Place:Târgu Neamț, Neamț, Romania

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NameTârgu Neamț
Alt namesTârgu Neamţ
Târgu Neamțsource: WeRelate abbreviation
Târgu-Neamțsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-172
Tîrgu Neamţsource: Wikipedia
Tîrgu Neamțsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates47.2°N 26.417°E
Located inNeamț, Romania
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Târgu Neamț is a town in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania, on the river Neamț. It had, , a population of 20,496. Three villages are administered by the town: Blebea, Humulești, and Humuleștii Noi.

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Originally a market town, hence its name (in Romanian "târg" = market), it had an important role in Moldavian culture. It was first mentioned in a late-14th century document.

The name is a generic name of Slavic origin for the German people in the Romanian language. This has led to speculation of a German foundation of Târgu Neamț, according to which Saxon colonists crossed the Carpathians from the Bistrița area and built a commercial township. Some Romanian historians, including Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu consider that Târgu Neamț was probably a German settlement from the 13th century, when the Teutonic Order made incursions from Transylvania against the Cumanic peoples that were living in Moldavia.

Nowadays, historians disagree with this possibility mostly because of the long-lasting influences of the communist-nationalistic historiography which refused to accept the town was anything else than a Romanian-founded settlement.

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