Gherăseni () is a
commune in
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 ...
,
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 ...
,
Romania
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, 17 km south-east of
Buzău
Buzău (; formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu'') is a city in the historical region of Muntenia, Romania, and the county seat of Buzău County. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carp ...
, the county capital. It is composed of three villages: Gherăseni, Cremenea and Sudiți.
Location
Gherăseni is located on the
Bărăgan plain. The only river crossing the commune is
Călmățui, a tributary of the
Danube
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.
The commune neighbours
Țintești to the north,
Smeeni
Smeeni is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania
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to the east,
Mihăileşti to the south,
Movila Banului to the southwest, and
Costești to the west.
History
The name ''Gherăseni'' is connected to the name of Ioan (Emanuil) Gerassy, a
Greek
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who had obtained a licence on the
boyar
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monopoly
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of manufacturing alcoholic beverages in
Bucharest
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during the rule of
Alexandru II Ghica
Alexandru Dimitrie Ghica (1 May 1796 – January 1862), a member of the Ghica family, was Prince of Wallachia from April 1834 to 7 October 1842 and later caimacam (regent) from July 1856 to October 1858.
Family
He was son of Demetriu Ghica ...
(1834-1842). He owned Câmpineanca, Siliște and Rotunda
estates, which he had bought in the late 1820s.
Rotunda estate included a large village which featured an
Orthodox church
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. Gerassy managed to convince the inhabitants of that village to move to the present-day location of Gherăseni, 1 km away from the Cremenea village. The first people to settle in the new location apparently arrived around 1829. The Gerassy family also built a new church and a school on the spot.
In 1905, financial difficulties forced Nicolae Gerassy, Ioan's son, to sell the estates to one Stan Vasile.
References
Official site
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1820s establishments in Wallachia
Communes in Buzău County
Localities in Muntenia