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Crăcăoani
Crăcăoani is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cracăul Negru, Crăcăoani, Magazia, Mitocu Bălan and Poiana Crăcăoani. To the east lies Ghindăoani and to the north lies Bălțătești. The name is derived from the name of the river Cracău that runs through the village. Culture A traditional Moldavian folk music dance, performed with a fiddle and folk lute, is often performed in Crăcăoani. Natives * Gheorghe Răscănescu Gheorghe Răscănescu (30 January 1900 – 1967) was a Romanian officer during World War II. He was born in Crăcăoani, Neamț County. After completing elementary school in his native village, he attended from 1912 to 1918 the Petru Rareș Hi ... References Communes in Neamț County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Neamţ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracău
The Cracău is a left tributary of the river Bistrița in Romania. It is formed at the confluence of its headwaters Cracăul Alb and Cracăul Negru in Magazia. It discharges into the Bistrița in Roznov. e-calauza.ro Its length is (including its source river Cracăul Alb) and its basin size is . Tributaries The following rivers are tributaries to the river Cracău (from source to mouth): *Left: Cracăul Alb, Burloaia, Zahorna, Bahna *Right: Cracăul Negru, Purcăroaia, Burdaleuca, |
Gheorghe Răscănescu
Gheorghe Răscănescu (30 January 1900 – 1967) was a Romanian officer during World War II. He was born in Crăcăoani, Neamț County. After completing elementary school in his native village, he attended from 1912 to 1918 the Petru Rareș High School in Piatra Neamț. In 1920 he enrolled in the Military School for Infantry Officers in Sibiu, graduating in 1922 with the rank of second lieutenant. In 1926 he was promoted to lieutenant, and in 1935 to captain. In 1940 he received the command of the 1st Battalion of the 15th ''Dorobanți'' Regiment, being promoted to the rank of major. After Romania entered World War II on the side of the Axis, Răscănescu fought on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Red Army. During the Siege of Odessa, his battalion was one of the first units that entered the city, on October 16, 1941. He then fought with the 6th Division of the Romanian Third Army, under the command of General Mihail Lascăr. After the Romanian front was broken in Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NeamÈ› County
Neamț County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River. Demographics Population In 2011, it had a population of 470,766 and a population density of 80/km2. * Romanians - 98.25% * Lipovans - 0.05% * Hungarians (more specifically Csángós) - 0.04% * Roma - 1.48%, and others Religion Geography Neamț County has an area of . The relief decreases from west to east. In the western part, there are mountains, the Eastern Carpathians, with heights of over and the impressive peak of Ceahlău Massif. Along the Bicaz River lies the canyon of Cheile Bicazului. Construction of the Bicaz Dam in the 1950s on the Bistrița River led to the formation of Lake Bicaz (Lake Izvorul Muntelui), the largest artificial lake completely in Romania. On the western side, the lowest point, at about , is found along the Siret River's valley. Neighbours *Iași County an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commune In Romania
A commune (''comună'' in Romanian language, Romanian) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a Counties of Romania, county. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of ''Cities in Romania, city'' or ''Municipality in Romania, municipality''. In principle, a commune can contain any size population, but in practice, when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 residents, it is usually granted city status. Although cities are on the same administrative level as communes, their local governments are structured in a way that gives them more power. Some urban or semi-urban areas of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status. Each commune is administered by a mayor (''primar'' in Romanian). A commune is made up of one or more villages which do not themselves have an administrative function. Communes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova), also called Western Moldavia or Romanian Moldavia, is the historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1859, the Principality of Moldavia also included, at various times in its history, the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina, and Hertsa; the larger part of the former is nowadays the independent state of Moldova, while the rest of it, the northern part of Bukovina, and Hertsa form territories of Ukraine. Romanian Moldavia consists of eight counties, spanning over 18% of Romania's territory. Six out of the 8 counties make up Romania's designated Nord-Est development region, while the two southern counties are included within Romania's Sud-Est development region. History Moldavian dialect The delimitation of the Moldavian dialect, as with all other Romanian dialects, is made primarily by analyzing its phonetic features and only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghindăoani
Ghindăoani is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and .... It is composed of a single village, Ghindăoani. This was part of Bălțătești Commune until 2003, when it was split off. References Communes in Neamț County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Neamţ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bălțătești
BălțăteÈ™ti is a commune in NeamÈ› County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: BălțăteÈ™ti, Valea Arini, and Valea Seacă. It also included Ghindăoani village until 2003, when it was split off to form Ghindăoani Commune. The commune is situated north of the county seat, Piatra NeamÈ›, on the national road leading to Fălticeni and Suceava. BălțăteÈ™ti has several sources of mineral waters used for disease treatment purposes, a hotel and medical facilities. The natural landscape and the surroundings makes it a tourist destination. The BălțăteÈ™ti mine is a large salt mine situated on the administrative territory of the commune. Natives * Vasile Conta Vasile Conta (; hy, ÕŽÕ¡Õ½Õ«Õ¬Õ¥ Ô³Ö€Õ«Õ£Õ¸Ö€Õ¥Õ«Õ« Ô¿Õ¸Õ¶Õ¿Õ¡ (Ô³Õ¸Õ¶Õ¿Õ¡); November 15, 1845 – April 21, 1882) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, and politician. He was born in Ghindăoani, a village in BălțăteÈ™ti commune, NeamÈ› Coun ... References Communes in NeamÈ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes In NeamÈ› County
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision, and typically share responsibilities and property. This way of life is sometimes characterized as an "alternative lifestyle". Intentional communities can be seen as social experiments or communal experiments. The multitude of intentional communities includes collective households, cohousing communities, coliving, ecovillages, monasteries, survivalist retreats, kibbutzim, hutterites, ashrams, and housing cooperatives. History Ashrams are likely the earliest intentional communities founded around 1500 BCE, while Buddhist monasteries appeared around 500 BCE. Pythagoras founded an intellectual vegetarian commune in about 525 BCE in southern Italy. Hundreds of modern intentional communities were formed across Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
