Ciudanovița ( Hungarian : Csudafalva ) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County , western Romania with a population of 444 people. It is composed of two villages, Ciudanovița and Jitin ( Dicsény ).
10-415: The commune is located in the west-central part of the county, at a distance of 23 km (14 mi) from Oravița and 30 km (19 mi) from the county seat, Reșița . At the 2011 census , Ciudanovița had a population of 657; of those, 92.24% were ethnic Romanians and 1.37% were ethnic Romani . At the 2021 census , the population had decreased to 444, of which 92.57% were ethnic Romanians. In
20-531: A direct result Ciudanovița grew in population, reaching as high as 35,000 people. There was a local hospital, a cinema, restaurants, places with live music and draft beer and many shops. In 1957, the SovRoms were disbanded, and the exploitation was taken over by the Romanian state, which continued operating the mine until 1964, when the country’s war debts were settled. The mine was closed on October 1, 1997. The blocks of
30-606: Is a railway that operates in a mountainous region . It may operate through the mountains by following mountain valleys and tunneling beneath mountain passes , or it may climb a mountain to provide transport to and from the summit . Mountain railways often use narrow gauge tracks to allow for tight curves in the track and reduce tunnel size and structure gauge , and hence construction cost and effort. Where mountain railways need to climb steep gradients, they may use steep grade railway technology, or even operate as funicular railways . Bohinj railway The Culdee Fell Railway
40-645: Is a town in the Banat region of Romania , in Caraș-Severin County , with a population of 9,346 in 2021. Its theater is a fully functional scaled down version of the old Burgtheater in Vienna . Six villages are administered by the town: Agadici ( Agadics ; Agaditsch ), Brădișoru de Jos (until 1960 Maidan ; Majdán ), Broșteni ( Brostyán ), Ciclova Montană ( Csiklóbánya ; Montan-Tschiklowa ), Marila ( Marillavölgy ; Marillathal ) and Răchitova ( Rakitova ). The name of
50-520: The alarm when approaching the former mines. At the mine's tailings dumps, the radioactivity is 100 times the alert limit. From inside the galleries and abandoned shafts, radioactive gas emissions containing Rn ( radon ) and Rn ( thoron ) and mine waters loaded with radioactive suspensions come to the surface. Oravi%C8%9Ba Oravița ( Romanian pronunciation: [oˈravit͡sa] ; Hungarian : Oravicabánya ; German : Orawitz ; Czech : Oravice ; Serbo-Croatian : Oravica / Оравица )
60-590: The colonel". The town was supposedly named after a colonel's daughter when the Ottoman Empire occupied the land that is now the Banat ( see the Temeşvar Eyalet ). The second-oldest beer in what is now Romania was produced in Ciclova; it is first attested in a document of 1728. In the beginning, production was under the management and patronage of the local Catholic monastery. Known as "bere Ciclova" in later years,
70-583: The early 1950s, during the Soviet occupation of Romania , Sovromcuarț , a joint Soviet–Romanian enterprise ( SovRom ), developed a uranium mine at Ciudanovița. After initial prospections, the Soviets began uranium ore mining in 1952, using their own equipment and employing around 10,000 local workers; the ore was loaded into wagons and transported to the Soviet Union. The mining required signifiant resources, and as
80-608: The firm went bankrupt in 1996. Oravița has a humid continental climate ( Cfb in the Köppen climate classification ). The rail line from Anina to Oravița was the first mountain railway in Hungary and today's Romania. Opened in 1863, it is still in use today for touristic purposes, and it is one of the most beautiful railways in Europe due to very picturesque landscapes, viaducts, and long tunnels. Mountain railway A mountain railway
90-404: The former workers' colony have deteriorated, and some have been demolished, together with the former buildings of the mines, the hospital, the former railway station, the cultural home, and the former shops and canteens of the colony. The surface readings in the residue area (called Golgota ) are quite high, surpassing 1 μSv/h (2.8 × 10 rem/ks) in many places; a Geiger counter will sound
100-517: The town is derived from the Slavic word orah(ov) , meaning "(of) walnut " with suffix -ița . The history of Agadici can be traced back to at least the 17th century, when records noted a population of "800 souls". Today, there are fewer than 200 people living in Agadici. Agadici is a word derived from Turkish : Aga meaning 'colonel' and dici meaning 'daughter'. Therefore, Agadici means "daughter of
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