Moinești

Moineşti (Hungarian Mojnest ) is a town in the district of Bacau in Romania.

Location

Moineşti is located on the eastern edge of the Carpathian Mountains, between the mountains in the northwest and Gosman Berzunt in the southeast. The district capital Bacau located about 35 km northeast.

History

The then located in Moldavia village was first mentioned in 1467, when the Hungarian army retreated under Matthias Corvinus after the Battle of Baia lost against the troops Ştefan cel Mares battle to Transylvania.

1832 market was mentioned in Moineşti first time. At that time, agriculture and handicrafts were the major economic activities. 1864, the town was a seat of the municipality. In 1921 he received the rank of a "city church" ( Comuna Urbana ).

In the 19th and in the first half of the 20th century Moineşti had a significant Jewish population, which almost completely disappeared by the Holocaust and emigration after the Second World War.

At least since the 15th century oil wells were known in the vicinity of the place, which were used to a greater extent since the mid-19th century. He subsequently produced refineries and chemical plants. Other natural resources in the region are natural gas, coal and wood.

The drastic economic changes after the revolution of 1989 led to the demise of important parts of since the Second World War based here chemical industry and to correspondingly high unemployment.

2001 Moineşti became a municipium ( Municipiul ) - ie a more important city - appointed.

Population

1832 were registered in Moineşti 188 houses and 588 inhabitants. As of the 2002 census, lived in the town of 24,210 people, including 23,397 Romanians, 32 Hungarians, 753 Roma and 9 German.

Traffic

Moineşti has a rail connection that branches in the eight kilometers away from the city Comăneşti railway Adjud - Siculeni. This was built in the years 1896-1899 branch line is now out of service. Several times a day there are bus connections to the district capital of Bacau.

Attractions

• Dada Monument ( 25 m long, 2.6 m wide, 10 meters high, 120 tons, reinforced concrete), on the road to Bacau. The monument commemorates Tristan Tzara and was designed by German sculptor Ingo Glass of Romanian origin.

Personalities

• Tristan Tzara (1896-1963), writer, co-founder of Dadaism
• Moses Rosen (1912-1994), chief rabbi of Romania
• Adrian Gheorghiu ( born 1981 ), the Romanian football player