Rădăuți County was one of the historic counties of
Bukovina,
Romania
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. The county seat was
Rădăuți
Rădăuți (; german: Radautz; hu, Radóc; pl, Radowce; uk, Радівці, ''Radivtsi''; yi, ראַדעװיץ ''Radevits''; tr, Radoviçe) is a town in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Buko ...
.
History
Following the
Union of Bukovina with Romania The union of Bukovina with Romania was declared in 28 November 1918, being officially recognized by the international community in 1919 and 1920.
Timeline of events 1918
*22 October - Constantin Isopescu-Grecul, a Bukovinian Romanian deputy in the ...
decided by the
General Congress of Bukovina on 15/28 November 191, the Rădăuți County was created on 18 December 1918 by the Decree No. 3715 for the administration of Bukovina.
In 1925, according to the Law of Administrative Unification of 14 June 1925, the territory of the county was enlarged in the east with the former
Siret County
Siret (; german: Sereth; hu, Szeretvásár; uk, Серет, Seret; yi, סערעט, Seret) is a town, municipality and former Latin bishopric in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. Siret is ...
and in northwest with parts of the former
Vijnița County.
In 1938, the county was abolished and incorporated into the newly formed
Ținutul Suceava
Ținutul Suceava was one of the ten Romanian administrative regions (''ținuturi'') created on August 14, 1938, as a part of King Carol II's administrative reform. From August 14, 1938, to June 28, 1940, it included the whole of Bukovina, a count ...
.
In 1940, following the
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
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and the Soviet ultimatum on 26 June 1940,
Northern Bukovina
Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter Berge ...
(including the north and northwestern parts of the Rădăuți County) was
occupied by the Soviet Union and incorporated into the
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
(
Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast ( uk, Черніве́цька о́бласть, Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna ( uk, Чернівеччина) is an oblast (province) in Western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the regio ...
,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
). Rădăuți County (with its reduced territory) was re-established in September 1940 (after the fall of
Carol II
Carol II (4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. The eldest son of Ferdinand I, he became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I in 1914. He was the first of th ...
's regime) and completely re-instated (as part of the
Bukovina Governorate
The Bukovina Governorate ( ro, Guvernământul Bucovinei) was an administrative unit of Romania during World War II.
Background and history
In 1775, the region of Bukovina, historically part of the Romanian principality of Moldavia, officially ...
) after Northern Bukovina was recovered by Romania in July 1941, following the
invasion of the Soviet Union
Operation Barbarossa (german: link=no, Unternehmen Barbarossa; ) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. The operation, code-named afte ...
. Nevertheless, in August 1944 the Northern Bukovina was taken over again by the Soviet Army and the borders as of 1 January 1941 were confirmed by the
1947 Paris Peace Treaties.
Rădăuți County was ultimately
abolished in 1950 by the
Communist regime
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.
Geography
Rădăuți County covered 2,360 km
2 and was located in
Bukovina. The territory that comprised Rădăuți County is now included in
Suceava County, while its northwestern part now belongs to
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
. In the
interwar period, the county neighbored
Storojineț County to the north,
Dorohoi County
Dorohoi County, with its seat at Dorohoi, was a subdivision of the Kingdom of Romania and located in the region of Moldavia.
Geography
The county was located in the northeastern part of Greater Romania, in the north-eastern extremity of the Moldav ...
to the east,
Suceava
Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. Klaus Pet ...
and
Câmpulung to the south,
Maramureș County
Maramureș County () is a county (județ)
in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.
Name
In Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian as Мараморо́щина, in German as ''Kreis Marmarosch' ...
to the southwest, and
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
(
Stanisławów Voivodeship
Stanisławów Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo stanisławowskie) was an administrative district of the interwar Poland (1920–1939). It was established in December 1920 with an administrative center in Stanisławów. The voivodeship had an area o ...
) to the west and northwest.
Administrative organization
Administratively, Rădăuți County was divided into three districts (''
plăși''):
#Plasa Putila, with headquarters at
Seletin.
#Plasa Siret, with headquarters at
Siret
Siret (; german: Sereth; hu, Szeretvásár; uk, Серет, Seret; yi, סערעט, Seret) is a town, municipality and former Latin bishopric in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. Siret is ...
.
#Plasa Ștefan Vodă, with headquarters at
Rădăuți
Rădăuți (; german: Radautz; hu, Radóc; pl, Radowce; uk, Радівці, ''Radivtsi''; yi, ראַדעװיץ ''Radevits''; tr, Radoviçe) is a town in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Buko ...
.
Population
According to the Romanian census of 1930 the population of Rădăuți County was 160,778, of which 55.4% were ethnic Romanians, 11.1% Germans, 8.7% Ukrainians, 7.6% Hutsuls, 7.2% Jews, 6.4% Hungarians, 1.4% Poles, as well as other minorities.
[Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 356-359] Classified by religion: 70.6% were Eastern Orthodox, 16.2% Roman Catholic, 7.2% Jewish, 2.6% Lutheran, 1.3% Greek Catholic, as well as other minorities.
[Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 699-700]
Urban population
In 1930 the urban population of Rădăuți County was 26,693 (the city of
Rădăuţi had 16,788 inhabitants, and
Siret
Siret (; german: Sereth; hu, Szeretvásár; uk, Серет, Seret; yi, סערעט, Seret) is a town, municipality and former Latin bishopric in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. Siret is ...
had 9,905), which included 38.3% Romanians, 28.9% Jews, 23.5% Germans, 4.7% Ukrainians, 1.8% of Poles, as well as other minorities, by ethnicity.
[ The religious mix of the urban population was 41.3% Eastern Orthodox, 29.1% Jewish, 23.6% Roman Catholic, 3.4% Greek Catholic, 2.2% Lutheran, as well as other minorities.][
]
Gallery
File:Bucov.png, Demographic composition of Bukovina in 1930, with the 1940 border drawn in the centre
File:GUVERNAMANTUL_BUCOVINEI.png, Governorate of Bukovina (1942)
References
External links
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Rădăuți County on memoria.ro
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Former counties of Romania
Bukovina
1925 establishments in Romania
1938 disestablishments in Romania
States and territories disestablished in 1938
States and territories established in 1925
1940 establishments in Romania
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States and territories established in 1940
States and territories disestablished in 1950