Tecuci () is a
city
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in
Galați County
Galați () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galați, between latitude, 45°25'N and latitude, 46°10'N latitude, longitude, 27°20'E and longitude, 28°10'E longitude. It borders the counties of Vaslu ...
,
Romania
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, in the historical region of
Western Moldavia
Western Moldavia (, ''Moldova de Apus'', or , also known as Moldavia, is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1878, the P ...
. It is situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the
Bârlad River
Bârlad () is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the river Bârlad, which waters the high plains of Western Moldavia.
At Bârlad the railway from Iași diverges, one branch skirting the river Siret, the other skirting the ...
, and at the junction of railways from
Galați
Galați ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the river Danube. and the sixth-larges ...
,
Bârlad
Bârlad () is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the river Bârlad (river), Bârlad, which waters the high plains of Western Moldavia.
At Bârlad the railway from Iași diverges, one branch skirting the river Siret (river ...
, and
Mărășești
Mărășești () is a small town in Vrancea County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It administers six villages: Călimănești, Haret, Modruzeni, Pădureni, Siretu, and Tișița.
Geography
The town is located in the eastern part of the county, on th ...
.
History
The area neighboring Tecuci was the scene of a fierce battle in 1476 between
Moldavian Prince Stephen the Great
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and the
Ottomans
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* Osman I, historically known in English as "Ottoman I", founder of the Ottoman Empire
* Osman II, historically known in English as "Ottoman II"
* Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empir ...
.
Under the
Kingdom of Romania
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, it was the residence of the now-defunct
Tecuci County
Tecuci County was a county (Romanian: ''județ'') in the Kingdom of Romania, in the historical region Moldavia. The county seat was Tecuci.
The county was located in the central-eastern part of Greater Romania, in the south of Moldavia. The count ...
.
Economy
The city was famous for its canned food factories, which preserve vegetables, fruit and meat, as well as for its
mustard
Mustard may refer to:
Food and plants
* Mustard (condiment), a paste or sauce made from mustard seeds used as a condiment
* Mustard plant, one of several plants, having seeds that are used for the condiment
** Mustard seed, small, round seeds of ...
factories.
Climate
Climate in Tecuci is defined as
Dfb DFB may refer to: Music
* Dem Franchize Boyz, an Atlanta hip hop group
* Dysfunctional Family BBQ, a New York festival
Sport
* DFB-Pokal, a football cup competition in Germany
Organisations
* Furka Steam Railway (), Switzerland
* German Footbal ...
(Humid continental climate with warm summers), bordering a
Dfa (Humid continental climate with hot summers).
Population
As of the
2011 census, there were 34,871 inhabitants who lived within the city limits, of which 83.2% were
Romanians
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and 4.3%
Roma
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People, characters, figures, names
* Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
.
At the
2021 census, Tecuci had a population of 32,801; of those, 74.17% were Romanians and 3.69% Roma.
Natives
*
Nina Arbore (1888–1942), painter and illustrator
*
George Arion
George Arion (born April 5, 1946 in Tecuci) is a Romanian crime writer. He is also a poet, essayist, librettist and journalist. He is the Chairman of the Flacăra Publications, Chairman of the "Flacăra Prizes" foundation and Chairman of the Ro ...
(b. 1946), writer
* (1907–1978), historian
*
Eugen Boureanul (1885–1971), prose writer
*
Gabriel Bujor
Gabriel Bujor (born 8 November 1990) is a Romanian handball player who plays for AHC Dunărea Călărași and the Romania national team.
Achievements
* Liga Națională:
**''Silver Medalist'': 2012, 2013, 2014
Individual awards
* Liga Nați ...
(b. 1990), handball player
*
Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu (1887–1929), first woman aviator in Romania
*
Cristina Carp (b. 1997), footballer
*
Henri Cihoski (1872–1950), politician and general
* (b. 1947), actor
* (1893–1976), jurist, lawyer and professor
*
Costică Donose
Costică Donose (born 22 December 1952) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a Midfielder, central midfielder. After he ended his playing career, he worked as a Manager (association football), manager in the Romanian lower leagues. In 2 ...
(b. 1952), footballer
*
Mișu Dulgheru Mișu Dulgheru (born Mihai Dulberger; January 16, 1909 – April 11, 2002) was a Romanian communist activist and spy. A clerk by trade, he rose through the secret police as the Romanian Communist Party consolidated its hold on power between 1944 ...
(1909–2002), communist activist and spy
*
Alina Gorghiu
Alina-Ștefania Gorghiu (; born 16 September 1978) is a Romanian lawyer and politician who served as president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from December 2014 until December 2016. She was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for B ...
(b. 1978), lawyer and former president of the
National Liberal Party (PNL)
*
Calistrat Hogaș
Calistrat Hogaș (born Calistrat Dumitriu; April 19, 1848 – August 28, 1917) was a Moldavian, later Romanian prose writer. The son of a Tecuci priest, he studied at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, University of Iași before beginning an ove ...
(1847–1917), writer
*
Iorgu Iordan
Iorgu Iordan (; also known as ''Jorgu Jordan'' or ''Iorgu Jordan''; – September 20, 1986) was a Romanian linguist, philologist, diplomat, journalist, and left-wing agrarian, later communist, politician. The author of works on a large variety o ...
(1888–1986), linguist, philologist and communist politician
*
Dimitrie Lecca (1832–1888), officer and politician
*
Mihail Manoilescu
Mihail Manoilescu (; December 9, 1891 – December 30, 1950) was a Romanian journalist, engineer, economist, politician and memoirist, who served as Foreign Minister of Romania during the summer of 1940. An active promoter of and contributor to ...
(1891–1950), publicist, economist, and politician
*
Vasile Mihai (b. 1995), footballer
*
Alexandru Mironescu
Alexandru Mironescu (July 23, 1903 – January 20, 1973) was a Romanian prose writer.
Born in Tecuci, his parents were Victor Mironescu and his wife Elena. After attending Dimitrie Cantemir High School in Bucharest, he obtained degrees in ch ...
(1903–1973), prose writer
*
Henri Moscovici (b. 1944), mathematician
*
(1917–2001), film director
* (1969–2021), musician
*
Claudiu Pamfile
Claudiu Pamfile (born 14 January 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Honours
Hermannstadt
*Cupa României
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(b. 1997), footballer
*
Oana Pantelimon
Oana Manuela Pantelimon, née Musunoiu (born 27 September 1972 in Tecuci) is a Romanian high jumper.
At the 2000 Olympic Games Pantelimon ended in third place, tied with Kajsa Bergqvist of Sweden. As the two athletes had an identical jump ...
(b. 1972), high jumper
*
Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah (1833–1898), historian, politician, and academician
*
Gheorghe Petrașcu
Gheorghe Petrașcu (; 20 November 1872, Tecuci – 1 May 1949, Bucharest) was a Romanian painter. He won numerous prizes throughout his lifetime and had his paintings exhibited posthumously at the Paris International Exhibition and the Venice Bie ...
(1872–1949), painter and academician
*
N. Petrașcu
Nicolae Petrovici (; December 5, 1859 – May 24, 1944), known as Nicolae Petrașcu () and commonly rendered as N. Petrașcu or Pĕtrașcu,Garabet Ibrăileanu, "Edițiile poeziilor lui Eminescu (continuare)", in ''Viața Românească'', Nr. 3/192 ...
(1859–1944), diplomat, writer, memoirist, publicist, art historian and critic
*
Ion Petrovici (1882–1972), philosopher, essayist, memoirist, writer, orator, and politician
*
Theodor Șerbănescu
Theodor Șerbănescu (; December 29, 1839 – July 2, 1901) was a Moldavian-born Romanian army officer and poet.
Early life
Șerbănescu was born in Tecuci in 1839. His father Eni Șerban (later Șerbănescu) was a '' paharnic'' (cup-bearer) and ...
(1839–1901), poet and translator
*
Simona Sharoni (b. 1961), feminist scholar and activist
*
Victor Stănculescu
Victor Atanasie Stănculescu (10 May 1928 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian general during the Communist era. He played a central role in the overthrow of the dictatorship by refusing to carry out the orders of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușesc ...
(1928–2016), general
*
Catalin Tecuceanu (b. 1999), middle-distance runner
Museums
*
Tecuci Town Museum ()
Festivals
Tecuci is the host of several cultural festivals:
* International Aphorism Festival
* Costache Conachi Poetry Festival
* Omătuța traditional folk music festival
References
Populated places in Galați County
Cities in Romania
Capitals of former Romanian counties
Localities in Western Moldavia
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