Bistrița

E292702
municipality town

Bistrița is a historic town in northern Transylvania, Romania, known for its medieval architecture and long-standing Transylvanian Saxon heritage.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bistrița canonical 4
Bistrita 2
Bistritz (Bistrița) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode +40 263 ⓘ
belongsTo European Union member state Romania ⓘ
surface form: European Union (through Romania)
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 47.1333°N 24.5000°E ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
elevation 356 metres ⓘ
firstMentioned 1206 ⓘ
foundedInCentury 13th century ⓘ
grantedTownRightsBy Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
surface form: Hungarian Kingdom
hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
Gothic ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity food industry ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
wood processing industry ⓘ
hasHeritage Hungarian ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
Transylvanian Saxons ⓘ
surface form: Transylvanian Saxon
hasLandmark Bistrița Evangelical Church ⓘ
Bistrița Evangelical Church tower ⓘ
Bistrița-Năsăud County Museum Complex ⓘ
Central pedestrian square (Piața Centrală) ⓘ
Coopers’ Tower (Turnul Dogarilor) ⓘ
Silversmiths’ Tower (Turnul Bătușarilor) – remains ⓘ
Sugălete arcade houses ⓘ
historicalRegion Transylvania ⓘ
historicalStatus one of the seven Transylvanian Saxon walled towns ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Bistrița-Năsăud County ⓘ
knownFor Transylvanian Saxon heritage ⓘ
historic town centre ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ
languageUsed German (Transylvanian Saxon) ⓘ
Hungarian ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
locatedIn Bistrița-Năsăud County ⓘ
Transylvania ⓘ
northern Romania ⓘ
population approximately 75,000 (early 2020s) ⓘ
postalCode 420001–420178 ⓘ
river Bistrița River (Someșul Mare basin) ⓘ
timeZone EET ⓘ
timeZoneDST EEST ⓘ
twinTown Ludwigsburg ⓘ
surface form: Ludwigsburg, Germany

L'Aquila ⓘ
surface form: L’Aquila, Italy

Wels ⓘ
surface form: Wels, Austria

Zielona Góra ⓘ
surface form: Zielona Góra, Poland
vehicleRegistrationCode BN ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transylvanian Saxons → mainUrbanCenters → Bistrița ⓘ
Transylvania → containsCity → Bistrița ⓘ
Blagnac → hasTwinTown → Bistrița ⓘ
Wels → hasTwinTown → Bistrița ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bistrita
Pessac → hasTwinTown → Bistrița ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bistrita
Siebenbürger Sachsen → traditionalCenters → Bistrița ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bistritz (Bistrița)
Vatra Dornei → hasRailwayConnectionTo → Bistrița ⓘ