Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Sărat'', , or ''Rebnick''; ) is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Buzău County Buzău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Buzău. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 432,054 and the population density was 70.7/km ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, in the historical region of

Muntenia Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...

. It was first attested in a document of 1439, and raised to the rank of ''

municipiu A municipiu (from Latin ''municipium''; English: municipality) is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania and Moldova, roughly equivalent to city in some English-speaking world, English-speaking countries. In Romania, this status is gi ...

'' in 1994. The city rises from a marshy plain, east of the

Carpathian Mountains The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Ural Mountains, Urals at and the Scandinav ...

, and west of the cornlands of southern

Moldavia Moldavia (, or ; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially in ...

. It lies on the left bank of the river Râmnicul Sărat. Salt and petroleum are worked in the mountains, and there is a considerable trade in agricultural produce and preserved meat.

Population

History

Râmnicu Sărat was the scene of battles between the Wallachians and

Ottomans Ottoman may refer to: * Osman I, historically known in English as "Ottoman I", founder of the Ottoman Empire * Osman II, historically known in English as "Ottoman II" * Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empir ...

in 1634, 1434, and 1573. It was also here that, in 1789 (during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792), an army of Imperial Russian and

Habsburg The House of Habsburg (; ), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most powerful dynasties in the history of Europe and Western civilization. They were best known for their inbreeding and for ruling vast realms throughout Europe d ...

troops, commanded by

Alexander Suvorov Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy () was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire. Born in Moscow, he studied military history as a young boy and joined the Imperial Russian ...

, defeated the Ottoman forces in the Battle of Rymnik. For this victory, Suvorov was awarded the

victory title A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation. The practice is first known in Ancient Rome and is still most commonly associated with the Romans, but it was also adop ...

of "Count of Rymnik" or "Rimniksky" (граф Рымникский) by empress

Catherine the Great Catherine II. (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter I ...

of Russia. In 1854, Râmnicu Sărat was almost destroyed by fire and was rebuilt. From 1864 to 1950 (with the exception of 1938–1940), the city was the seat of Râmnicu Sărat County. From 1901 to 1963, the

Râmnicu Sărat Prison Râmnicu Sărat Prison is a former prison located in Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County, Romania. The building is listed as a Monument istoric, historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs (Romania), Ministry of Culture an ...

operated in the city.

Educational institutions

* Alexandru Vlahuță National College * Ștefan cel Mare Theoretical High School * Elina Matei Basarab Technological Economic High School * Victor Frunză Technological High School * Traian Săvulescu Technological High School

Natives

* Petre Antonescu * Mariana Bitang * Romeo Bunică *

Kid Cann Isadore Blumenfeld (September 8, 1900 – June 21, 1981), commonly known as Kid Cann, was a Romanian-born Jewish-American organized crime enforcer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for over four decades. He remains the most notorious mobster ...

Nicolae Ciupercă Nicolae Ciupercă (20 April 1882 – 25 May 1950) was a Romanian general, born in Râmnicu Sărat. He served during World War I and World War II under the command of Alexandru Averescu and then Ion Antonescu, but would retire from a military ...

* Nicolae Fleva * Ioan Glogojeanu * Pompiliu Iordache * Petre Iorgulescu-Yor * Damian Militaru * Nicolae Minovici * Ștefan Minovici * Costin Murgescu * Leonida Nedelcu * Eduard Nicola * Adrian Oțoiu * Ștefan Petrescu * Traian Săvulescu * Saul Steinberg * Nicu Stoian * Marius Tigoianu

Gallery

Image:Gara rm sarat.jpg, The Râmnicu Sărat train station, designed by

Anghel Saligny Anghel Saligny (; 19 April 1854, Liești, Șerbănești, Moldavia – 17 June 1925, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania, Romania) was a Romanian engineer, most famous for designing the Anghel Saligny Bridge, Fetești-Cernavodă railway bridge (1895) ...

Image:Suvorov ramna monument surroundings today.jpg, The Battle of Rymnik battlefield Image:RSVlahuta.JPG, Alexandru Vlahuță National College File:Biserica_Adormirea_Maicii_Domnului,_Râmnicu_Sărat.JPG, Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, built by Constantin Brâncoveanu in 1697

References

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