Galați
Galați | ||||
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Romania | |||
Historical region : | West Moldova | |||
Circle : | Galați | |||
Coordinates : | 45 ° 27 ' N , 28 ° 2' 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 |
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Galați ([ gaˈlatsʲ ]; ; 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 .
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.
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
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
- Karl Hanswenzel (1860–1942), community doctor, medical advisor and mayor of Siebenhirten (Vienna) (1905–1918)
- Alexander Acatos (1873–1950), Greek-Swiss civil engineer
- Heinrich Kanner (1864–1930), Austrian politician, journalist
- Virgil Madgearu (1887–1940), economist and politician
- Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu (1887–1973), Romanian chemical engineer and inventor
- Camil Ressu (1880–1962), Romanian painter
- Dimitrie Cuclin (1885–1978), composer
- Anna Elisabet Weirauch (1887–1970), Romanian actress and writer
- Reuven Rubin (1893–1974), Romanian-born Israeli painter and first Israeli ambassador to Romania
- Ludovic Feldman (1893–1987), Romanian composer
- Sando Dicker (1894–1935), German-Jewish composer and entertainment musician of Romanian origin
- Isaac Jacob Schoenberg (1903–1990), Romanian-Jewish mathematician
- Vera Atkins (1908–2000), British intelligence officer during World War II
- Fanita English (* 1916), psychoanalyst of Romanian descent
- Temistocle Popa (1921–2013), Romanian composer and songwriter
- Kurt Balla (1923–1995), Austrian politician
- Yuli Ofer (1924–2011), Israeli entrepreneur
- Vasile Mihai Popov (* 1928), mathematician
- Daniel Spoerri (* 1930), Swiss visual artist and dancer of Romanian origin
- Miriam Spoerri (1931–2010), Swiss film and theater actress
- Ileana Cotrubaș (* 1939), opera singer
- Stere Adamache (1941–1978), football player
- Radu Lupu (* 1945), pianist
- Cornel Penu (* 1946), handball world champion from 1970
- Cristian S. Calude (* 1952), Romanian-New Zealand mathematician and computer scientist
- Tudorel Stoica (* 1954), soccer player, Champions League winner with Steaua Bucharest 1986 and CL finalist 1989
- Ilan Gilon (* 1956), Israeli politician
- Costel Orac (born 1959), football player
- Maricel Voinea (* 1959), handball player
- Mihail Majearu (* 1960), soccer player, Champions League winner with Steaua Bucharest 1986
- Claudiu Vaișcovici (* 1962), football player
- Nicu Vlad (* 1963), weightlifter - Olympic champion Los Angeles 1984
- Dănuț Lupu (* 1967), football player
- Viorel Tănase (* 1970), Romanian football player and coach
- Marius Manolache (* 1973), chess player
- Bogdan Dragus (* 1975), violinist
- Viorica Susanu (* 1975), rower
- Cristian Brăneț (born 1977), football player
- Sorin Frunză (* 1978), football player
- Cătălin Ivan (* 1978), politician
- Sorin Ghionea (* 1979), football player
- Iulian Apostol (* 1980), football player
- Lucian Bute (* 1980), professional boxer
- Florin Cernat (* 1980), football player
- Andreea Antonescu (* 1982), singer
- Giulia Anghelescu (* 1984), singer and DJane
- Alexandru Bourceanu (born 1985), football player
- Adrian Ropotan (* 1986), football player
- Christian Hammer (* 1987, as Christian Ciocan ), German boxer
- Cristian Sârghi (* 1987), football player
- Silviu Ilie (* 1988), football player
- Daniel Popescu (* 1988), football player
- Viorel Fotache (* 1989), handball player
- Nicuşor Luşneac (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Ionuț Neagu (* 1989), football player
- Răzvan Ochiroșii (* 1989), football player
- Cornel Râpă (born 1990), football player
- Ana Porgras (* 1993), gymnast
People with a relationship to the city
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820–1873), founder of the state of Romania and first prince
photos
Galați between Brăila , Reni (Ukraine) , Tulcea , Focșani and Bârlad
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Galaţi
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Galatz. In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. 1888, accessed on August 23, 2020 (reproduced on peter-hug.ch).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Ayana Sadetsky-Kimron: ShtetLinks: Galaţi, Romania. In: JewishGen . April 13, 2008, accessed on August 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Map of the 1930 census , accessed on August 10, 2009 (jpg; 3.3 MB).
- ↑ 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).
- ^ 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 ).
- ↑ Virgil Madgearu - repere biografice. In: economistul.ro. January 31, 2011, archived from the original on December 4, 2017 ; accessed on August 23, 2020 (Romanian).
- ↑ Claudiu Vaişcovici. In: frf.ro . Archived from the original on February 4, 2013 ; accessed on August 23, 2020 (Romanian).
- ↑ 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).