Babadag (Romania)
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Babadag Babadağ |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Dobruja | ||||
| Circle : | Tulcea | ||||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 54 ' N , 28 ° 43' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 40 m | ||||
| Area : | 113.82 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 8,940 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 79 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 825100 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 40 | ||||
| License plate : | TL | ||||
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| Community type : | city | ||||
| Mayor : | Georgian Caraman ( PNL ) | ||||
| Postal address : | St. Republicii, no. 89 loc. Babadag, jud. Tulcea, RO-825100 |
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Babadag ( , Turkish Babadağ ) is a small town in the Tulcea County in Dobruja , Romania .
location
Babadag is located not far from the Black Sea between the Lacul Babadag lagoon in the northeast and the hill country Podișul Babadagului in the southwest. The district capital Tulcea is about 35 km north.
history
The oldest archaeological finds come from the 11th – 9th centuries. Century BC BC and date from the time of the Babadag culture, which is in economic contact with the Coslageni culture in today's Romania and the Sabatinovka culture in today's Ukraine. The range of shapes is determined by hump ceramics and barbarian ceramics. Both forms are u. a. can also be found in Thrace, Troy and Phrygia, with the hand-made barbaric pottery coming from the eastern Black Sea region (Olbia, Crimea); the hump ceramics from Thrace and Macedonia predominated somewhat, but overall points to a bridge between these cultures. This forms the Thracian-Dacian-Kimmrian cultural horizon. In particular, cattle, goats and up to pigs were kept in large numbers as meat suppliers.
From the second half of the 9th to 7th centuries BC BC forms of Hallstatt culture became modern, marking the dawn of the Iron Age and suggesting stronger contacts with western neighbors, presumably via the Danube. Subsequently, between the 7th and 3rd centuries BC An intensive contact with Greeks who sailed the Black Sea. The departure of the Kimmerer as well as the rise of the Dacians, Athens and the Macedonians should be mentioned here, who influenced this region and fought for control of the Dardanelles, which is reflected in the finds. Babadag and Dobruja can therefore be seen as a multicultural bridge between the Black Sea and the Balkans from an early stage.
At the time of the Roman Empire , in 178 a settlement called Vicus Novus was mentioned. This designation appears for the last time in documents 587. After that, there are no written records about the place for more than 600 years. During this period, the region belonged to the Byzantine Empire , the First and Second Bulgarian Empire and the Despotate Dobruja , which was increasingly dependent on the Ottoman Empire . From 1262, under the leadership of the dervish Baba Sari Saltik , a large number of Turks settled in the north of the Dobruja. It was probably in this context that Babadag was first mentioned in 1263. The name Babadağ (about "Mountain of Baba") possibly goes back to Baba Sari Saltik, where Baba is an honorary title among dervishes. At the beginning of the 15th century the Dobruja was finally incorporated into the Ottoman Empire. Babadag developed into an important trading center. After a visit by Sultan Bayezid II , a mausoleum for Baba Sari Saltik was built and inaugurated in 1488. This mausoleum became an important place of pilgrimage. As a result, the city - which was meanwhile heavily fortified - suffered from wars of the Turks with Wallachian princes and with Russia . In 1878 - after the Russo-Ottoman War - Babadag came to Romania. During the First World War , the city was occupied by Bulgarian troops from 1916 to 1918. Babadag owns a military airfield, which has also been used as a base for the US Army since 2005.
The main industries of Babadag are agriculture, fishing and tourism.
population
At the 2002 census, 10,037 people lived in Babadag. 8466 identified themselves as Romanians , 1289 as Turks , 168 as Roma , 48 as Russians or Lipovans , 26 as Greeks and 10 as Ukrainians .
traffic
Babadag is situated on the railway line from Medgidia to Tulcea . However, currently (2009) only around three passenger trains per day and direction run here. There are regular bus connections to Tulcea and Bucharest . Europastraße 87 runs through the city .
Attractions
- Lacul Babadag lagoon
- Mausoleum for Baba Sari Saltik
- Sazi Ali Pasha Mosque
- Exhibition of oriental art
sons and daughters of the town
- Kemal Karpat (1925–2019), Turkish historian
- Laurențiu Iorga (* 1988), football player
Others
The Polish writer Andrzej Stasiuk gave his south-east European travel sketches the title Jadąc do Babadag (German "On the way to Babadag"); the city is only discussed in a short section in the work.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ 2015, BĂLĂȘESCU, ANIMAL EXPLOITATION IN BABADAG CULTURE. SATU NOU - VALEA LUI VOICU SITE (OLTINA, CONSTANȚA COUNTY)
- ^ Website of the city, accessed on January 27, 2009 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Radio România International, accessed on January 27, 2009 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 2002 census (Hungarian), accessed January 27, 2009
