Mihail Kogălniceanu

History

The village is situated on the site of a Roman settlement called Vicus Clementianus, discovered by the archaeologist Vasile Pârvan in 1913. In 1651, the place was mentioned by the Ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi as a Tatar settlement named Kara Murat ("Black Murat", after its founder). In 1879-1880, after the incorporation of Northern Dobruja into Romania, the village started to be settled by Romanian shepherds from Transylvania (Mocani). Germans coming from Bessarabia began settling the village from 1876. By 1918, the Germans made up the majority of the population. In the 1930s, the village was renamed Ferdinand I, after King Ferdinand I of Romania. In 1948, with the advent of the communist regime, the commune was given its current name, after the Romanian politician Mihail Kogălniceanu. Mihail Kogălniceanu is home to the Gheorghe Celea Museum, the first and only Aromanian museum in Romania, founded in 2006 by Willibard ("Willy") Wisoșenschi of the Mușata Armână Cultural Foundation.

Most-observed species

• Crested Lark

  Galerida cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  363
• European Bee-eater

  Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  352
• corn bunting

  Emberiza calandra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  348
• Eurasian Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  334
• Eurasian Hoopoe

  Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  320
• Northern Wheatear

  Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  262
• Long-legged Buzzard

  Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar, 1829) · Aves
  241
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

  Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  229

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2006-02-06
  4 km S of Gârliciu, Romania
• M 3.3 — 2005-04-23
  3 km N of Greci, Romania
• M 3.5 — 2005-04-18
  4 km NNE of Nuf?ru, Romania
• M 2.9 — 2005-02-15
  3 km NW of Malcoci, Romania
• M 2.7 — 2005-01-24
  0 km E of Valea Nucarilor, Romania
• M 3.8 — 2005-01-18
  1 km W of Malcoci, Romania