{"id":8593,"date":"2019-10-09T07:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T07:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinblack.com\/?p=8593"},"modified":"2019-10-09T08:00:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T08:00:01","slug":"chernivtsi-streets-turetska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinblack.com\/oldsite\/2019\/10\/chernivtsi-streets-turetska\/","title":{"rendered":"Chernivtsi streets : Turetska"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turetska (T\u00fcrkenbrunnengasse, Turceasc\u0103, Kolarova)<\/h2>\n

The photo is by Andrey Saulyak (\u0410\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0439 \u0421\u0430\u0443\u043b\u044f\u043a)<\/a>, taken in 2007.<\/p>\n

\"Turetska
Turetska street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some history<\/h3>\n

The Ukrainian (Turetska), German (T\u00fcrkenbrunnengasse) and Romanian (Turceasc\u0103) names of the street reflect the historic connection of the neighbourhood with an established 17th century Turkish community.<\/p>\n

The photo is looking towards the south end of the street.\u00a0 If we turn to the north we’ll end up at “Turkish Square”, where we’ll find a “Turkish Well”, you can see a theme starting here.<\/p>\n

Sometime in the 1850s, a public bathing house was built on the street called the Tuerkenbad<\/strong>, it survived up until the 1940s.<\/p>\n

Here’s a reminiscence of the Tuerkenbad from the Czernowitz listserve group<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I remember being taken along by my mother to the Tuerkenbad. It was quite an adventure. Actually it was a “must” because at that time bathing circumstances at home were quite difficult.<\/p>\n

Either there was no warm water, or the pipes were frozen completely. So whether we liked it or not, we had to go to the Schwitzbad. It was a pleasant social event because we were usually joined by friends and neighbors.”<\/p>\n

Google street view (south)<\/h3>\n
\"Turetska
Turetska St<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Google map view<\/h3>\n