Câmpulung Moldovenesc

For other uses of "Câmpulung", see Câmpulung (disambiguation).

Câmpulung Moldovenesc (also spelled Cîmpulung Moldovenesc; Hungarian: Hosszúmező, Ukrainian: Довгопілля, romanized: Dovhopillja) is a city in Suceava County, which used to be in the Bukovina region of Moldavia in North Eastern Romania. The city is on the banks of the Moldova River.

Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Municipality
Coat of arms
Câmpulung Moldovenesc Location of Câmpulung Moldovenesc
Coordinates: 47°32′01″N 25°33′22″E
Country	Romania
County	Suceava County
Status	Municipality
Government
• Mayor	Gabriel Constantin Şerban (National Liberal Party)
Area
• Total	147 km2 (57 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	20,076
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://www.campulungmoldovenesc.ro/

Câmpulung Moldovenesc has a population of 20,076 people. The main industries in Câmpulung Moldovenesc are dairy products, lumber, and ecotourism.

Places of interest

Câmpulung Moldovenesc can be reached by both car and train. Attractions in and around Câmpulung include Rarău and Giumalău, which at 1650m and 1857m are the highest mountains in the region. Forests are near Câmpulung and there are monasteries in nearby villages.

Religion

Judaism

There are also several synagogues in the Câmpulung area. The pre-war Chief Rabbi of Campulung was Rabbi Moses Josef Rubin, a well known person involved in Hasidic Judaism. In the year 1941 on Yom Kippur, the rabbi's important library was destroyed by local Iron Guard gangsters. He was treated badly and was asked to sign a document which says that he had hidden dynamite in the synagogue to be used for sabotage. Because he refused to sign this document, he and his son Samuel were tied to a cart loaded with stolen goods and driven with a gun pointed at them, while being beaten up. All the synagogues in the city were robbed of their valuables.

Other websites

• Kimpolung-Bukovina Jewish Community Archived 2019-08-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)