Siret

Sister cities

• Dionisos Municipality
• Holstebro
• Škofja Loka
• Zvolen
• Türi Rural Municipality
• Kamianka
• Dali
• Hlyboka
• Herrera del Duque
• Bundoran
• Sesimbra
• Sušice

History

During the period 1211–1225, on a hill near Siret a fortress was built by the Teutonic Knights. The town and the Teutonic castle were destroyed by the Tatars in 1241. The first document of Siret dates back to 1339, according to some historical sources. Seret is mentioned as a Russian city in Wallachia in the List of Russian cities (1370-1390). The town was the capital of the former principality of Moldavia, in the late 14thcentury. The Imperial Russian Army occupied the town in 1770, and, as a consequence, an epidemic of cholera broke out. Together with the rest of Bukovina, Siret was under the imperial rule of the Habsburg monarchy (later Austria-Hungary) from 1775 to 1918. During the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1774-1918), Siret had a number of important Ukrainian institutions: branches of the Ruska Besida in Bukovina and the Ukrainska Shkola society, the Ukrainian , etc. During World War II, Siret was captured on 3April 1944 by Soviet troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front in the course of the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive.

Geography

The town of Siret is located at the north-eastern limit of Suceava County, from the border with Ukraine. It is one of the main border crossing points in the north of Romania, having both a road border post and a rail connection. Vicșani railway station is west of Siret and functions as the border control point for rail crossings between Romania and the border transit station at Vadul-Siret railway station in Ukraine. The rail is on a standard gauge on the Romanian side and continues as a Russian-style broad gauge into Ukraine. Siret is one of the few places in Romania which provides a gauge change equipment, allowing transportation without transfer. Siret is situated halfway between Chernivtsi and Suceava, on the right bank of the Siret River. The European route E85 crosses the city.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  21
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  20
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  18
• Rook

  Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  16
• False-acacia

  Robinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida
  16
• Common Amaranth

  Amaranthus retroflexus L. · Magnoliopsida
  16
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  16
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2011-06-24
  3 km SE of Ostra, Romania
• M 4.1 — 2005-02-13
  2 km N of Or??eni-Deal, Romania