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Ecaterinovca

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Ecaterinovca
Ecaterinovca is located in Moldova
Ecaterinovca
Ecaterinovca
Coordinates: 46°35′02″N 28°44′58″E / 46.5838888889°N 28.7494444444°E / 46.5838888889; 28.7494444444
Country Moldova
DistrictCimișlia
Government
 • MayorEfim Strogoteanu[1] (PCRM)
Population
 • Total
1,512
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Ecaterinovca Mayoral office

Ecaterinovca (german Jekaterinowka) is a commune in Cimișlia District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Coștangalia and Ecaterinovca.[3]

The village was founded in 1908 by German settlers. In 2025, the historical museum ‘Jekaterinowka’ was founded with the name ‘Muzeul de istorie al germanilor Basarabeni’ (History Museum of the Bessarabian Germans).[4] In 1940, 706 Germans and 44 people of other nationalities lived in the village.

Museum of the history of Bessarabia Germans in Ecaterinovca, Cimișlia District, Republic of Moldova.

References

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  1. ^ Pagina oficială a Comisiei Electorale Centrale a Republicii Moldova - Lista primarilor Archived June 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  3. ^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
  4. ^ "Historisches Museum "Jekaterinowka"".