Located at the foot of the Bârgău Mountains, not far from the Tihuţa Pass, which connects Transylvania and Bukovina, the city of Bistriţa is one of the oldest around. Saxon colonists, who settled here in 1206, helped develop the town into a flourishing medieval trading post. The greatest attraction of city's Main Square is the Evangelical Church built by Transylvanian Saxons centuries ago. The first mentioned parish in official documents was Johannis plebanus de Bystricia, noted in the papal tax registers of 1332-1333.
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