West was a good direction – it led to Prag, Vienna, Berlin andcivilization.\u00a0\u00a0 Therefore the street leading in this direction was called Lembergerstrasse.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And it led , naturally, to the North.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This was the main street of Czernowitz until the railway.<\/p>\n
After that it became Bahnhofstrasse for the Central Station and now\u00a0 it is Gagarina leading into outer space. A T34 tank stands there asa reminder.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 East was a bad direction – it led to Ukraina and Russia and Asia.\u00a0\u00a0 All the things bad came from there: The Russians, the Slavs the Huns andTurks.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also the harsh winters.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The street in this direction was the Russischegasse which went South-East, following\u00a0\u00a0 the Prut river leading into Valachia.<\/p>\n
To come to Russia you had to cross\u00a0 the Prut at some point fording the river . Later there were bridges at Novoselitza ,\u00a0 Lipcani and more. Crossing these you would come to Russia safely if they didn’t mug\u00a0\u00a0 you on your way.<\/p>\n
The Rumanians changed it Strada Romana – Roman or Rumanian street.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the West were the mountains and no major route led through this Hutzul country.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Carpathians climbing to 1000 m. had no easy passes , rivers came down the\u00a0\u00a0 mountain and at night the wolves and vampirs.<\/p>\n
To the South there were two main routes: the Siebenburgerstrasse and theKutschumarerstasse.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the fork stood the Kriegersdenkmal, a memorial for the braveAustrian warriors.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kutschumarerstrasse took the name from an insignificant shtetl not fardown the road.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Later it joined the Siebenburgerstrasse, a german name of Transylvania.<\/p>\n
Nothing left for Rumania where these roads ultimately led.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No Moldova road, no Suceava road, no Siret road.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To reach the destination contained in its name, you had to turn West\u00a0 at\u00a0 Suceava\u00a0\u00a0 crossing the Carpathians at the Borgo pass – to Bistritz.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then you reached Siebenburgen, land of the seven castles (or towns) .\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well, this was Habsburg land and therefore the name.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Rumanians changed Kutschumarerstrasse to Bulevardul Regele Carol 2\u00a0 but Siebenburgerstrasse stayed\u00a0 Bul. Transylvania which is Siebenburgen.<\/p>\n
Hardy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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