Moisei

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Moisei
Mosesdorf
Majszin
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Moisei (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Maramures
Circle : Maramureș
Coordinates : 47 ° 39 '  N , 24 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '22 "  N , 24 ° 32' 16"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 590  m
Area : 112.63  km²
Residents : 9,264 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 82 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 437195
Telephone code : (+40) 02 62
License plate : MM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Mayor : Toader Ștețcu ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 1300
loc. Moisei, jud. Maramureș, RO-437195
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Moisei (outdated Moiseiu , Moișeni ; German  Mosesdorf , Hungarian Majszin , Mojszén also Mózesfalu ) is a municipality in the Maramureș district in Romania .

location

Moisei with the Rodna Mountains in the background

Moisei is an elongated village in the valley of the Vişeu River , between the cities of Vişeu de Sus in the northwest and Borşa in the east. The Rodna Mountains (Munții Rodnei) rise to the south of the village .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1365 as villa Moyse . For several centuries it was part of the Maramures County and thus the Kingdom of Hungary . After the First World War he came to Romania. As a result of the Second Vienna Arbitral Award , Moisei temporarily returned to Hungary in 1940. On October 14, 1944, on their retreat from the Red Army , Hungarian troops carried out a massacre in the village, which killed around 30 farmers. In addition, around 200 houses were burned down.

Since Romania became part of the European Union in 2007, around 130 kilometers of paved roads, sidewalks, the drinking and sewage network and a sewage treatment plant for around eight million euros have been built in the once primitive and difficult-to-reach place with the help of EU funds .

population

Moisei was one of the centers of Jewish life in the Maramureș. Since the beginning of the official censuses in 1850, however, the community was already predominantly inhabited by Romanians . Until the Second World War , Jews were the largest minority (25 to 30 percent in 1920). The inhabitants of Moisei are now almost exclusively Romanians; In 2002, four Hungarians , one Ukrainian and seven Germans were recorded out of a population of 9023 at that time .

traffic

Moisei is on the National Road Drum na 18ional 18 , which leads from Baia Mare to Iacobeni . The equally important national road Drum național 17C branches off to Bistrița , which connects the Maramureș with Transylvania . After Sighetu Marmatiei , Borsa and Viseu de Sus There are bus services.

The railway line from Valea Vişeului to Borşa was opened in 1913. The section from Vişeu de Sus to Borşa, which runs through Moisei, has not been used for passenger traffic since the 1990s. The nearest station is currently on the Salva – Vișeu de Jos line in Săcel .

Attractions

Wooden church in the Izvorul Negru monastery in Moisei

The most important tourist attraction in the town itself is the Mănăstirea Izvorul Negru monastery, located in a southern side valley , which was first mentioned in 1599. On the monastery grounds there is a newer church from 1910 and a small wooden church that was built in the 17th century and is in good condition.

There is also a memorial erected in 1972 in Moisei for the victims of the 1944 massacre.

The place is a starting point for hikes in the Rodna Mountains.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ http://www.maramuresul-istoric.ro/istoric-viseu-moisei-borsa-maramures.html ( Memento from April 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b The Moisei community at karpatenwilli.com
  4. ↑ Moisei Memorial at johnrausch.com ( Memento of 8 November 2012 at the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Leila Knüppel: Sewage treatment plant and sewer system for a Carpathian village. Deutschlandfunk, May 13, 2019, accessed on July 7, 2019 .
  6. ^ Censuses in Transylvania 1850–2002 (ung.)