SHORT HISTORIC

  The town Motru has no an old history, is the town without archive, without childhood, without teenage be the of a creation of a free people and industrious. Is found out puted to the half distances among two old town of the country: Targu-Jiu and Drobeta Turnu Severin.

    These parts he lasts from the ega daco-Roman, name of river Motru be of tracic origin, geto-dac, Mutru or Mutria, after historic Giurescu, is of tracic origin and expresses clearly water, cleanly. In the Roman age we find "Ad Mutriam", put which is found out in the locality Hamlet (Catunele), on Skiddoo Motrului making the connection between Danube and mountain.

    Most old placement the date in hrisoves Tismanei from 1385 and 1444 is the locality Plostina, who to last centuries XIV had does the part from county Jales.

    After the year 1450, Plostina belonged to the counties Mehedinti within the year 1948, year in which were split in the regions and departments, Plostina belonging to the department The Bath of Arama up to 1 january 1964, and then of the department Strehaia.

    The little treasury discovered to Leurda in 1964, from The trust of Building and Mining Mounting with occasion of diging of a canal in sight of a assembling of a band carrier for coal, certify the existence of people in these places around years 196 - 251. Workers have discovered 26 coins of silver haved a shade of the century II and III o.a. in the time of roman king Septimius Sever, on the time of attacks of gothes and of other migratory peoples.

    This inhabitants of the ancient placement supported grief hardly, the exploitation and clacasion, working within 1863 on the estate monastery Tismana, and then on the estate States. Thus monk monastery Tismana comed to raise decimal from product approximate earthes 435 years, respecting the obligations enforced of the leaders of church, whereat they added and one prompted of Ottoman Gate.

    Rosiuta and Lupoita was the villages of freeholders, which peoples has parcels of each earth, for which it pays the taxes, be named free peasants. Analysing the document of weather, we find out that Tudor Vladimirescu takes on lease on 3 years the estate, Plostina from monastery Tismana.

    This inhabitant zone assisted in The uprising from 1821, enlisted as pandours led by Parv, outlaw in the army of Tudor Vladimirescu. 

    Also "The proclamation from Izlaz" from june 1848 has trained the inhabitants of the regions.

    Through the Decision of Ministers Council  nr. 1241/1959 looking the development carbonaceous industries in our country have the first beginning works of opening mins.

At 24 may 1966, throught the decree of  State Council, on the ground from waterside Motru, belonging to the ex-common Plostina it was organised the future city Motru.

    At 28 August 1966, they took place the firstling chooses of deputies in the popular advice of city.

   Opening with 1 September 1968 the locality Plostina, along with villages Dealul Pomilor, Leurda, Insuratei, Horasti, Rosiuta, Rapa and Lupoita entered into the componence of city Motru, new city created in the same time with it hsd opening the mining zone. 

    The arrearage of lignite from Valley Motru were valorized, along with the realization of works of investment, begined in 1960, through opening in first stage of three mines (Horasti, Leurda, Plostina), then through the appearance of Mine Rosiuta and Motru - West, and in 1976, the works of open Carierr Lupoaia.

    With the development of pathes of access, respectively the railway Bucuresti - Timisoara from which, to the station Strehaia, is detached a ramie with the end downtown Motru, the transport process of coals abridgement he improved considerable, offering our towns a dynamic development, this geting a deep mining character. Thus the town Motru is 2nd as the economic importance and social in the county Gorj.

At the date 10.18.2000 city Motru has been declared town, through Low no. 180.