Satu Mare (Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti ; German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר (Satmar)) is a city with a population of 94,948 (2011) and the capital of Satu Mare County, Romania. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as “Castrum Zotmar”, the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial and business centre in northwestern Romania.
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“‘Who knocks?’ ‘I, who was beautiful,
Beyond all dreams to restore,
I from the roots of the dark thorn am hither,
And knock on the door.’”
—Walter De La Mare (1873–1956)