Siret (place)
Siret Sereth |
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Basic data | ||||
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State : | Romania | |||
Historical region : | Bucovina | |||
Circle : | Suceava | |||
Coordinates : | 47 ° 57 ' N , 26 ° 4' E | |||
Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | |||
Height : | 324 m | |||
Area : | 43.40 km² | |||
Residents : | 7,976 (October 20, 2011) | |||
Population density : | 184 inhabitants per km² | |||
Postal code : | 725500 | |||
Telephone code : | (+40) 02 30 | |||
License plate : | SV | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2016) | ||||
Community type : | city | |||
Structure : | 2 districts / cadastral communities: Mănăstioara , Pădureni | |||
Mayor : | Adrian Popoiu ( PNL ) | |||
Postal address : | Str. 28 Noiembrie, no. 1 loc. Siret, jud. Suceava, RO-725500 |
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Siret ( German Sereth , Polish Seret ) is a small town in the district of Suceava in the Romanian south Bukowina . It is located on the river of the same name , which flows here from the Ukraine to Romanian territory.
history
The city was first mentioned in a document on July 24, 1340, making it the earliest documented location in the historical Vltava region . In the Middle Ages , the city was of greater administrative importance in the Principality of Moldova . As part of northern Moldau, Sereth became part of Austria in 1774 , later part of the crown land of Bukovina .
The term " Sereter Hasidim " for a group of Charedim within ultra-orthodox Judaism goes back to a movement that arose in and around the city between 1870 and 1940.
Today Sereth as a border town to Ukraine is important as a customs and border crossing station for road traffic.
Twin cities
Siret has been a member of the European city association Douzelage since 2010 .
Personalities
- Vasile Andru (* 1942), Romanian writer, attended secondary school in Sereth
- Elisabeth Axmann (1926–2015), a Romanian-German writer, born in Sereth
- Marian Simion Florea (1847-1907), Romanian theologian and ethnographer, was a priest in Sereth from 1877 to 1883
- Edgar Hilsenrath (1926–2018), German writer, lived on the run from the Nazis from 1938 to 1941 with his grandparents in Sereth
- Leo Katz (1892–1954), Austrian writer, born in Sereth
- Alfred Kohlruß (1875–1935), member of the Romanian Parliament
- Elisabeta Lipă (* 1964), Romanian rower (four times Olympic champion), born in Sereth
- Friedrich Poppenberger (1904–1992), lawyer and journalist, born in Sereth
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
- ↑ Vasile Andrus (Vasile Andrucovici) web representation ( Memento from August 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Information on Marian Simion Florea from crestinortodox.ro accessed on July 16, 2016 (Romanian)