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"Husi" redirects here. For other uses, see Husi

(disambiguation).

Huși (Romanian pronunciation: [huʃʲ],

Yiddish/Hebrew: ‫ חוש‬Khush, Hungarian: Huszváros,
German: Hussburg) is a city in Vaslui County,
Romania, former capital of the disbanded Fălciu
County in the historical region of Western Moldavia,
Romanian Orthodox episcopal see, and home of
some of the best vineyards of Romania. The city is
located on a branch of the Iași-Galați railway,
fourteen kilometres (9 mi) west of the Prut River and
the border with the Republic of Moldova. In 2000,
the city's population was 33,320, more than double
the 1900 population of 15,404.

Huși
Municipality

Coat of arms

Location in Vaslui County

Huși

Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°40′27″N 28°3′35″E

Country Romania
County Vaslui
Established 1487 (first official record)
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Ioan Ciupilan[1] (PSD)
Area 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Elevation 120 m (390 ft)

Population (2011)[2] 26,266
 • Density 5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg. VS
Website www.husi.info

History …

View of the city

Huși, from Dobrina hill

One theory states that Huși was founded in the 15th

century by a colony of Hussites, from whom its
name would have been derived; this has been
disputed by renowned scholars such as Nicolae
Iorga and the bishop Melchisedec Ștefănescu, who
argued that the name of the city is older, originating
with the boyar Hus (whose name is also rendered as
Husul or Husea), who owned land in the area.

The first document mentioning the city is a letter of

December 17, 1487, sent by the Prince of Moldavia,
Stephen III the Great, to the influential Saxon traders
of Brașov; the text indicates that the letter had been
sent from Huși. Soon after, Huși became one of the
favorite places of residence of Stephen III, a fact
which led to a noted rise in economical and political
status for the following period.

Princes who succeeded Stephen—such as Bogdan

III cel Orb, Petru Rareș, Iliaș, Alexandru Lăpușneanu,
and Ioan Vodă cel Cumplit—also chose Huși as one
of their favorite residences, taking into consideration
both its wines and the strategic location which
allowed an efficient overseeing of several anti-
Ottoman campaigns.

In 1598, during the reign of Ieremia Movilă, Huși was

established as an episcopal see of the Eastern
Orthodox Church, although the Huși cathedral had in
fact been built by Stephen III (1491) as the church of
his palace there. After 1598, the bishops became
the owners of the city and its lands, and were thus
the main agents behind the city's development.

In 1711, Huși was the place of signing for the Treaty

of the Pruth that ended the Russo-Turkish War.

Jewish history of Huși …

Main article: History of the Jews in Romania

According to local tradition, the first Jewish

immigrants came to Huși some time after 1484
(documents mention "five families, among them
Frisof, Stofler and Gronic"). In 1747 there were about
1,042 Jews in city; cca. 2,500 in 1859; 3,587 in 1897;
2,514 in 1930; 2,100 in 1942; 2,000 in 1992. In 2005,
Huși was home to only 25 Jews (0–15 years old: 1
person; 16–35 years old: 3 persons; 36–60 years
old: 6 persons; over 60 years old: 10 persons), the
result of successive waves of aliyah after World War
II.

The Jews of Huși have had an important role in the

economic development of the city, especially in the
18th and 19th centuries, at a time when the city was
considered one of the most important in Moldavia.

The first synagogue (Beth-Hanidras, the Great

Synagogue) was built in the 18th century. In 1943
there were five synagogues (Beth-Hanidras, Ceaușul
Mare, Blănari, Croitorilor, Postelnici). Only one
synagogue serves the Jewish community nowadays.
The first Jewish cemetery was founded in 1680, on
Călărași Street. The second cemetery was opened in
1880, and it is still in use.

Hungarian history of Huși …

According to some historians, Huși was established

by hussite refugees from the Kingdom of Hungary in
the 15th century. The town itself has a significant
role in Hungarian history because the first Hungarian
Bible translation was written in Huși. Its copies can
be found in the Vienna-codex and the Apor-codex.
During the Counter-Reformation the Hussite citizens
were converted to Catholic faith; nevertheless, in the
17th century the majority of the town were
Hungarian-Saxon Catholics. As archbishop Bandinus
wrote in 1648 "the inhabitants here are Hungarians
and Romanians; Hungarians are in the majority. They
share the leading positions between them: if in one
year the judge is Hungarian, next year a Romanian
will be the judge, so the leaders are changed
alternately. The Hussites until now sang in
Hungarian at holy masses and liturgies, what was a
bad practice in that time. We arranged this in order
to satisfy the need of the people, that the holy
liturgies will be performed in Latin, and before and
after the mass the hymns should be sung in
Hungarian, to satisfy the devotion of the people.

Two years ago, a village on the river Prut had twelve

Hungarian houses, but because of many difficulties
the Hungarian people immigrated to the Tatar land,
to the town called Csoborcsok, and others to Huși
so the region remained abandoned. Catholics are
682, in number they have a Szekler priest called
Michael Rabczony."[3] After the 19th century,
assimilation reached the Catholic population of Huși.
In 1898 Gheorghe I. Lahovary wrote that the
Hungarians number 1838 out of total 12,600
however they only speak Romanian.[4] In 1930, the
town had 3,983 Catholics but only 324 Hungarian
citizens. The result of assimilation that today only 9
Hungarians (out of 5,826 Roman Catholics) live in
Huși. The 2011 census counted 24,997 inhabitants.

Demographics

Natives

References

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