Bucecea

Bucecea is a town in the district of Botosani in Romania.

Location

Bucecea situated in a hilly region ( saua Moldovei ), on the left bank of the river Siret. The county town of Botosani is located about 15 km to the east.

History

The oldest written mention of a place called Vălceşti dates from the year 1434. Galata It belonged to the monastery in Iaşi. 1634 Bucecea documentary evidence. The name possibly comes from a noble Buczaschi. In a document from 1751, both villages appear. A few decades later, the inhabitants of Vălceşti gave up their place and moved to the nearby Bucecea. Causes may have been the Siret a Tartar invasion or a flood. 1828 Bucecea mentioned as a market town.

Ever since that time Bucecea was very much influenced by its Jewish population. 1851 were from the then 523 inhabitants 61% Jewish. They worked mainly as farmers, innkeepers and artisans. 1871 Bucecea has been connected by the construction of the line Vereşti - Botosani on the railway network. 1894 and in connection with the peasant uprising in Romania in 1907 there were pogrom-like riots. In 1937 the Jewish community had five synagogues, a school with two teachers, a kindergarten and a mikveh.

After the seizure of power by General Ion Antonescu, the entire Jewish population was brought forcibly Botosani in 1941. Some of the survivors returned after the end of World War II; However, most Jews emigrated to the late 1950s to Israel or the United States. The most recent grave stone in the Jewish cemetery dates back to 1975.

After Bucecea attracted by and by Romanians from other parts of the country. 1960 a sugar factory was opened. On Sereth a reservoir was created with a capacity of 10 million m³.

Since 2004 Bucecea is a city. The main economic activities are agriculture, food processing and trade.

Population

1930 lived on the territory of present-day town about 3,550 people, of which about 2,700 Romanians, the rest were Jews. As of the 2002 census, 5,128 inhabitants were registered in Bucecea, including 5,119 Romanians and Roma 6. Approximately 4,300 lived in Bucecea itself, the other in the two incorporated villages.

Traffic

At the station of Bucecea keep both commuter and express trains. In both directions currently operate (2009) per day, about nine passenger trains. Part of it goes through to Bucharest or Suceava.

Attractions

• Sf. Nicolae (1787/1865)
• Nature Reserve Bălţile Siretului
• Jewish cemetery