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Bistrița ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ; German: Bistritz, archaic Nösen, [3] Transylvanian Saxon: Bästerts, Hungarian: Beszterce) is the capital city of Bistrița-Năsăud County, in northern Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistrița River. The city has a population of 78,877 inhabitants as of 2021 [4] and ...
In Hungarian, it is known as Beszterce-Naszód megye, and in German as Kreis Bistritz-Nassod. The name is identical with the county created in 1876, Beszterce-Naszód County ( Romanian: Comitatul Bistrița-Năsăud) in the Kingdom of Hungary (the county was recreated in 1940 after the Second Vienna Award, as it became part of Hungary again ...
Bistrița ghetto. The Bistrița ghetto was one of the Nazi-era ghettos for European Jews during World War II. It was located outside the city of Beszterce, Beszterce-Naszód County, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania) as the territory became part of Hungary again from the 1940 Second Vienna Award 's grant of ...
The Bistrița Monastery ( Romanian: Mănăstirea Bistrița, pronounced [ˈbistrit͡sa] ⓘ) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located 8 km west of Piatra Neamț. It was dedicated in 1402, having as original ctitor the Moldavian Voivode Alexandru cel Bun whose remains are buried here. The church is historically and archaeologically valuable.
Rodna (formerly Rodna Veche; Hungarian: Óradna, Radna; German: Altrodenau) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Rodna and Valea Vinului ( Radnaborberek ). Its name is derived from a Slavic word, ruda, meaning "iron ore", originally being known as Rudna in 14th century documents.
In 1620, Prince Gabriel Bethlen of Transylvania, a Protestant, was elected King of Hungary by the Diet meeting at Banská Bystrica. The village of Radvaň, now a borough of Banská Bystrica, was granted the economically important right to hold annual fairs (Radvanský jarmok) in 1655. The fair was transferred to Banská Bystrica's main square ...
Coordinates: 47°07′20″N 25°40′30″E. Ocolașul Mare Peak, in the Ceahlău Massif. The Bistrița Mountains ( Romanian: Munții Bistriței; Hungarian: Besztercei-havasok) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania . Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians.
Hungary is an export-oriented market economy with a heavy emphasis on foreign trade, thus the country is the 36th largest export economy in the world. The country has more than $100 billion export in 2015 with high, $9.003 billion trade surplus, of which 79% went to the EU and 21% was extra-EU trade. [152]