Ostrov, Constanța

Ostrov is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.

Ostrov
Commune
Location in Constanța County
Ostrov Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°6′33″N 27°21′50″E
Country	Romania
County	Constanța
Subdivisions	Ostrov, Almălău, Bugeac, Esechioi, Galița, Gârlița
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Niculae Dragomir[1] (PSD)
Area	171.30 km2 (66.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	4,586
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	CT
Website	www.primariaostrov.ro

Name

The name Ostrov is a word of Bulgarian origin and it means "island".^[3] The village itself is not located on an island, but rather on the banks of the Danube.

Villages

The commune includes six villages:

• Ostrov
• Almălău (historical name: Almaliul, Turkish: Almalı)
• Bugeac (Turkish: Bucak)
• Esechioi (Turkish: Eşeköy)
• Galița
• Gârlița

Geography

Ostrov is close to the Bulgarian border, with a border crossing linking it to the Bulgarian city of Silistra. The locality was a town until 1950.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Ostrov had 4,730 Romanians (95.54%), 187 Roma (3.78%), 30 Turks (0.61%), 4 others (0.08%).^[4]

Natives

• Traian Cocorăscu
• Ionuț Țenea

Păcuiul lui Soare

Artefact from Păcuiul Lui Soare

Plan of the Bulgarian fortress

Main article: Păcuiul lui Soare

Păcuiul lui Soare is the name of a fortress on an island close to Ostrov. The ruins from the beginning of 8th century belong to the "Glorious Palace" of the First Bulgarian Khans on Danube and main base of the Bulgarian Danube fleet, as researchers suppose.^[5] They found many Protobulgarian marks graved in the blocks of the stone masonry of fortress that build pretty similar to the imperial capital Pliska.^[6] The stone graving text from the "Holy 40 martyrs column" found in Tarnovo indicate that the Great Khan Omurtag (?-831) built, maybe over Byzantine ruins, the medieval port and palace complex.^[7]

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. World loanwords vocabulary - ostrov, a word from Romanian, status: clearly borrowed from Slavic.
4. "Constanța County at the 2011 census" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
5. Juhas, Petar. Turko-Bulgarians and Magyars.
6. Vaklinov, Stancho (1981). Proto-Bulgarian Epigraphic Monuments. Publishing House of the Fatherland Front Sofia.
7. Beshevliev, Vesselin (1977). Formation of the Old-Bulgarian Culture. Naouka i Izkoustvo Publishing House Sofia.

External links

• (in Romanian) Ostrov at the Constanța County Council website