Moinesti
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Template:Titlelacksdiacritics Moineşti is a town in Romania, Bacău county. Population (1999) - 25,532.
The name is derived from the Romanian word "moină", which means a field that is left not cultivated for a year in order to improve the productivity the next year. "Moină" also means light rain.
Moineşti once had a large Jewish community; in Jewish contexts the name is often given as Mojnescht. The dadaist artist Tristan Tzara and Moses Rosen – Chief Rabbi of Romanian Jewry from 1948–1994 – were Moineşti-born Jews.
History
- 1467 - First mention of Moineşti.
- 1783 - Village Moineşti is mentioned in Bawer's map.
- 1832 - Moineşti is for the first time mentioned as a market town. It had 188 houses and 588 inhabitants.
- 1921 - Moineşti is designated a comună urbană (with its own coat of arms and local administration, but a step short of being considered a municipality).
- 2001 - Moineşti becomes a municipality.
Geography
Moineşti is located at Template:Coor dm.
External links
- http://www.moinesti.ro (only in Romanian)