Send Gift Baskets to Bacau, Romania

Bacău grew up in a location that allowed water to pass through. There is archaeological evidence of human settlement in the center of Bacău near Curtea Domnească dating back to the 4th and 5th centuries when this was a military fortification. Several vessels are ornamented with crosses, hinting that the inhabitants must have been Christians. The valley was under Pechenegs and Cumans’ control during the 10th, 11th, and 12th centuries. Colonists played an essential role in developing the region. Archaeological findings from the second half of the 15th century, such as surface and semi-buried dwellings, show that Hungarians settled in Hungary in 1345-1347. At this time, the region was part of Hungary. Some evidence of German colonizers at the time has been found. A type of pottery used by Germans in the 13th century has also been discovered on the banks of rivers Bistrița. Historical records show that the original settlement in the town was a Roman Catholic community situated near a stock market frequented by locals on the river’s lower course.

The town first appeared in Moldova in 1408 when Prince Alexander the Good listed the various customs points for Polish merchants. The first mention of the customs house in a town comes from the phrase “krainee mîto,” which is written down as one word in Old Church Slavonic. This phrase may indicate that it was the last customs stop before Moldavia’s border with Wallachia. An undated document reveals that the şoltuz in Bacău, the head of the town elected by its inhabitants, had the right to sentence felons to death, at least for robberies. It hints at an extended privilege, similar to royal towns’. From this point of view, the right may have been granted when the territory was still under the control of the Kingdom of Hungary. The seal from Bacău was oval, which isn’t that frequent in Moldavia and is only present in a few towns.

Alexander the Good donated the wax collected as part of the tax payable by the town to a monastery close by. Most probably, his wife Margaret founded the Franciscan Church of the Holy Virgin in Bacău. But according to the Catholic Church, Saint Nicholas was the town’s prominent saint. John of Rya, the bishop at Baia and an important Catholic figure, wrote a letter referring to Bacău as a civitas where he implies that there was a Catholic diocese. The letter also expressively relates that Hussite immigrants in Bohemia, Moravia, or Hungary who had undergone persecution were settled in the town and granted privileges by Alexander the Good.

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