Drăguș
DrăguÈ™ (german: Drachenbach, Traschen; hu, Dragus) is a commune in BraÈ™ov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, DrăguÈ™, part of ViÈ™tea Commune until being split off in 2004. DrăguÈ™ is located at the western edge of BraÈ™ov County, in the central part of the Èšara FăgăraÈ™ului region, at the foot of the FăgăraÈ™ Mountains. The river DrăguÈ™ flows north through the commune, discharging into the Olt River in OlteÈ›. At the 2011 census, 99.8% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians. During the interwar period, ethnologist Dimitrie Gusti led a series of expeditions to various Romanian villages in which researchers from various fields would write monographs about particular aspects of those villages. The campaign reached its peak in DrăguÈ™ during the summer of 1929, when 89 researchers descended on the village. The event was recorded in a documentary film, ''DrăguÈ™''. Corina Voicu"Școala monografică Dimitrie Gusti È™i DrÇŽguÈ™ul" ''Ṭar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drăguș (river)
The DrăguÈ™ is a left tributary of the river Olt in Romania. It discharges into the Olt in OlteÈ› The OlteÈ› is a right tributary of the river Olt in Romania. It discharges into the Olt in Fălcoiu. Its total length is , and its drainage basin area is . [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ion Codru-Drăgușanu
Ion Codru-DrăguÈ™anu (November 9, 1818–October 26, 1884) was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian prose writer. He was born in DrăguÈ™, BraÈ™ov County, in the Transylvania region. His parents were Adam PlăiaÈ™ Codru or Adam al lui German (in his early years, the writer signed as Ioanne Germaniu Codru) and his wife Asinefta (''née'' TrîmbiÈ›aÈ™). His family were soldiers in the Transylvanian Military Frontier, ennobled during the time of Zsuzsanna Lorántffy. He studied at the village school, at the German Military Frontier School in nearby ViÈ™tea de Jos and for one semester at Saint Sava College in the Wallachian capital Bucharest, but was largely self-taught. He left Transylvania in 1835 and between 1838 and 1846 made several journeys; his travels took him to Hungary, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, England, Russia and Switzerland. Mihai Zamfir"Rastignacul din FăgăraÈ™, Ion Codru DrăguÈ™anu" in ''România Literară'', nr. 17/2009 From 1846 to 1848, he worked as a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Olt (river)
The Olt ( Romanian and Hungarian; german: Alt; la, Aluta or ', tr, Oltu, grc, Ἄλυτος ''Alytos'') is a river in Romania. It is long, and its basin area is . It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its average discharge at the mouth is . Its source is in the HășmaÈ™ Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near Bălan, rising close to the headwaters of the river MureÈ™. It flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Covasna, BraÈ™ov, Sibiu, Vâlcea and Olt. The river was known as ''Alutus'' or ''Aluta'' in Roman antiquity. Olt County and the historical province of Oltenia are named after the river. Sfântu Gheorghe, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina are the main cities on the river Olt. The Olt flows into the Danube river near Turnu Măgurele. Settlements The main cities along the river Olt are Miercurea Ciuc, Sfântu Gheorghe, FăgăraÈ™, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina. The Olt passes through the following communes, from sou ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brașov County
BraÈ™ov County () is a county ( judeÈ›) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its capital city is BraÈ™ov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and FăgăraÈ™. Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Brassó megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Kronstadt''. Under Austria-Hungary, a county with an identical name (Brassó County, ro, Comitatul BraÈ™ov) was created in 1876, covering a smaller area. Demographics On 20 October 2011, the county had a population of 549,217 and the population density was . * Romanians – 87.4% * Hungarians – 7.77% * Romas – 3.5% * Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) – 0.65% Traditionally the Romanian population was concentrated in the west and southwest of the county, the Hungarians in the east part of the county, and the Germans in the north and around BraÈ™ov city. Geography The county has a total area of . The south side comprises the Carpathian Mountains (Southern Carpathians and Eastern Ca ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viștea
ViÈ™tea ( hu, Alsóvist) is a commune in BraÈ™ov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: OlteÈ› (''Besimbák''), Rucăr (german: Ruckersdorf; ''Rukkor''), ViÈ™tea de Jos (the commune center), ViÈ™tea de Sus (''FelsÅ‘vist'') and ViÈ™tiÈ™oara (''Kisvist''). It also included DrăguÈ™ village until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune. At the 2011 census, 87.8% of inhabitants were Romanians and 12% Roma. The commune is located at the western edge of BraÈ™ov County, in the central part of the Èšara FăgăraÈ™ului region, at the foot of the FăgăraÈ™ Mountains. The administrative center of the commune is in ViÈ™tea de Jos, situated on the DN1 road, west of FăgăraÈ™ and east of Sibiu. ViÈ™tea is traversed east to west by the Olt River, which passes through the villages of ViÈ™tea de Jos, OlteÈ›, and Rucăr. The ViÈ™tea River is formed by two tributaries, ViÈ™tea Mare and ViÈ™tiÈ™oara; it crosses the villages of ViÈ™tiÈ™oara and ViÈ™tea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Communes Of Romania
A commune (''comună'' in 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 county. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of ''city'' or '' 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, like cities, correspond to the European Union's level 2 local administrativ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Apuseni Mountains. Broader definitions of Transylvania also include the western and northwestern Romanian regions of CriÈ™ana and MaramureÈ™, and occasionally Banat. Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other iconic cities and towns such as BraÈ™ov, Sibiu, Târgu MureÈ™, Alba Iulia and SighiÈ™oara. It is also the home of some of Romania's UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the Villages with fortified churches, the Historic Centre of SighiÈ™oara, the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains and the RoÈ™ia Montană Mining Cultural Landscape. It was under the rule of the Agathyrsi, part of the Dacian Kingd ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly temperate- continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe and the sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by IaÈ™i, Cluj-Napoca, TimiÈ™oara, ConstanÈ›a, Craiova, BraÈ™ov, and GalaÈ›i. 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 Romania from the north to the southwest, include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of . Settlement in what is now Romania began in the Lower Pale ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Țara Făgărașului
Èšara FăgăraÈ™ului (also ''Èšara Oltului''; german: Fogaraschland, hu, Fogarasföld, la, terra Fugaras or ''terra Alutus'') is a region is southern Transylvania, Romania. Its main city is FăgăraÈ™. On the north, it is bordered by the Olt River, while the region of Wallachia is to the south. In the Kingdom of Hungary and in Greater Romania, it corresponded to the counties of Fogaras and, respectively, FăgăraÈ™. Today, it is divided between BraÈ™ov and Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ... counties. References {{reflist, 2 Historical regions of Transylvania ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Făgăraș Mountains
The FăgăraÈ™ Mountains ( ro, MunÈ›ii FăgăraÈ™ului ; hu, Fogarasi-havasok) are the highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania. Geography The mountain range is situated in the heart of Romania, at . The range is bordered in the north by the FăgăraÈ™ Depression, through which the Olt River flows, and in the west by the Olt Valley (Valea Oltului). Despite its name, FăgăraÈ™, located to the north, is not the nearest town to the mountain range, which has no major settlements. Other important surrounding cities are BraÈ™ov and Sibiu. Glacier lakes include Bâlea (2,034 m, 46,508 m2, 11.35 m deep), the largest. The highest lake is in the Hărtopul Leaotei glacial valley. The deepest glacial lake is Podragu (2,140 m, 28,550 m2; 15.5 m deep). Other lakes are Urlea (2,170 m, 20,150 m2) and Capra (2,230 m, 18,340 m2). The highest peaks are: *'' Moldoveanu'' — *'' Negoiu'' — *'' ViÈ™tea Mare'' — *''Lespezi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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OlteÈ›
The OlteÈ› is a right tributary of the river Olt in Romania. It discharges into the Olt in Fălcoiu. Its total length is , and its drainage basin area is . p. 13 Towns and villages The following towns and villages are situated along the river OlteÈ›, from source to mouth: Polovragi, Alunu, SineÈ™ti, Livezi,[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Romanian census found that just under 89% of Romania's citizens identified themselves as ethnic Romanians. In one interpretation of the 1989 census results in Moldova, the majority of Moldovans were counted as ethnic Romanians.''Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook By'' David Levinson, Published 1998 – Greenwood Publishing Group.At the time of the 1989 census, Moldova's total population was 4,335,400. The largest nationality in the republic, ethnic Romanians, numbered 2,795,000 persons, accounting for 64.5 percent of the population. Source U.S. Library of Congress "however it is one interpretation of census data results. The subject of Moldovan vs Romanian ethnicity touches upon the sensitive topic ofMoldova's national i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |