Unguriu is a commune located in Buzu County, Romania on the left bank of the Buzu River. According to the 2011 census, the population is 2,415, down slightly from 2,440 in 2002. Most residents are Romanian and Orthodox Christian. The history of Unguriu dates back to the 16th century, with the village first mentioned in 1582. Unguriu Monastery was established in the 17th century and the commune was formed in 1931, including the villages of Unguriu and Ojasca.
2. Location
It is located in the east of the county, in the Subcarpathians Curb on the left bank of the
Buzau River. It is crossed by the DN10 national road linking Buzu to Braov and the
Buzu-Nehoiau railway, which is served by Ojasca and Unguriu stations.
3. Demography
According to the census carried out in 2011, the population of Unguriu commune
is 2.415 inhabitants, down from the previous census in 2002, when there were
2,440 inhabitants. Most of the inhabitants are Romanian (97.89%). For 1.99% of
the population, ethnicity is unknown. From the confessional point of view, most of
the inhabitants are Orthodox (96.11%), with a Seventh-day Adventist minority
(1.41%). For 2.11% of the population, confessional membership is unknown.
4. History
At the end of the 19th century Unguriu was a village of Magura
village, a village with 920 inhabitants living in 216 houses and having
Palanga and Scriptoria subdivisions. Unguriu commune appeared in
1931, being formed only from the village of residence. In 1950, the
Unguriu commune became part of Buzau district in the Buzau region
and then (after 1952) in the Ploiesti region, having as localities the
components of Unguriu and Ojasca. The commune was disbanded in
1968 and included in the village of Magura, Ojasca village being
merged with Unguriu village, Magura commune becoming part of
Buzau county. This change came back in 2004, when Unguriu was
restored in its form before 1968.
6. Informations about Unguriu
Unguriu commune is located on the banks of the Buzu River, 18 km from Buzu,
with access to the DN 10 national road Buzu-Braov and the railway on the Buzu
-Nehoiau route, with two CFR stations: Unguriu and Ojasca.
The Unguriu settlement appears under this name for the first time in 1582, when
Constantin Mavrocordat, through a charter, passed the village of Unguriu under the
control of the Buzau Episcopate. Also in the years 1604, 1621 and 1739, by other
specimens and chrisoave, it is again mentioned the existence of the village Unguriu.
In the middle of the seventeenth century (1620), over the water springs "Ciuciuri",
Unguriu Monastery was established, the monks here bringing for the Romanian
services over the mountains, from Sacele area, the locals giving them the name of
Hungarians. It is worth mentioning that during the Phanariot period, when, between
1805-1821, the Habsburg border descended to the Ojasca spring, the Unguriu
monastery was destroyed, and it was then for the second time recorded for the
village Ojasca, known after the written record By the prince Mihai Logoftu, by
which he sells his part of the estate from the village of Ojeasca. For the first time,
the village of Ojasca is mentioned in 1715, when Luxandra Ierculeasa donates to
the Buzau Episcopate a "rope" of the estate here. The future commune consists of
Unguriu and Ojasca villages and occupies an area of 1685 ha, of which 176 ha are
intravilan
8. Traditions and culture
Moldovan dance is one of the oldest folk art, being a "poem of the people", for
when the Moldovans dance - "the heart speaks". Each movement speaks of the
talent and spiritual characteristics of the people in different historical periods.