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 Baia Mare

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MARAMUREŞ  In County Maramureş
/\  Baia Mare  Borşa  Ocna Sugatag  Sighetu Marmatiei

 

Baia Mare in County Maramureş
 
County Maramureş is in the Maramureş region

Baia Mare in County Maramureş

Baia Mare is the metropolitan centre of the northern Romanian Maramureş culture.

In the middle of the Maramureş region on the main course of the Sasar River,.

At an average altitude of 228 metres, the city has an area of 235.73 km˛ and also contains the following settlements: Blidari, Firiza, Valea Neagră and Valea Borcutului.
Due to the concentration of economic activities found in the city and their importance, Baia Mare ranks third in northwest Romania.
The municipality of Baia Mare has a total population of 137,921, the majority being Romanians. The city is also home to a sizeable Hungarian community. The ethnic composition of the city is as follows:
Romanian: 114,213 (82.81%)
  Hungarian: 20,467 (14.84%)
  Roma: 2,092 (1.51%)
  German: 507 (0.36%)
   and 642 others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Baia Mare

 

Town Hall

Traian Boulevard
The Romanian Soldier Monument
 
 
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Baia Mare

The Town Centre

 

 

 

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For more great things to do, see also County Maramureş and the Maramureş region

 

Listed below are some local agents who can help you with bookings and organize local tours in the Baia Mare area.

International Triumph, B-dul Traian, nr.17 in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 250914  FAX: +40 (262) 250914 
Speedline, B-dul Bucuresti, nr.23A/1 in Baia Mare
  
Novatouring Turism, Str. Traian, nr.7 in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 224670  FAX: +40 (262) 224647 
Nord Nord Vest, B-dul Republicii, nr.15/2 in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 226508  FAX: +40 (262) 227518 
Mara International Tour, Str. Unirii, nr.5 in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 221038  FAX: +40 (262) 226741 
Maramures Trip, STr. Progresului, nr.46 in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 222192  FAX: +40 (262) 222192 
Ideal Tour, Unirii 3/22 in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 211545  FAX: +40 (262) 216573 
Eximtur (Maramureş), B-dul Traian, nr.5, apt.56 in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 222395  FAX: +40 (262) 222395 
Djt Maramures, Str. Culturii, nr.7A in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 217123  FAX: +40 (262) 217123 
Dream Travel, B-dul Traian, nr.14 in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 215133  FAX: +40 (262) 215133 
Dreamtravel, Str. A.P. Cehov, nr.1A/2 in Baia Mare
+40 (262) 215743  FAX: +40 (262) 215743 
Posibil Tours, Str. Oituz, nr.2C, bl.2C, ap.2 in Baia Mare
 +40 (262) 274027  FAX: +40 (262) 274027 
Sind Romania (Baia Mare), Str. Podul Viilor, nr.8 in Baia Mare
 +40 (262) 217301  FAX: +40 (262) 217301 
Vacanta Baia Mare, Str. Gheorghe Sincai, nr.34 in Baia Mare
 +40 (262) 217028  FAX: +40 (262) 217028 
Agentia Baia Mare, Str. Victoriei nr. 57 in Baia Mare
Informations,tickets
 +40 (262) 219113  
 

 

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See Other Towns in County Maramureş Here

Localities in the Western Maramureş area:
Baia Mare  Recea  Blidari  Firiza  Nistru  Seini  Cicârlău  Băiţa  Baia Sprie  Şişeşti  Tăuţii-Măgherăuş  Dumbrăviţa  Săcălăşeni  Remetea Chioarului  Satulung  Mogoşeşti  Fărcaşa 

For other towns in OTHERREGION, please see our OTHERPAGENAME section!

Listed below are some local hotels, guesthouses (B&Bs) and other accommodation in the Baia Mare area.

Hotel Rivulus, Culturii 3 in Baia Mare
The hotel is the perfect place for touring or business.
262 216302  FAX: 262 216302 
Hotel Maramures, Gheorghe Sincai 37A in Baia Mare
The hotel has refined rooms and excellent comfort.
262 216555  
Hotel Mara, Unirii 11 in Baia Mare
The hotel is placed in the commercial centre of the city.
262 226656  
Hotel Eurohotel, Bucuresti 23 in Baia Mare
This is a modern hotel, comfortable, where you will always feel nice.
262 222405  FAX: 262 224561 
Motel Lostrita, Blidari 13B in Baia Mare
The place is ideal for spending your vacation, especially for those who like fishing trout.
262 270216  
Hotel Ambassador, Modovei 2 in Baia Mare
The hotel is the best in Baia Mare.
262 250242  FAX: 262 250238 
Pensiunea California, Lapusului 5 in Baia Mare
The pension is placed in a quiet area of the city.
262 250005  FAX: 262 250001 
Hotel Carpati, Minerva 16 in Baia Mare
The hotel has european standards and highest quality services.
262 214812  FAX: 262 215461 
Motel Pecomar, Bucuresti 124 in Baia Mare
Once you get here you might spend few more days than you usually spend in a motel.
262 2220975  
Hotel Sport, Transilvaniei 15 in Baia Mare
The hotel is a good oportunity if you are just passing through the city.
262 224901  
Hotel Minerul, Piata Libertatii 7 in Baia Mare
The hotel is placed in the centre of the city.
262 216056  
Hotel Bucuresti, Culturii 3 in Baia Mare
The hotel is mainly intended for students.
262 217290  
Motel Caprioara, Sat Firiza, Strada Principala 1 in Baia Mare
The motel is placed in a suberb area, on Firiza Lake's ooze.
262 270049  
Complex Turist Suior, George Cosbuc 121 in Baia Sprie
The hotel is placed at the feet of Gutâi Mountains, offering a dreamlike view.
262 262080  FAX: 262 - 261484 
Pensiunea Morar, Caliman 523 in Cicârlau
There is no place to feel better than here.
744 579204  
Pensiunea Floris, Caliman 517 in Cicârlau
The pension is placed in a dreamlike scenery, in the middle of the nature.
262 481092  
Pensiunea Silaba, Cuza Voda 12 in Seini
The hosts are famous for the traditional dish.
262 491043  
Pensiunea San Pio, Sat Sabisa, Principala 80 in Seini
The pension is placed next to the woods, in a gorgeous area.
262 490801  
 
 

See also County Maramureş for accommodation in other nearby towns

From the Rest Romania Website at

  Communications

 Dialling Maramureş

All of the phone numbers in County Maramureş start with (262) or (362), depending on whether the service is through the old state-run operator RomTelecom, or from one of the newer entrants into the market in Romania.

Dailling to Maramureş, you must remove any leading zero from the county code portion of the phone number, so that (0262) becomes (262).   Dialling a mobile number, you do the same, dropping the zero from the (07XX) part of the number, to make it (7XX).   Both landlines and mobiles have 6 digits following the initial county code. 
 For full dialling information and a chart of county codes, see our Dialling Romania section here

Be Wireless in Baia Mare

Old Europe on the New Airwaves

Who would have guessed that in the capital of the land of wooden churches and hearth of the the Maramureş culture, you'd find speedy modern wireless hotspots?   Well, they're here!
Hotel Ambassador, 2 Moldovei Street in Baia Mare  A rather impressive 4-star hotel with wi-fi, conference centre, health centre and great restaurant. Visa, MC, Amex all accepted.   +40 (262) 250 242  FAX: +40 (262) 250 238

Hotel Carpaţi, 16 Minerva Street in Baia Mare  The website at www.hotelcarpati.ro seems to be down .   +40 (262) 214 812

Oiţa Neagră (Little Black Sheep Bar & Restraurant), 59 Victoriei Street in Baia Mare  Fun little spot with bar and restaurant areas and wi-fi for patrons.     +40 (362) 805 619
The Budapest Restaurant, Victoriei Street in Baia Mare  Upscale with  free wi-fi.    +40 (262) 219 897

 

 

Early Baia Mare History

Baia Mare

 

 

During the Bronze Age, the region around Baia Mare was the realm of the Thracians, from whom the Geto-Dacians later descended. It was also part of the large Dacian state formed by Burebista. The first mention of the settlement is from 1142, when King Géza II of Hungary settled it with Transylvanian Saxons.

The name of the settlement was Frauenbach in German (Asszonypataka in Hungarian, Rivulus Dominarum in Latin), meaning “River of the Ladies” or “Women's Brook”. The richest documentation, however, is found in the act of privilege issued by Louis I of Hungary in 1347.

In 1411 the Hungarian king exchanged the city for Belgrade with Djuradj Branković, prince of Serbia (from 1411 to 1521 Belgrade was a Hungarian border castle). A document from that year speaks of the Mint in Baia Mare, one of the oldest and most famous in Transylvania.

In 1446 the mines and domain of Baia Mare become the property of the Hunyadi family as a token of gratitude for the bravery shown by John Hunyadi in his battles against the invading Turks. John Hunyadi commissioned the Saint Stephen cathedral whose Stephen Tower remains a landmark of the city to this date.

In 1469 King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary bestowed upon the city the right to develop its defense system by erecting fortified walls and keeps, strengthened by deep moats and large palisades to keep out the invaders. Baia Mare thus became an impressive fortress.

In 1567 it was annexed by John Szigmond, prince of Transylvania. The city was in Szatmár County of the Kingdom of Hungary.

In 1600, as a sign of gratitude for having cancelled several of the city's debts, the tenant of the local mines, Felician Herbstein, ordered a coin to be minted in gold, displaying the effigy of Michael the Brave, voivod of Wallachia. Collectors agree that this is an effigy of the prince of great numismatic value.

Between the years 1605 and 1606, 1621 and 1629, and 1645 and 1648, the city and the surrounding county was part of the Principality of Transylvania. From the 16th century the settlement was officially called Nagybánya.

In 1703, the legendary outlaw Pintea Viteazul was witness, alongside Francis II Rákóczi, to the freeing of the city from the hands of the Austrian Habsburgs during a kurucs war. The year 1889 saw the printing of the first newspaper in the Romanian language - "Gutinul" - a weekly paper dealing in social, literary and economic matters. In 1910 the town had 12877 inhabitants: 9992 (77,6%) Hungarians, 2677 (20,8%) Romanians, 175 (1,4%) Germans.

Modern Baia Mare

From 1919/1920 (Treaty of Trianon) to 1940 (Second Vienna Award), Baia Mare was part of the Kingdom of Romania, and during 1940-1944 part of Hungary. The Treaty of Paris after the Second World War returned the city to Romania. From 1952 to 1960 Baia Mare was in the Baia Mare Region, from 1960 to 1968 in the Maramureş Region, and since 1968 has been in Maramureş County.

On 30 January 2000 a dam encircling a tailings pond at a facility operated by Aural SA company broke. The result was a spill of 100,000 cubic meters of liquid and suspended waste containing 50 to 100 tonnes of cyanide.

 
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