Galați

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Galați
Galați coat of arms
Galați (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : West Moldova
Circle : Galați
Coordinates : 45 ° 27 '  N , 28 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 26 '31 "  N , 28 ° 2' 3"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 55  m
Area : 241.5  km²
Residents : 249,432 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 1,033 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 800xxx
Telephone code : (+40) 02 36
License plate : GL
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : Municipality
Mayor : Ionuț-Florin Pucheanu ( PSD )
Postal address : St. Domnească, no. 38
loc. Galați, jud. Galați, RO-800008
Website :

Galați ([ gaˈlatsʲ ]; pronunciation ? / I ; German Galatz or Galacz ) is the capital of the Galați district in western Moldova (region) . With just under 250,000 inhabitants, Galați was the eighth largest city in Romania in 2011 . Audio file / audio sample  

geography

Galați lies on the left bank of the lower Danube . A few kilometers upstream, the Sereth flows into the Danube. The border with the Republic of Moldova is about 11 km northeast of the city .

history

Settlements already existed on the territory of today's city during the Dacian and Roman times . Galați was first mentioned in a document in 1445 . In the further course, the city developed into an important trading center, primarily due to its Danube port.

In the 17th century Galați was called the most important city in the Principality of Moldova after Iași . At that time, around 3,000 people lived in 300 houses in the city.

In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the city was affected several times by fighting in the course of the Russo-Turkish wars as well as by epidemics . In the 19th century, its importance as a trading town increased, as Galați no longer bordered only on the Principality of Wallachia and the Ottoman Empire , but also on the Russian Empire . After the First World War , during which Galați was temporarily occupied by German troops, industrial development intensified.

Bessarabian German treks in Galatz

The treks of the Bessarabian German resettlers to Romania came via Galatz in 1940 .

population

In 1930 there were around 100,600 residents in the city, including around 69,500 Romanians , 19,000 Jews , 3,000 Russians , 2,500 Greeks , 2,200 Hungarians and 1,200 Germans . The 2002 census counted 298,816 inhabitants in the city, including around 296,000 Romanians and 1,483 Roma , 290 Russians, 247 Greeks, 205 Hungarians, 115 Jews and 114 Germans. In 2011 the number of inhabitants was 249,432.

Culture and sights

  • St. George's Cathedral (Sfântu Gheorghe): built in the 17th century
  • Galați television tower : the television tower, completed in 1978, is 150 meters high and made of reinforced concrete. A tower restaurant is located on the lower platform at a height of 100 m. Above it is the platform with antennas of various kinds.
  • Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art ( Romanian Muzeul de Artă Modernă și Contemporană )
  • historical Museum
  • Muzeul Satului Galați (Galați Village Museum)
  • Natural science museum
  • Musical theater
  • Playhouse
  • Gulliver Puppet Theater

economy

Look at Galați

Today the city is characterized by heavy industry such as the largest ironworks in Romania, mechanical engineering and the largest Romanian shipyard. It also has a textile factory, mills, sawmills and fishing operations. A polytechnical institute was founded in 1948 and has had university status since 1974.

traffic

Galați is particularly important for its port, which is considered the most important inland port in the country. It is used as a naval port and is the last transshipment point before the Danube Delta. There is a regular ferry service to the right bank of the Danube to IC Brătianu . The associated railway complex includes the Galați passenger station and the Barboși marshalling yard near the village of Movileni. The city has had a connection to the railway network since the beginning of the 1870s. Local and express trains to Bucharest and Tecuci run regularly from the passenger station . The broad gauge tracks to Reni in Ukraine were only used for freight traffic in 2009. Galați is one of the few Romanian cities in which buses, trolley buses and the Galați tram are used in local public transport . The European route 87 leads through Galați .

education

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

People with a relationship to the city

photos

Climate table

Galaţi
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Galaţi
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 1.1 3.0 8.9 16.6 22.3 25.9 27.9 27.5 23.5 16.9 9.4 3.4 O 15.6
Min. Temperature (° C) -5.3 -3.5 0.2 6.0 11.2 14.6 16.2 15.8 12.0 6.6 2.1 -2.4 O 6.2
Precipitation ( mm ) 29 32 27 38 51 68 46 46 42 27 36 35 Σ 477
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2.5 3.1 4.6 6.5 8.2 9.6 9.9 9.6 7.8 6.0 2.9 2.1 O 6.1
Rainy days ( d ) 5 6th 5 6th 7th 8th 6th 5 4th 4th 5 5 Σ 66
Humidity ( % ) 87 85 81 75 73 73 72 72 74 79 87 89 O 78.9
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Source: wetterkontor.de

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Thomas Brinkhoff: Galați (Romania): District, cities and municipalities - population figures, graphics and map: Population census 2011-10-20. In: citypopulation.de. February 26, 2017, accessed August 23, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Alegeri locale 5th June 2016: Primari aleşi pe judeţe şi circumscripţii. ( MS Excel ; 277 kB) In: 2016bec.ro. Retrieved August 23, 2020 (Romanian, 2016 mayoral elections in Romania).
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  4. ↑ a b File de istorie: O straveche asezare dacica. In: galati.ro. December 19, 2012, archived from the original on April 4, 2012 ; accessed on August 23, 2020 (Romanian).
  5. ↑ Ayana Sadetsky-Kimron: ShtetLinks: Galaţi, Romania. In: JewishGen . April 13, 2008, accessed on August 23, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Map of the 1930 census , accessed on August 10, 2009 (jpg; 3.3 MB).
  7. ↑ Jakabffy Elemér Foundation: Erdély etnikai és felekezeti statisztikái a népszámlálási adatok alapján, 1852–2011. Varga E. Árpád 2002-től kiegészített adatsorai. In: transindex.ro. Retrieved August 10, 2009 (Hungarian, 2002 census).
  8. ^ Felix Czeike : Dr.-Hanswenzel-Gasse. (pdf; 212 MB) In: Historisches Lexikon Wien , Volume 2. 2004, p. 102 , accessed on August 23, 2020 ( ISBN 3-218-00743-7 ).
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  10. ↑ Claudiu Vaişcovici. In: frf.ro . Archived from the original on February 4, 2013 ; accessed on August 23, 2020 (Romanian).
  11. ↑ Andrei Tudor: Mizează pe fidelitatea soţului LASAT singur în SUA. Andreea Antonescu: “Poţi înşela şi când locuieşti tot timpul împreună”. In: ziarulring.ro. March 24, 2016, archived from the original on August 23, 2020 ; accessed on August 23, 2020 (Romanian, interview).