Târgu Neamţ (also spelled Tîrgu Neamţ in Romanian; Hungarian: Németvásár, Hebrew: טרגו נאמץ, German: Niamtz, Latin: Ante Castrum Nempch) is a town in Neamţ County, Romania, on the Neamţ River. It had, as of 2002, a population of 20,496. Three villages are administered by the town: Blebea, Humuleşti and Humuleştii Noi.
Originally a market town, hence its name (in Romanian "târg" = market), it had an important role in Moldavian culture. It was fir...
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Târgu Neamţ (also spelled Tîrgu Neamţ in Romanian; Hungarian: Németvásár, Hebrew: טרגו נאמץ, German: Niamtz, Latin: Ante Castrum Nempch) is a town in Neamţ County, Romania, on the Neamţ River. It had, as of 2002, a population of 20,496. Three villages are administered by the town: Blebea, Humuleşti and Humuleştii Noi.
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 neamţ is derived from the Slavic word nemeti meaning "snows". In many Slavic languages, nemeti also means "German", as Germans could not understand Slavic speakers when the cultures first met. "Neamţ" is also a generic name for the German people in the Romanian language. This may lead to speculation of a German foundation of Târgu Neamţ, according to which Saxon colonists crossed the Carpathians from the Bistriţa area and built a commercial township. Some Romanian historians, including B....
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