Scorțeni is a commune in

Prahova County Prahova County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiești. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 762,886 and the population density was 161/k ...

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 Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

Geography

The commune is located in the west-central part of the county. Scorțeni is surrounded by the Sub-Carpathian hills, close to the

45th parallel north The 45th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 45 degrees north of Earth's equator. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. The 45th parallel north is often called the halfway point between the ...

, at an altitude of approximately . The most important towns in the vicinity are:

Câmpina Câmpina () is a city in Prahova County, Romania, north of the county seat Ploiești, located on the main route between Wallachia and Transylvania. Its existence is first attested in a document of 1503. It is situated in the historical region of ...

(14 km),

Băicoi Băicoi () is a town in Prahova County, Romania, near the 45th parallel north, 45th parallel. Five localities are administered by the town: Dâmbu, Liliești, Schela, Tufeni, and Țintea. Over time, these have become neighborhoods of the town.

(6 km),

Plopeni Plopeni () is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 6,709 as of 2021. The town is situated at the northern edge of the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of , on the right bank of the Teleajen River. It is located in t ...

(10 km),

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a Municipiu, city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Ble ...

(25 km – the county seat), and

Sinaia Sinaia () is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. The town was named after the Sinaia Monastery of 1695, around which it was built. The monastery, in turn, is named after ...

(40 km). The Capital city,

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

, is about to the south, while

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

is to the north.

Villages

The commune is composed of five villages: Bordenii Mari, Bordenii Mici, Mislea, Scorțeni, and Sârca.

Mislea

Around 1540,

Radu Paisie Radu VII Paisie, officially Radul (Old Church Slavonic in Romania, Church Slavonic: Радул воєвода; ), also known as Radu vodă Măjescul, Radu vodă Călugărul, Petru I, and Petru de la Argeș ( 1500Gheonea, p. 50 – after 1545), wa ...

, the ruler of

province of those times, set up a monastery at the confluence between the rivers Mislei and

Telega Telega ( rus, теле́га, p=tʲɪˈlʲɛgə) is a type of four-wheel horse-drawn vehicle, whose primary purpose is to carry loads, similar to a wain, known in Russia and other countries. It has been defined as "a special type commonly used ...

. On the monastery's ruins, a political prison was built by the former communist regime. The building was recently transformed into a state home. Northward, on forested hills, lies

Buștenari Telega is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Boșilcești, Buștenari, Doftana, Melicești, Telega, and Țonțești. The commune is located in the west-central part of the county, in the Sub Carpathia ...

. This is an old settlement whose inhabitants have dealt with timber cut and transportation, ever since the 15th century. To the West,

commune stretches its dwellings upstream the Telega River, up to the salt mines exploited for almost 700 years. Downstream Mislea River to the Est, there are the communes Scorțeni and the villages Sârca and Bordeni where the ruler

Michael the Brave Michael the Brave ( or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593–1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711), Transylvani ...

is said to have appropriated four of his captains, at the end of the 16th century. During the first part of the Communist period, Mislea was the site of a penitentiary for female political prisoners. This became an old age home in the 1970s.

References

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