Buhuși
Buhuși (Buhus; Bohush) is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of 14,152 as of 2021. It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "Bodești" and was a property of an important family of Boyars named "Buhuș". The town had the biggest textile factory in south-eastern Europe.
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But the factory has drastically reduced its capabilities after 1989 and currently employs less than 200 workers. The Runc Monastery (built in 1457), located near Buhuși, is one of the famous monasteries built by Stephen the Great of Moldavia in Moldavia during the Ottoman Wars in the 15th century. Buhuși has five primary schools and one high school, the Ion Borcea Technical College. The town administers two villages, Marginea and Runcu.
Key facts
Key facts
• Type — town • County — Bacău • Leader Name — Vasile Zaharia • Leader Term — 2024–2028 • Leader Party — PSD • Elevation — 235 • Area Total — 39.86 • Population Total — auto • Postal Code — 605100 • Area Code — (+40) 02 34 • Website — https: www.primariabuhusi.ro
Jewish community
Jewish community
Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman, son of Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin, founded the Bohush Hasidic dynasty here in the mid-nineteenth century. The dynasty moved to Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1951.
Notable residents
Notable residents
• Elisabeta Bostan (born 1931), film director and screenwriter • Dumitru Dan (1890–1978), geographer, professor of geography, and globe-trotter • Yisrael Friedman (1923–2017), rabbi • Mircea Grosaru (1952–2014), politician • Marian Purică (born 1978), football player • Mihail Roller (1908–1958), communist activist, historian, and propagandist • Moshe Sharoni (1929–2020), Israeli politician
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- 1.Central Electoral Bureau. Results of the 2024 local elections.
- 2.Friedman, Yisroel. The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edition, 2000, p. 262.
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