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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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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.
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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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