Gura Teghii
Gura Teghii | |
|---|---|
 Location in Buzău County | |
  Gura Teghii Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates:45°29′N26°25′E/ 45.483°N 26.417°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Buzău |
| Subdivisions | Furtunești, Gura Teghii, Nemertea, Păltiniș, Secuiu, Vadu Oii, Varlaam |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2024) | Gheorghe Micleru[1](PMP) |
Area | 466.19 km2(180.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 3,003 |
| • Density | 6.4/km2(17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST(UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 127280 |
| Vehicle reg. | BZ |
Gura Teghiiis a commune inBuzău County,Muntenia,Romania,located in the north-westernmost part of the county in its mountain region, near the limit ofCovasnaandVranceacounties, in theCurvature Carpathians.Gura Teghii made up of seven mountain villages (Furtunești, Gura Teghii, Nemertea, Păltiniș, Secuiu, Vadu Oii, Varlaam) on the valley of the riverBâsca Rozilieiand of its tributaries,Bâsca MicăandBâsca Mare.
Mentioned in documents starting with the 16th century, these settlements were founded by theyeomenfromSibiciuarea, who had owned those lands before they were taken over by wealthyboyarlandowners. The locals have kept their oldWallachiantraditions with Transylvanian influences well into the modern era. At first, they bred cattle, then they becamecoopersandcarpenterspassing their trade from generation to generation, while mostly illiterate. The first schools in the commune appeared towards the end of the 19th century, when a majorlumber millwas opened in nearbyNehoiu.Skilled workers from Gura Teghii were hired in the lumber mill. While some landowners attempted to start businesses in tourism, but during theCommunist era,this activity went into decline, being revigorated nowadays only by a fewbed and breakfasts.
Geography
[edit]The commune is the northernmost in Buzău county and occupies most of theBâscabasin, and the basin of its tributaryBâsca Mică.The permanently inhabited regions are those in the southern low areas, whereas the commune territory extends into the mountains, covering thePenteleu Massif,with a maximum altitude of 1,772 metres (5,814 ft). Into the north-west, the communes limits are high on the Bâsca Mare valley, near theSzeklervillage ofComandău.
History
[edit]The oldest document mentioning a village of this commune refers to Păltiniș, and dates back to 11 December 1534; it is a document from the chancellery of hospodarVlad VII Vintilă,and also mentions the Tega brook, and a shipment of merchandise from the villages in theBuzăuriver valley towardsBrașov.[3]
Initially, the villages in the area were yeomen villages. The locals were working as lumberjacks and carpenters or hunters. In 1672, hospodarRadu Leongranted the land to the yeomen ofSibiciu.They took it as a common ownership and used it for shepherding, as in that area grasslands were insufficient.[3]During the reign ofConstantin Brâncoveanu(late 17th, early 18th century), the ownership of the Buzău mountains was clearly established: five people were owning the land up until theAustrian Empire's border. One of the owners was Costache Sibiceanu, former yeoman who became a boyar.[4]During the phanariote period, a Wallachian of Greek origin, by the name of Enache Persescu, acquired the lands of the local peasants who could not prove their inheritance. In the meantime, they became serfs on the Bâsca-Gura Teghii estate, so they could not raise cattle, so they took on coopery, selling barrels and casks in theBuzăuandMizilmarket towns; the traditional trade was kept until the 1940s, but became lost due to industrialization—many locals were hired at theGöetzlumber mills inNehoiu.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^"Results of the 2020 local elections".Central Electoral Bureau.Retrieved15 June2021.
- ^"Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021"(XLS).National Institute of Statistics.
- ^abcNicolescu, Valeriu; Țânțăreanu, Cătălin (13 January 2009)."Amanunte inedite din istoria asezarii numita Gura Teghii (I)"[Novel details from the history of the settlement by the name of Gura Teghii (I)].Opinia.Buzău.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.Retrieved2010-06-23.
- ^Nicolescu, Valeriu; Crăciun, Adrian (20 January 2009)."Amanunte inedite din istoria asezarii numita Gura Teghii (II)"[Novel details from the history of the settlement by the name of Gura Teghii (II)].Opinia.Buzău.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.Retrieved2010-06-23.
