Vulcan (; formerly ''Jiu-Vaidei-Vulcan''; hu, Vulkán, ''Zsilyvajdejvulkán'' (''Zsily-Vajdej-Vulkán''); german: Wolkendorf, Wulkan) is a
city
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in
Hunedoara County,
Transylvania,
Romania. With a population of 24,160, it is the second-largest city in the
Jiu Valley. It administers two villages, Dealul Babii ("Old Woman's Hill" in Romanian; ''Hegyvulkán'') and Jiu-Paroșeni (''Zsilymacesdparoseny'').
The city is named after the
Vulcan Pass
Vulcan Pass ( ro, Pasul Vulcan, hu, Vulkán-szoros) is a mountain pass in the Hunedoara county of Romania, on the Jiu valley. The nearby city of Vulcan
Vulcan may refer to:
Mythology
* Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalwor ...
that connects the Jiu Valley to
Oltenia, itself being derived from Slavic "vlk", meaning "wolf" (even if "vulcan" means "volcano" in Romanian).
The
coal resources of the region were discovered in 1788 while the
Austrian General Landau defended Vulcan from the
Ottoman Turks
The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922).
Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...
. One night the soldiers could not put out the camp fire they made, as the piles of coal underneath had caught fire. General Landau thought that he could stop the Turks without a fight by setting piles of coal on fire. The Turks noted the large numbers of fires on the heights and thought that the Austrian army was much larger than theirs and retreated.
In 1850, the first mine was set up by the Hoffman brothers of
Brașov.
Demographics
*
Romanians: 92.91%
*
Hungarians: 5.13%
*
Romani
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Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
: 1.41%
*
Germans: 0.2%
People
*
Pius Brânzeu
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It may refer to:
People Popes
* Pope Pius (disambiguation)
* Antipope Pius XIII (1918-2009), who led the breakaway True Catholic Church sect
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* Pius ...
*
ErnÅ‘ CsÃki
*
Andrej Prean Nagy
Andrej Prean Nagy (8 September 1923 – 5 September 1997) also referred to as André Nagy or Andras Nagy, was a Romanian-born Hungarian footballer and coach. As a player Nagy played for both Ferencváros and Hungary.
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*
Ștefan Onisie
*
Leonard Wolf
Twin cities
List of Vulcan's sister and twin cities:
*
Bor,
Serbia
See also
*
Jiu Valley
*
CS Vulcan
*
Vulcan Pass
Vulcan Pass ( ro, Pasul Vulcan, hu, Vulkán-szoros) is a mountain pass in the Hunedoara county of Romania, on the Jiu valley. The nearby city of Vulcan
Vulcan may refer to:
Mythology
* Vulcan (mythology), the god of fire, volcanoes, metalwor ...
References
External links
Jiu Valley Portal- the regional portal host of the official Jiu Valley municipal websites
Populated places in Hunedoara County
Localities in Transylvania
Jiu Valley
Cities in Romania
Mining communities in Romania
Monotowns in Romania
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