Karl Friedrich Siller analyzed the composition of the medicinal waters for the first time; Thereafter, the spa began with combined bathing and drinking cures. In 1835 there were already five heated guest rooms for up to 30 spa guests. In 1854, healing indications were drawn up for each individual mineral spring on the basis of new analyzes. The waters were awarded at the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 . In 1877 there were three hotels. The season lasted from May 20th to September 15th. In 1895, a flood destroyed practically the entire spa complex; operations did not resume until 1904. A sanatorium was built from 1905 to 1912. In 1915 around 2,000 spa guests came to the town every year. In 1933/1934, mineral waters were temporarily bottled in Băile Olăneşti and sold in Bucharest . In 1953 the place received city status. Since then there has been a year-round spa in Băile Olăneşti. After the Second World War , Băile Olăneşti was expanded as planned in what was then communist Romania; In 1983, 40,000 spa guests were registered. From 1974 onwards, the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu had a villa built for his wife Elena in Băile Olăneşti . Even after the Romanian Revolution in 1989 , tourism is the city's main industry.

population

In 1930 there were around 3,050 people living in the area of ​​what is now the city, including around 50 Roma ; the rest were Romanians . In the 2002 census in Băile Olăneşti 4610 inhabitants were counted, including 4565 Romanians and 36 Roma. Around 1800 lived in the district of Livadia - the center of the spa business -, in 1500 in the district of Olăneşti, the remaining around 1300 in the other six cadastral communities.

traffic

Băile Olăneşti has no rail connection. There are regular bus connections to many larger cities in the country.

Attractions

Wooden church Sf. Pantelimon
  • Wooden church Sf. Pantelimon (1746), originally in Albac in Alba county built
  • Church Sf. Ilie (1688, restored 1951) in the Cheia district
  • Church Sf. Voievozi (1780–1788) in the district of Cheia
  • Church Intrarea în biserica (1719-1720) in the village of Cheia
  • Church Sf. Ioan Botezătorul (1784) in the Gurguiata district
  • Toți Sfinții Church (1736) in the Pietrișu district
  • Iezer hermitage (16th century) in the district of Cheia
  • Bradu Hermitage in the Gurguiata district
  • scenic surroundings (including Buila-Vânturarița National Park)

Web links

Commons : Băile Olănești  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. a b www.olanesti-romania.ro, accessed on July 3, 2009 ( Memento from March 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ A b Ewalt Zweier: Bad Olăneşti. In: Come with me. Travel, hiking, recreation in Romania. 1985, ZDB -ID 228577-0 , pp. 187-193.
  4. Ndiva Kofele Kale: The international law of responsibility for economic crimes. Holding state officials individually liable for acts of fraudulent enrichment. 2nd edition. Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Aldershot et al. 2006, ISBN 0-7546-4757-9 , p. 30.
  5. ^ Map of the 1930 census, accessed July 3, 2009
  6. 2002 census, accessed April 10, 2009
  7. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: receptie.ro, accessed on July 3, 2009 )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.receptie.ro