Tecuci () is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Galați County Galați () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galați. History Historically Galați is part of Moldavia. In 1858, it was represented by Alexandru Ioan Cuza at the ''ad hoc Divan'' at Iași, in the wa ...

, Romania, in the historical region of Western Moldavia. It is situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the Bârlad River, and at the junction of railways from

Galați Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most par ...

, Bârlad, and Mărășești.

History

The area neighboring Tecuci was the scene of a fierce battle in 1476 between Moldavian Prince

Stephen the Great Stephen III of Moldavia, most commonly known as Stephen the Great ( ro, Ștefan cel Mare; ; died on 2 July 1504), was Voivode (or Prince) of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504. He was the son of and co-ruler with Bogdan II, who was murdered in 1451 ...

and the

Ottomans 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, ...

. Under the Kingdom of Romania, it was the residence of the now-defunct

Tecuci County Tecuci County was a county (Romanian language, Romanian: ''județ'') in the Kingdom of Romania, in the historical region Moldavia. The county seat was Tecuci. The county was located in the central-eastern part of Greater Romania, in the south of ...

Economy

The city was famous for its canned food factories, which preserve vegetables, fruit and meat, as well as for its mustard factories.

Climate

Climate in Tecuci is defined as Dfb (Humid continental climate with warm summers), bordering a Dfa (Humid continental climate with hot summers).

Population

As of 30 October 2011, 34,871 inhabitants live within the city limits.

Natives

* Nina Arbore (1888–1942), painter and illustrator *

Mihai Berza Mihai () is a Romanian given name for males or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Michael. A variant of the name is Mihail. Its female form is Mihaela. As a given name * Mihai I of Romania (1921–2017), King of Romania until 1947 *Mi ...

(1907–1978), historian *

Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu (13 May 1887 in Tecuci – 29 March 1929 in Bucharest) was the first woman aviator in Romania. She graduated from the pilot school in Bucharest, but her applications for a license were rejected by the Romanian authorit ...

(1887–1929), first woman aviator in Romania *

Henri Cihoski Henri Cihoski (October 2, 1871 – May 18, 1950) was a Romanian major general during World War I, and Minister of War from 1928 to 1930. Biography Early days He was born on October 2, 1871 in Tecuci, the seat of Tecuci County, in a family of Poli ...

(1872–1950), politician and general *

Vintilă Dongoroz Vintilă is both a masculine Romanian given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Octavian Vintilă (born 1938), Romanian fencer * Simona Vintilă, Romanian footballer Given name *Vintilă Brătianu (1867–1930), Rom ...

(1893–1976), jurist, lawyer and professor *

Alina Gorghiu Alina-Ștefania Gorghiu (; born September 16, 1978) is a Romanian lawyer and politician who served as president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from December 2014 until December 2016. She was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies fo ...

(b. 1978), lawyer and former president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) *

Calistrat Hogaș Calistrat Hogaș (born Calistrat Dumitriu; April 19, 1848 – August 28, 1917) was a Moldavian, later Romanian prose writer. The son of a Tecuci priest, he studied at the University of Iași before beginning an over four-decade career as a high sc ...

(1847–1917), writer * Iorgu Iordan (1888–1986), linguist, philologist and communist politician * Mihail Manoilescu (1891–1950), publicist, economist, and politician *

Henri Moscovici Henri Moscovici (born 5 May 1944 in Tecuci, Romania) is a Romanian-American mathematician, specializing in non-commutative geometry and global analysis. Moscovici received his undergraduate degree in 1966 and his doctorate in 1971 at the Univers ...

(b. 1944), mathematician * Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah (1833–1898), historian, politician, and academician *

Gheorghe Petrașcu Gheorghe Petrașcu (; 20 November 1872, Tecuci – 1 May 1949, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter. He won numerous prizes throughout his lifetime and had his paintings exhibited posthumously at the Paris International Exhibition and the Venice Bie ...

(1872–1949), painter and academician *

N. Petrașcu Nicolae Petrovici (; December 5, 1859 – May 24, 1944), known as Nicolae Petrașcu () and commonly rendered as N. Petrașcu or Pĕtrașcu,Garabet Ibrăileanu, "Edițiile poeziilor lui Eminescu (continuare)", in ''Viața Românească'', Nr. 3/1928, ...

(1859–1944), diplomat, writer, memoirist, publicist, art historian and critic * Ion Petrovici (1882–1972), philosopher, essayist, memoirist, writer, orator and politician * Theodor Șerbănescu (1839–1901), poet and translator

Museums

Tecuci Town Museum The Tecuci Town Museum was established in Tecuci, Romania in 1932 based on the private collections of Mihail Dimitriu and Constantin Solomon, in a building donated by Teodor Cincu. History and collections Until 1934, the museum was housed in the ...

( ro, Muzeul Mixt Tecuci)

Festivals

Tecuci is the host of several cultural festivals: * International Aphorism Festival * Costache Conachi Poetry Festival * Omătuța traditional folk music festival

References

Populated places in Galați County Cities in Romania Capitals of former Romanian counties Localities in Western Moldavia {{Galați-geo-stub