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Check out your transportation options in Bistriţa in County Bistriţa-Năsăud, part of the region of Transilvania in Romania. Find your accommodation options in either Bistriţa or Bistriţa, with fun things to do from eoc-tourism, to nearby hiking and even skiing.
 
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Bistriţa in County Bistriţa-Năsăud
 
County Bistriţa-Năsăud is in the Transilvania region

Bistriţa in County Bistriţa-Năsăud

Bistriţa (German: Bistritz, archaic Nösen, Hungarian: Beszterce) is the capital city of Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistriţa river. The city has a population of approximately 80,000 inhabitants.

Bistriţa also serves as a midway point for C&I, a transportation service, and is a changing point for people traveling between Suceava, Satu Mare, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Sighişoara, Târgu Mureş, and Braşov.

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Bistriţa Cathedral

 

Activities

The greatest attraction of Bistriţa's central square is the Saxons' Lutheran church. It was originally constructed in the 14th century in Gothic style but was remodeled from 1559-1563 by Petrus Italus with Renaissance features. It was renovated in 1998.

The Bistriţa-Năsăud County Museum, located in a former barracks, contains Thracian, Celtic, and Saxon artifacts. 19th century fires destroyed much of the city's medieval citadel.

 

For more great things to do, see also County Bistriţa-Năsăud and the Transilvania region

 

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Bistriţa

Complex Servicii Niagara, Sigmirului 16A in Bistrita.  or call them on  +40 (263) 233 568.

 

Localities in The Bistriţa River Valley area:
Bistriţa  Prundu Bârgăului  Şieu-Odorhei  Şintereag  Şieu-Măgheruş  Dumitra  Budacu de Jos  Mărişelu  Şieu  Şieuţ  Cetate  Galaţii Bistriţei  Teaca  Sânmihaiu de Câmpie  Livezile  Josenii Bârgăului  Tiha Bârgăului  Bistriţa Bârgăului  Colibiţa 

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The area code for County Bistriţa-Năsăud is (2AA) or (3AA)

Early Bistriţa History

Bistriţa such a quiet town

 

The earliest indication of settlement in the area of Bistriţa is from Neolithic remains.

Transylvanian Saxons settled the area in 1206 and dubbed the region "Nösnerland". The destruction of Markt Nosa ("Market Nösen") by Mongols heading toward central Europe was described by a document from 1241. Being situated on several trade routes, Bistriţa became a flourishing medieval trading post. The town was named after the river, whose name comes from the Slavic word bystrica meaning "the limpid water". According to another theory, the name "Bystrica" is of German origin, indicating a place with a good deposit of ore/minerals ("das beste Erz" = "Besterce").

Bistriţa became a free royal town in 1330. In 1353 it gained the right to organize an annual 15-day fair, as well as a seal containing the coat of arms of an ostrich with a horseshoe in its beak.

In 1465, the city's fortifications had 18 defence towers and bastions defended by the local guilds. It was also defended by a Kirchenburg, or fortified church.
In Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, the character Jonathan Harker visits Bistriţa and stays at the Golden Krone Hotel ("Coroana de Aur" in Romanian). Although no such hotel existed when the novel was written, a hotel of the same name has since been constructed for tourists.
The major cities directly linked by trains are Bucharest via a night train, and Cluj-Napoca via several trains.

 

 
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