Ițcani

Ițcani (German: Itzkany) is a neighborhood of Suceava, Romania, located some 5 km northwest of the city center.

For the village in Bacău County, see Plopana.
A road through Ițcani

It was established in the 15th century, following a 1453 document issued by Alexăndrel, Prince of Moldavia. In the 1780s 8 ethnic German families settled here in the course of the Josephine colonization.[1] Suceava North railway station is located in Ițcani.

References
  1. Welsch, Sophie A. (1986). "The Bukovina-Germans During the Habsburg Period: Settlement, Ethnic Interaction, Contributions" (PDF). Immigrants & Minorities. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-05.

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