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Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Romanian pronunciation: [droˈbeta ˈturnu seveˈrin] ), colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. "Drobeta" is the name of the ancient Dacian and Roman towns at the site, and the modern town of Turnu Severin received the additional name of Drobeta during Nicolae Ceaușescu's national-communist dictatorship as part of his myth-making efforts.[3]

Drobeta-Turnu Severin
The Water Castle
Radu Negru Hall
Iron Gates Museum
Replica of the Roman thermes
Episcopal Cathedral
Location within Mehedinți County
Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°38′N 22°39′E / 44.633°N 22.650°E / 44.633; 22.650
CountryRomania
CountyMehedinți
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Marius Screciu[1] (PSD)
Area
55 km2 (21 sq mi)
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
79,865
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
220004–220256
Area code(+40) 02 52
Vehicle reg.MH
Websitewww.primariadrobeta.ro

The city administers three villages: Dudașu Schelei, Gura Văii, and Schela Cladovei. The city's population is 79,865 as of 2021, up from 18,628 in 1900.

Etymology edit

Drobeta edit

Drobeta was a Dacian town.[4] The Roman castrum built by Emperor Trajan at the site preserved the Dacian name[4] (see "History" section). According to Hamp and Hyllested, Drobeta reflects a roman misinterpretation of *Druwā-tā (the wooden place) with a postposed article, reflecting a proto-Albanian syntax for wood druwa-tai.[5]

Severin edit

The city's name was originally linked by historians with the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus, during whose reign the name of the city was Drobeta Septimia Severiana. However, the name may be derived from Old Church Slavonic severno ("northern"), from sěverъ, "north".[6]

Another possibility is that Severin's name was taken in memory of Severinus of Noricum, who was the patron saint of the medieval colony Turnu, initially a suffragane of the Diocese of Kalocsa.[7][dubious ]

Turnu edit

The name of Turnu ("Tower") refers to a tower on the north bank of the Danube built by the Byzantines. Thus, the name of the city would mean "Northern Tower".

In other languages edit

Foreign names include Hungarian Szörényvár or Szörénytornya, Bulgarian Турну Северин and Serbian Дробета-Турн Северин/Drobeta-Turn Severin.[dubious ]

Geography and climate edit

It is situated in western Oltenia, at the edge of the Topolnița depression, 220 km south-east of Timișoara, 113 km west of Craiova and 353 km west of Bucharest.

Climate data for Drobeta-Turnu Severin (2010-2022)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5)
7.5
(45.5)
13.3
(55.9)
19.4
(66.9)
23.9
(75.0)
29.1
(84.4)
31.8
(89.2)
32.1
(89.8)
26.4
(79.5)
18.6
(65.5)
11.9
(53.4)
6.4
(43.5)
18.8
(65.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.4
(34.5)
3.6
(38.5)
8.1
(46.6)
13.6
(56.5)
18.2
(64.8)
22.8
(73.0)
25.1
(77.2)
25.3
(77.5)
20.4
(68.7)
13.6
(56.5)
8.5
(47.3)
3.3
(37.9)
13.7
(56.6)
Average low °C (°F) −2.0
(28.4)
−0.4
(31.3)
3.0
(37.4)
7.7
(45.9)
12.3
(54.1)
16.6
(61.9)
18.4
(65.1)
18.5
(65.3)
14.5
(58.1)
8.6
(47.5)
5.2
(41.4)
0.1
(32.2)
8.5
(47.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 54.4
(2.14)
56.8
(2.24)
50.5
(1.99)
56.3
(2.22)
77.1
(3.04)
55.6
(2.19)
56.6
(2.23)
30.1
(1.19)
48.6
(1.91)
58.3
(2.30)
59.6
(2.35)
52.6
(2.07)
656.5
(25.87)
Source: weatheronline.co.uk [8]

The region's climate gives Severin warm summers and mild winters, meaning the city is home to magnolia trees, Caucasian nut trees, and ginkgo biloba as well as the almond trees, figs, lilacs, lindens, and chestnut trees more common throughout Europe.

History edit

 
1907 reconstruction of Trajan's Bridge across the Danube by engineer E. Duperrex.
 
The city of Drobeta inside the province of Dacia

The first written document, mentioning the city 1,870 years earlier, was commemorated in 1992.[citation needed][dubious ]

Dacian and Roman times edit

Drobeta was a Dacian town mentioned by Greek geographer Ptolemy of Alexandria (2nd century AD).[4]

The Romans kept the name after building a castra at the site. The tower which supplied the Turnu part of the city's name stood on a small hill surrounded by a deep moat.[dubious ] Near Turnu Severin are the remains of the celebrated Trajan's Bridge, the largest in the Empire.[9] Here, the Danube is about 1,200 metres (3,900 feet) broad. Built in only three years (AD 103–105) by the famous architect Apollodorus of Damascus, the bridge was considered the most daring work in the Roman world.[citation needed] The bridge was built on 20 pillars of stone blocks, was 1,135 m (3,724 ft)[dubious ] long, 14.55 m (47.7 ft) wide, and 18.60 m (61.0 ft) high. Each bridge head had its own portal monument, whose remains can still be seen on both sides of the Danube. Oaks from 200 hectares (490 acres) of forest were used for the wooden parts of the construction. The bridge was composed of twenty arches supported by stone pillars. Only two of them are still visible at low water.[9]

 
Ruins of Trajan's Bridge

Drobeta became, from a strategic perspective, a town at the crossing of land and water roads which led to the north and south of the Danube. It became the first urban center in the region and the third of Dacia after Sarmizegetusa and Apullum. During the reign of Emperor Hadrian (AD 117–138), the settlement was declared a city in 121. At this point the population had reached 14,000. During the reign of Septimius Severus (193–211), the city was raised to the rank of a colony (193), which gave its residents equal rights with citizens of Rome. As a colony, Drobeta was a thriving city with temples, a basilica, a theater, a forum, a port and guilds of craftsmen. In the middle of the 3rd century, Drobeta covered an area of 60 hectares and had a population of almost 40,000 inhabitants.

After the retreat of the Roman administration from Dacia in the 4th century, the city was preserved under Roman occupation as a bridge head on the north bank of the Danube until the 6th century. Destroyed by Huns in the 5th century, it was rebuilt by Justinian I (527-565).

Middle Ages edit

The fortress of Severin was built by the Kingdom of Hungary under Ladislaus I (1077–1095) as a strategical point against the Second Bulgarian Empire.[10] Along with the forming of the Vallachian Voivodeships (Voievodatele Valahe), the Severin fortress was a reason for a war over a period of several generations between Oltenian Voievodes (Litovoi, Bărbat, then Basarab I) and Hungarians. The war ended with the Battle of Posada. Romanians then fought the Ottoman Empire, which threatened the area of the Danube. In this context, castles on the banks of the river, the area from Iron Gates to Calafat, began to be restored.

When the Hungarians attacked Oltenia and conquered Severin's fortress, Andrew II of Hungary organized the Banate of Severin. The first Ban of Severin, Luca,[dubious ] was mentioned in 1233. This year may be taken as the date of birth of a new castle over the ruins of Drobeta, under the name Severin (Severinopolis). It was a basis for the Banate of Severin, Terra Zeurino (Țara Severinului – Country of Severin). Severin's name was taken in memory of Severinus of Noricum, who was the patron saint of the medieval colony Turnu, initially a suffragane of the Diocese of Kalocsa.[7]

In 1247, the Hungarian Kingdom brought the Knights of St. John to the country, giving them Severin as a residence, where they built the medieval castle of Severin (this is the Castrul Zeurini mentioned in Diploma of the Joannites in 1247). Inside the strong fort a Gothic church was erected. This was presumably the headquarters of the Catholic episcopate of Severin that was there until 1502. The knights withdrew in 1259, while the fortress remained in the range of the cannons of Turks, Bulgarians and Tatars who wanted to cross the Danube. The Hungarians still wanted to attack Oltenia.[dubious ]

Severin Fortress was the most important strategic redoubt on the Danube. Its conquest meant to gain an important bridgehead in the region.

Romanian Voivodes have also fought for this powerful fortress, conquering it or claiming it from time to time. Litovoi and Basarab I died at this fortress. Mircea the Elder (Mircea cel Bătrân) established Bănia Severinului (Banate of Severin) and, in 1406, concluded a treaty of alliance with Sigismund of Hungary right in Severin. After the death of Mircea, Sigismund freed the Severin Fortress occupied by the Turks, and even made some concessions to the monasteries of Vodița and Tismana. Then Banate of Severin returned to John Hunyadi, who consolidated all the castles on the Danube. Around 1432, possession passed to the Wallachian voivodes.

After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, attacks on the Danubian fortresses were made, moving the Banate residence to Strehaia, the Severin population migrating to the Cerneți village, 6 km north, which became the capital of the Mehedinți district. In 1524, after a devastating attack by the Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent, only one tower of the Severin fortress was left standing, which led the people to name it Turnul lui Severin (Tower of Severinus).[citation needed] Severin remained under Ottoman rule until 1829 except a Wallachian occupation between 1594 and 1599 and an Austrian one between 1718 and 1738. Under Ottoman occupation, the territory's administration moved to the west of Oltenia and was centered in Cerneţi.

In 1936, Prof. Dr. Al. Bărăcilă executed excavations at the fortress, where he managed to reconstruct the layout of the castle and recovered rich archaeological materials (rails, iron, copper, stone cannonballs, pipe of a bronze cannon etc.). The fortress was rectangular shaped with two walls made of unprocessed river stones, glued with mortar. In the center of the castle there was a chapel, surrounded by graves, built in part with materials taken from Drobeta Castrum. Also in the fortress was an oven-hearth serving a weapons workshop. Inside the interior, to the north, was a tower with three floors used for defense; to the east a second tower, thicker, at the angle of the wall. The entrance to the castle was through a gate dome and the fortress was surrounded by a deep moat.

Modern times edit

 
The Palace of Culture
 
1933 stamp commemorating the entrance of King Carol I in Turnu Severin
 
Radu Negru Hall and Park in the city center

After gaining freedom from Ottoman control as a consequence of the Treaty of Adrianople in 1829, it was decided to rebuild the present city. A rigorous program started in 1836. It was followed, in 1858, by the construction of the harbor. By 1900 the national road, rail, the Carol and Elisabeta boulevards, Navigația Fluvială Românească (River Navigation of Romania), the railway workshops, the shipyard (which in 1914 was the largest in the country), the Roman Hall, the Municipal Palace, three churches and two hospitals were built. In 1883, on May 15, Theodor Costescu established Traian High School, which in the next century would become a modern school of national prestige. The building of industrial factories spurred the development of the city. In 1841, Severin became the capital of the county and in 1851 became a city. As a major port on the Danube, the freedom of trade facilitated the entry of goods by boat from Vienna and the exchange of material necessary for economic development. Severin experienced a steady economic, urban and social growth until 1972, when it received the name of Drobeta-Turnu Severin.

In 1914, the Water Castle (Castelul de Apă) was opened. Considered an emblematic monument to the people of Severin, it gives identity to the city by being built in one of the major traffic roundabouts of the city.

The central neighborhoods were spared from the countrywide campaign of demolitions unleashed by the Ceauşescu regime, allowing the historic architecture of the city to survive. In 1968, Turnu Severin became the capital of the county, concurrently becoming a city ("municipiu"). In 1972, the name of the ancient Drobeta was added to the city's name, and it became Drobeta-Turnu Severin.

Population (1859–2021) edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1859 2,925—    
1899 19,753+4.89%
1912 23,643+1.39%
1930 21,107−0.63%
1941 30,475+3.40%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1948 31,296+0.38%
1956 32,486+0.47%
1966 45,397+3.40%
1977 76,686+4.88%
1992 115,259+2.75%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2002 104,035−1.02%
2011 92,617−1.28%
2021 79,865−1.47%
Source: Census data, 1930–1948.[11]

Notable natives edit

Gallery edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ Pippidi, Andrei (2006). "Historical Memory and Legislative Changes in Romania". In Jerzy W. Borejsza, Klaus Ziemer (ed.). Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes in Europe: Legacies and Lessons from the Twentieth Century. Berghahn Books. p. 466. ISBN 9781571816412. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Drobeta–Turnu Severin at britannica.com, accessed 2021-10-14.
  5. ^ Hyllested, Adam; Joseph, Brian D. (2022-09-22), Olander, Thomas (ed.), "Albanian", The Indo-European Language Family (1 ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 223–245, doi:10.1017/9781108758666.013, ISBN 978-1-108-75866-6
  6. ^ I. A. Candrea, Elemente de toponimie cu privire specială la toponimia Olteniei, 1932-1933, Facultatea de litere și Filosofie din București, p. 24
  7. ^ a b Televiziunea online Drobeta Turnu Severin May 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Drobetaturnuseverin.net. Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
  8. ^ "Climate: Drobeta-Turnu Severin". Weatheronline.co.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  9. ^ a b   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Turnu Severin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 481.
  10. ^ Nicolae Iorga, Istoria Bisericii Românești și a vieții religioase a Românilor, vol. I-iu, Vălenii de Munte 1908, 16.
  11. ^ Populatia RPR la 25 ianuarie 1948, p. 14

External links edit

  • Catholic Encyclopedia- Rumania
  • Drobeta-Turnu Severin - Defineste-ti orasul

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Drobeta Turnu Severin Romanian pronunciation droˈbeta ˈturnu seveˈrin colloquially Severin is a city in Mehedinți County Oltenia Romania on the northern bank of the Danube close to the Iron Gates Drobeta is the name of the ancient Dacian and Roman towns at the site and the modern town of Turnu Severin received the additional name of Drobeta during Nicolae Ceaușescu s national communist dictatorship as part of his myth making efforts 3 Drobeta Turnu SeverinMunicipalityThe Water CastleRadu Negru HallIron Gates MuseumReplica of the Roman thermesEpiscopal CathedralCoat of armsLocation within Mehedinți CountyDrobeta Turnu SeverinLocation in RomaniaCoordinates 44 38 N 22 39 E 44 633 N 22 650 E 44 633 22 650CountryRomaniaCountyMehedințiGovernment Mayor 2020 2024 Marius Screciu 1 PSD Area55 km2 21 sq mi Elevation65 m 213 ft Population 2021 12 01 2 79 865 Density1 500 km2 3 800 sq mi Time zoneEET EEST UTC 2 3 Postal code220004 220256Area code 40 02 52Vehicle reg MHWebsitewww wbr primariadrobeta wbr roThe city administers three villages Dudașu Schelei Gura Văii and Schela Cladovei The city s population is 79 865 as of 2021 up from 18 628 in 1900 Contents 1 Etymology 1 1 Drobeta 1 2 Severin 1 3 Turnu 1 4 In other languages 2 Geography and climate 3 History 3 1 Dacian and Roman times 3 2 Middle Ages 3 3 Modern times 4 Population 1859 2021 5 Notable natives 6 Gallery 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksEtymology editDrobeta edit Drobeta was a Dacian town 4 The Roman castrum built by Emperor Trajan at the site preserved the Dacian name 4 see History section According to Hamp and Hyllested Drobeta reflects a roman misinterpretation of Druwa ta the wooden place with a postposed article reflecting a proto Albanian syntax for wood druwa tai 5 Severin edit The city s name was originally linked by historians with the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus during whose reign the name of the city was Drobeta Septimia Severiana However the name may be derived from Old Church Slavonic severno northern from sever north 6 Another possibility is that Severin s name was taken in memory of Severinus of Noricum who was the patron saint of the medieval colony Turnu initially a suffragane of the Diocese of Kalocsa 7 dubious discuss Turnu edit The name of Turnu Tower refers to a tower on the north bank of the Danube built by the Byzantines Thus the name of the city would mean Northern Tower In other languages edit Foreign names include Hungarian Szorenyvar or Szorenytornya Bulgarian Turnu Severin and Serbian Drobeta Turn Severin Drobeta Turn Severin dubious discuss Geography and climate editIt is situated in western Oltenia at the edge of the Topolnița depression 220 km south east of Timișoara 113 km west of Craiova and 353 km west of Bucharest Climate data for Drobeta Turnu Severin 2010 2022 Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearAverage high C F 4 7 40 5 7 5 45 5 13 3 55 9 19 4 66 9 23 9 75 0 29 1 84 4 31 8 89 2 32 1 89 8 26 4 79 5 18 6 65 5 11 9 53 4 6 4 43 5 18 8 65 8 Daily mean C F 1 4 34 5 3 6 38 5 8 1 46 6 13 6 56 5 18 2 64 8 22 8 73 0 25 1 77 2 25 3 77 5 20 4 68 7 13 6 56 5 8 5 47 3 3 3 37 9 13 7 56 6 Average low C F 2 0 28 4 0 4 31 3 3 0 37 4 7 7 45 9 12 3 54 1 16 6 61 9 18 4 65 1 18 5 65 3 14 5 58 1 8 6 47 5 5 2 41 4 0 1 32 2 8 5 47 4 Average precipitation mm inches 54 4 2 14 56 8 2 24 50 5 1 99 56 3 2 22 77 1 3 04 55 6 2 19 56 6 2 23 30 1 1 19 48 6 1 91 58 3 2 30 59 6 2 35 52 6 2 07 656 5 25 87 Source weatheronline co uk 8 The region s climate gives Severin warm summers and mild winters meaning the city is home to magnolia trees Caucasian nut trees and ginkgo biloba as well as the almond trees figs lilacs lindens and chestnut trees more common throughout Europe History edit nbsp 1907 reconstruction of Trajan s Bridge across the Danube by engineer E Duperrex nbsp The city of Drobeta inside the province of DaciaThe first written document mentioning the city 1 870 years earlier was commemorated in 1992 citation needed dubious discuss Dacian and Roman times edit Drobeta was a Dacian town mentioned by Greek geographer Ptolemy of Alexandria 2nd century AD 4 The Romans kept the name after building a castra at the site The tower which supplied the Turnu part of the city s name stood on a small hill surrounded by a deep moat dubious discuss Near Turnu Severin are the remains of the celebrated Trajan s Bridge the largest in the Empire 9 Here the Danube is about 1 200 metres 3 900 feet broad Built in only three years AD 103 105 by the famous architect Apollodorus of Damascus the bridge was considered the most daring work in the Roman world citation needed The bridge was built on 20 pillars of stone blocks was 1 135 m 3 724 ft dubious discuss long 14 55 m 47 7 ft wide and 18 60 m 61 0 ft high Each bridge head had its own portal monument whose remains can still be seen on both sides of the Danube Oaks from 200 hectares 490 acres of forest were used for the wooden parts of the construction The bridge was composed of twenty arches supported by stone pillars Only two of them are still visible at low water 9 nbsp Ruins of Trajan s BridgeDrobeta became from a strategic perspective a town at the crossing of land and water roads which led to the north and south of the Danube It became the first urban center in the region and the third of Dacia after Sarmizegetusa and Apullum During the reign of Emperor Hadrian AD 117 138 the settlement was declared a city in 121 At this point the population had reached 14 000 During the reign of Septimius Severus 193 211 the city was raised to the rank of a colony 193 which gave its residents equal rights with citizens of Rome As a colony Drobeta was a thriving city with temples a basilica a theater a forum a port and guilds of craftsmen In the middle of the 3rd century Drobeta covered an area of 60 hectares and had a population of almost 40 000 inhabitants After the retreat of the Roman administration from Dacia in the 4th century the city was preserved under Roman occupation as a bridge head on the north bank of the Danube until the 6th century Destroyed by Huns in the 5th century it was rebuilt by Justinian I 527 565 Middle Ages edit The fortress of Severin was built by the Kingdom of Hungary under Ladislaus I 1077 1095 as a strategical point against the Second Bulgarian Empire 10 Along with the forming of the Vallachian Voivodeships Voievodatele Valahe the Severin fortress was a reason for a war over a period of several generations between Oltenian Voievodes Litovoi Bărbat then Basarab I and Hungarians The war ended with the Battle of Posada Romanians then fought the Ottoman Empire which threatened the area of the Danube In this context castles on the banks of the river the area from Iron Gates to Calafat began to be restored When the Hungarians attacked Oltenia and conquered Severin s fortress Andrew II of Hungary organized the Banate of Severin The first Ban of Severin Luca dubious discuss was mentioned in 1233 This year may be taken as the date of birth of a new castle over the ruins of Drobeta under the name Severin Severinopolis It was a basis for the Banate of Severin Terra Zeurino Țara Severinului Country of Severin Severin s name was taken in memory of Severinus of Noricum who was the patron saint of the medieval colony Turnu initially a suffragane of the Diocese of Kalocsa 7 In 1247 the Hungarian Kingdom brought the Knights of St John to the country giving them Severin as a residence where they built the medieval castle of Severin this is the Castrul Zeurini mentioned in Diploma of the Joannites in 1247 Inside the strong fort a Gothic church was erected This was presumably the headquarters of the Catholic episcopate of Severin that was there until 1502 The knights withdrew in 1259 while the fortress remained in the range of the cannons of Turks Bulgarians and Tatars who wanted to cross the Danube The Hungarians still wanted to attack Oltenia dubious discuss Severin Fortress was the most important strategic redoubt on the Danube Its conquest meant to gain an important bridgehead in the region Romanian Voivodes have also fought for this powerful fortress conquering it or claiming it from time to time Litovoi and Basarab I died at this fortress Mircea the Elder Mircea cel Bătran established Bănia Severinului Banate of Severin and in 1406 concluded a treaty of alliance with Sigismund of Hungary right in Severin After the death of Mircea Sigismund freed the Severin Fortress occupied by the Turks and even made some concessions to the monasteries of Vodița and Tismana Then Banate of Severin returned to John Hunyadi who consolidated all the castles on the Danube Around 1432 possession passed to the Wallachian voivodes After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 attacks on the Danubian fortresses were made moving the Banate residence to Strehaia the Severin population migrating to the Cerneți village 6 km north which became the capital of the Mehedinți district In 1524 after a devastating attack by the Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent only one tower of the Severin fortress was left standing which led the people to name it Turnul lui Severin Tower of Severinus citation needed Severin remained under Ottoman rule until 1829 except a Wallachian occupation between 1594 and 1599 and an Austrian one between 1718 and 1738 Under Ottoman occupation the territory s administration moved to the west of Oltenia and was centered in Cerneţi In 1936 Prof Dr Al Bărăcilă executed excavations at the fortress where he managed to reconstruct the layout of the castle and recovered rich archaeological materials rails iron copper stone cannonballs pipe of a bronze cannon etc The fortress was rectangular shaped with two walls made of unprocessed river stones glued with mortar In the center of the castle there was a chapel surrounded by graves built in part with materials taken from Drobeta Castrum Also in the fortress was an oven hearth serving a weapons workshop Inside the interior to the north was a tower with three floors used for defense to the east a second tower thicker at the angle of the wall The entrance to the castle was through a gate dome and the fortress was surrounded by a deep moat Modern times edit nbsp The Palace of Culture nbsp 1933 stamp commemorating the entrance of King Carol I in Turnu Severin nbsp Radu Negru Hall and Park in the city centerAfter gaining freedom from Ottoman control as a consequence of the Treaty of Adrianople in 1829 it was decided to rebuild the present city A rigorous program started in 1836 It was followed in 1858 by the construction of the harbor By 1900 the national road rail the Carol and Elisabeta boulevards Navigația Fluvială Romanească River Navigation of Romania the railway workshops the shipyard which in 1914 was the largest in the country the Roman Hall the Municipal Palace three churches and two hospitals were built In 1883 on May 15 Theodor Costescu established Traian High School which in the next century would become a modern school of national prestige The building of industrial factories spurred the development of the city In 1841 Severin became the capital of the county and in 1851 became a city As a major port on the Danube the freedom of trade facilitated the entry of goods by boat from Vienna and the exchange of material necessary for economic development Severin experienced a steady economic urban and social growth until 1972 when it received the name of Drobeta Turnu Severin In 1914 the Water Castle Castelul de Apă was opened Considered an emblematic monument to the people of Severin it gives identity to the city by being built in one of the major traffic roundabouts of the city The central neighborhoods were spared from the countrywide campaign of demolitions unleashed by the Ceausescu regime allowing the historic architecture of the city to survive In 1968 Turnu Severin became the capital of the county concurrently becoming a city municipiu In 1972 the name of the ancient Drobeta was added to the city s name and it became Drobeta Turnu Severin Population 1859 2021 editHistorical populationYearPop p a 18592 925 189919 753 4 89 191223 643 1 39 193021 107 0 63 194130 475 3 40 YearPop p a 194831 296 0 38 195632 486 0 47 196645 397 3 40 197776 686 4 88 1992115 259 2 75 YearPop p a 2002104 035 1 02 201192 617 1 28 202179 865 1 47 Source Census data 1930 1948 11 Notable natives editIon Biberi Cristian Bușoi Paul Dimo Mihai Fifor Șerban Foarță Richard Franasovici Ion Gigurtu N I Herescu Alexander Lohr Anghel Mora Alexandru Ioan Morțun Mirel Rădoi Pompiliu Ștefu Valeriu Tița Gheorghe Țițeica Doru Viorel Ursu Monica VișanGallery edit nbsp The Water Castle after rehabilitation nbsp Radu Negru Hall as of 2014 nbsp Iron Gates Region Museum behind Roman ruins nbsp Replica of the Roman thermes in Drobeta nbsp The Water Castle at sunset nbsp Resurrection Episcopal Cathedral nbsp Overview of the city from top of the Water Castle nbsp 1933 stampSee also editIron Gates Region Museum Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power StationReferences edit Results of the 2020 local elections Central Electoral Bureau Retrieved 6 June 2021 Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de varstă pe județe și municipii orașe comune la 1 decembrie 2021 XLS National Institute of Statistics Pippidi Andrei 2006 Historical Memory and Legislative Changes in Romania In Jerzy W Borejsza Klaus Ziemer ed Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes in Europe Legacies and Lessons from the Twentieth Century Berghahn Books p 466 ISBN 9781571816412 Retrieved 14 October 2021 a b c Drobeta Turnu Severin at britannica com accessed 2021 10 14 Hyllested Adam Joseph Brian D 2022 09 22 Olander Thomas ed Albanian The Indo European Language Family 1 ed Cambridge Cambridge University Press pp 223 245 doi 10 1017 9781108758666 013 ISBN 978 1 108 75866 6 I A Candrea Elemente de toponimie cu privire specială la toponimia Olteniei 1932 1933 Facultatea de litere și Filosofie din București p 24 a b Televiziunea online Drobeta Turnu Severin Archived May 27 2010 at the Wayback Machine Drobetaturnuseverin net Retrieved on 2013 08 20 Climate Drobeta Turnu Severin Weatheronline co uk Retrieved 28 August 2023 a b nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Turnu Severin Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 27 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 481 Nicolae Iorga Istoria Bisericii Romanești și a vieții religioase a Romanilor vol I iu Vălenii de Munte 1908 16 Populatia RPR la 25 ianuarie 1948 p 14External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drobeta Turnu Severin Catholic Encyclopedia Rumania Drobeta Turnu Severin Defineste ti orasul Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Drobeta Turnu Severin amp oldid 1185965209, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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