Târgu Jiu

Târgu Jiu [ tɯrgu ʒiu ] ( dt: Tergoschwyl, Tirgu Jiu and 1992, historically also Tergu Jiu, Targulu Jiuliu, Tirguschu ) is a city in Romania. It is the capital of the district on the river Jiu Gorj (German Shield ) in the foothills of the Southern Carpathians and has approximately 100,000 inhabitants. The town was first mentioned in 1406 and has since 1597 city law. The Orthodox Cathedral was built from 1748 to 1764. 1992, a university was founded.

Sculptural ensemble

Gate of the Kiss

Endless Column

An outstanding attraction is the sculpture of Constantin Brancusi Ensemble with the Table of Silence, the Gate of the Kiss, and the Endless Column. The ensemble was established in the years 1937/1938 as commissioned by the Women's League of Gorj and commemorates the fallen soldiers of the First World War.

In the 1950s, the mayor tried to tear down the work of art, but did not succeed due to a weak engine of the bulldozer. In 1996, the international World Monuments Fund (WMF), the ensemble of Târgu Jiu in the list of the hundred most endangered monuments. Subsequently, the World Bank Romania was a credit in the amount of 2.6 million U.S. dollars for the purpose of restoration.

The Endless Column is now the main element in the coat of arms.

Concentration camp

In the wake of the page flipping Romania from the Axis to the Allies in 1944, leaders of the German minority in the Banat were arrested on and after August 24, 1944, and interned in a concentration camp near Târgu Jiu in an arrest operation by the Romanian authorities. Previously Romanian Communists and other political prisoners were detained in this camp during the war.

Twinning

There is, among other things, a partnership with the German Lauchhammer.

Personalities

  • Horaţiu Dimitriu (1890-1926), Romanian painter of the Post-Impressionism
  • Mihail Lascăr (1889-1959), Romanian General and Minister of Defense (1946-1947)
  • Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930-2013), Romanian actor, director and politician
  • Amelia Racea (* 1994), Romanian gymnast and European Champion on the balance beam
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