Zimnicea
Zimnicea Location of Zimnicea
Coordinates: 43°39′12″N 25°21′51″E / 43.65333, 25.36417
Country	Romania
County	Teleorman County
Status	Town
Government
- Mayor	Petre Pîrvu (Social Democratic Party)
Area
- Total	131.31 km² (50.7 sq mi)
Population (2002)
- Total	16,500
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Zimnicea is a town in Teleorman county, Romania (in the informal region of Wallachia), a port on the Danube opposite the Bulgarian city of Svishtov. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1800 × 1800 pixel, file size: 463 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Administrative map of Romania. ... Romanias administration is relatively centralised and administrative subdivisions are therefore fairly simplified. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Social Democratic Party of Romania (in Romanian, Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) is a major political party of Romania. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Although DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Administrative map of Romania with Teleorman county highlighted Teleorman is a Romanian county (Judeţ) in the Wallachia region, with the capital city at Alexandria (population: 59,308). ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... This article is about the Danube River. ... Svishtov is a Bulgarian town at Danube river, nearly 235 km north-east from Sofia. ...

History

Near Zimnicea there are ruins of several ancient fortresses and fortifications from the 4th century BC to the 1st century. The oldest are believed by some scholars to have been built to defend the town from Alexander the Great's general, Lisimachos. The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. ... The 1st century was that century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Gregorian calendar. ... For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ...

The name of the town was first mentioned in 1385 in the travel logs of Christian pilgrims on their way home from their trip to Jerusalem. The Byzantines called it Demnitzikos and later on Dzimnikes or Dzimnikos. The town flourished as a trade post on the trade routes that linked Central Europe to the Balkans. Year 1385 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Byzantine redirects here. ... A trading post is a place where trading of goods takes place. ... Balkan redirects here. ...

In 1835, it had 531 households, being the twelfth largest market town in Wallachia. For a short time in 1837 to 1838, it was the capital of Teleorman county, but due to internal dissent between the landowners and merchants, it was replaced by Alexandria. | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The household is the basic unit of analysis in many microeconomic and government models. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Landowner or Landholder is a holder of the estate in land with considerable rights of ownership or, simply put, an owner of land. ... A merchant making up the account by Shiatsus Hokusai Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit. ... County Teleorman County Status County capital Mayor Constantin Slăbescu, since 2004 Area  km² Population (2002) 58,651 Density  inh/km² Geographical coordinates 43°59′N 25°20′E Web site http://www. ...

During the Romanian War of Independence (1877-1878), it was the headquarters of the Russians troops fighting in Bulgaria angainst the Ottoman Empire. In World War I, German Empire troops crossed the Danube in the Zimnicea sector, effectively bringing down the Romanian front in Muntenia. Combatants Russian Empire Romania Ottoman Empire Commanders Carol I of Romania Nikolai Konstantinovich, Grand Duke of Russia Ahmed Muhtar Pasha Casualties 10,000 The Romanian War of Independence was fought in 1877 against the Ottoman Empire. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Ottoman redirects here. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... For German colonial territories, see German Colonial Empire. ... Map of Romania with Muntenia highlighted Muntenia or Greater Wallachia is a historical province of Romania, usually considered Wallachia-proper (Muntenia, Ţara Românească, and the seldomly used Valahia are synonyms in Romanian). ...

80% of the town was destroyed during the 1977 Romanian Earthquake, and had to be rebuilt. Paradoxically, most of the destruction was actually done after the natural disaster by bulldozer, being ordered by communist authorities, as a means to create a town from scratch on a new design. A lot of the money involved poured in from Germany and Austria. Ten years later, the newly-build infrastructure was falling apart due mainly to poor workmanship; a lot of buildings started two decades ago are still unfinished (the money was diverted elsewhere) - large sections of Zimnicea are still uninhabited. (Redirected from 1977 Romanian Earthquake) A collapsed building The 1977 Romanian Earthquake occurred on 4 March 1977, 21:20 local time, was felt throughout the Balkans, had a magnitude of 7. ... Anthem Zdrobite cătuÅŸe (1947 - 1953) Te slăvim Românie (1953 - 1968) Trei Culori (1968-1989) Capital Bucharest Language(s) Romanian Government Socialist republic Head of State  - 1947–1965 Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej  - 1965-1989 Nicolae CeauÅŸescu Legislature Marea Adunare NaÅ£ionalÇŽ Historical era Cold War  - Monarchy abolished...

Local industry has declined since the fall of the communist regime, as did the population. Zimnicea hopes to attract investors with its tax exemptions (as a designated underdeveloped area), and much hope is placed on establishing a trade route through Zimnicea.

Population

• 1834: 3,000
• 1977: 14,000
• 2000: 16,800