Vicovu de Sus

Vicovu de Sus Oberwikow
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Bucovina
Circle :	Suceava
Coordinates :	47 ° 56 '  N , 25 ° 40'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '35 "  N , 25 ° 40' 15"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	462  m
Area :	42.42  km²
Residents :	13,308 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	314 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	727610
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 30
License plate :	SV
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	city
Structure :	1 District / cadastral municipality: Bivolăria
Mayor :	Gheorghe Schipor ( PSD )
Postal address :	Str. Primariei, No. 4-6 loc. Vicovu de Sus, jud. Suceava, RO-727610
Website :	www.primariavicovudesus.ro

Vicovu de Sus ( German  Oberwikow ) is a town in the Suceava district in Romania .

location

Vicovu de Sus is located in Bukovina , right on the Ukrainian border in the valley of the Suceava River , on the north side of the Obcina Mare Mountains . The district capital Suceava is located about 55 km southeast.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1436 under the name Jicovu de Sus . In 1466 Ștefan cel Mare ( Stefan the Great ), the prince of the Vltava , bought the village and donated it to the Putna monastery .

After the Principality of Moldova increasingly came under Ottoman influence, Bukovina became part of Austria-Hungary in 1774 . In 1787 families from the Rhineland , Franconia , Baden and Württemberg settled in the village . Mostly Romanians still lived in the place .

After the First World War, Bukovina and with it Vicovu de Sus became part of Romania. In 2004 the place received city status.

population

At the 2002 census there were 14,125 people in Vicvovu de Sus, including 13,736 Romanians and 377 Roma .

traffic

The Rădăuți – Brodina railway runs through Vicovu de Sus and has two stations (Vicovu de Sus and Bivolăria) in the city. There are regular bus connections to Rădăuți ( Radautz ).

Attractions

• Two orthodox churches
• Memorial house for Ion Nistor
• Putna Monastery (about ten km southwest)

Personalities

• Ion Nistor (1876–1962), Romanian historian and politician

Web links

Commons : Vicovu de Sus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ↑ Web presentation of the small town, accessed on October 26, 2012 ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ www.bukovinasociety.org, accessed on December 21, 2008 ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ 2002 census, accessed December 21, 2008
5. ^ Ion Nistor at memorialsighet.ro, accessed October 26, 2012