The fortress Enisala near Babadag on Lake Razim
The region Dobruja (Romanian Dobrogea) lies in the east Romania and covers the entire Black Sea coast of the country.
Regions
The Romanian part of Dobruja includes the districts Tulcea(Tultscha) in the north and Constanța (Constana) in the south. Even further south, the southern Dobruja extends to Bulgaria in the Dobrich Oblast (Добрич) with Dobrich (Basardschik) as the capital.
places
- 1 Constanța
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is the most important port city in the country, which was already known in Roman times. - 3 Babadag.
was the seat of important administrative offices at the time of the Ottoman Empire (until 1878).
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Other goals
- Sandy beaches on the Black Sea are the main draw of tourism
- 1 Adamclisi (Civitas Tropaensium).Roman settlement, the place is famous for its monument, the Tropaeum Traiani.
- 2 Histria. Archaeological site with Byzantine and Roman buildings and remains of earlier Greek layers.
- 3 Dobruja Gorge
- The Măcin Mountain range
background
The Dobruja belonged to the Ottoman Empire until 1878. For this reason, most of the mosques in Romania can be found in Dobruja. Due to its geographical location, the Dobruja was a transit area and settlement area for many ethnic groups. These are (or were) among others. Turks, Tatars, Aromanians, Bulgarians, Romanians, Gagauz, Macedonians, Germans, Lipovans, Romanians and others.
Formerly German villages with their churches and cemeteries. Up to 1940 there were around 40 villages in Dobruja with a substantial proportion of the German population. Some of the places were almost entirely populated by Germans, such as Malcoci (Malkotsch, Catholic) on the edge of the Danube Delta. Germans also lived as craftsmen, traders or engineers in the cities of Tulcea (Tultscha) and Constanța (Konstanza).
Since 2015, the Day of Dobruja (Ziua Dobrogei) instead. The day was chosen on the occasion of the annexation of the Dobruja to Romania after the Russo-Romanian-Turkish War in 1878. Many of the nationalities living in Dobruja participated in the program.
In Roman times this area was the end point of the Via Pontica, the Roman road to Byzantium (Istanbul).
language
getting there
- Via the A2 motorway, the Autostrada Soarelui (Sun Highway) from Bucharest to Constanța
- International Airport "Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport" 25 km northwest of Constanța
mobility
activities
kitchen
nightlife
security
climate
The climate is characterized by Mediterranean features, which means that it is very hot in summer (up to 40 degrees Celsius) and comparatively mild in winter. The coldest month is January with a minimum temperature of up to 0 degrees Celsius.
literature
- Paul Traeger: The Germans in Dobruja. Stuttgart 1922. (Reprint. 2012, ISBN 978-3-7357-9155-9 )
- Pictures from Dobruja 1916-118 German stage administration in Dobruja 1918. (Reprint. 2018, ISBN 978-3746090993
- Jürgen Henkel: Crescent moon over Dobruja: Islam in Romania Schiller Verlag 2016 ISBN 978-3944529585
- Horst Pentecost: Dobruja: "With Resi to Saturn" and other travel events from Romania's Black Sea province Schiller Verlag 2012 ISBN 978-3941271746
