Tag: Bukovina

A Brief History Of Suceava, Bukovina, Romania During The Modern Period

Suceava (also known as ‘Sutschawa’ or ‘Suczawa’ in German) is a middle-sized town located in present-day Suceava County (Romanian: Jude좛ul Suceava; German: Kreis Suczawa), northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban settlement of the southern half of Bukovina, a historical land situated at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe, nowadays divided between Romania and…


A Brief History Of Bukovina, Romania During The Middle Ages

Bukovina (Bucovina in Romanian and Bukowina or Buchenland in German) is a historical region situated at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe, nowadays divided between present-day Suceava County in northeastern Romania and Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine. Prislop Pass and the high valley of the Bistri좛a (German: Bistritz; Romanian: Bistri좛a) river, connecting Bukovina with…


The History Of The Medieval Seat Fortress Of Suceava, Bukovina, Romania

Suceava (known in Middle High German or Mittelhochdeutsch as Sedschopff, in Standard German or Hochdeutsch as Suczawa/Sutschawa/Sotschen, and in Polish as Suczawa) was the third capital of the medieval Principality of Moldavia between the late 14th to late 16th century (namely between the years 1388 and 1564), after the proximal town of Baia (most likely…