Orchova (RO)

Orșova is a port city (9,692 inhabitants in 2011) on the Danube river in southwestern Romania's Mehedinți County. It is situated just above the Iron Gates, on the spot where the Cerna River meets the Danube. Exonyms: German: Orschowa, Hungarian: Orsova, Serbian: Оршава/Oršava, Bulgarian: Орсово, Polish: Orszawa, Czech: Oršava, Turkish: Adakale).

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Kingdom of Hungary period (1867-1918)

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Austrian Empire period (until 1867)

The ALT-ORSOVA post-office opened before 1850 in the Banat-Serbian Military Border district.

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