Timisoara (Romania, Timis)

• Overview
• Coat Of Arms
• Historical flag

See also:

• Romania
• Subdivisions of Romania

• Homepage of Timisoara city

Overview

Timi�oara (in Hungarian Temesv�r, in German Temeschwar, in Serbian Temi�var) is a city in Timi� County of Romania (in the valley of Timi� River). The city has got 334.115 inhabitants (9,5% Hungarian, 4,0% German, 1992 census). The city has got its name from the Castle of Temes (v�r means castle) Neighbouring communities are: S�nandrei, Becicherecu Mic, S�c�laz, S�nmihaiu Rom�n, Giroc, Mo�ni�a Nou�, Ghiroda and Dumbr�vi�a communities.

The first mention of the settlement is from 1212 as 'Castrum Temesiensis'. Temesv�r was one of the capitals of the Kingdom of Hungary at the time of the Anjou kings. In 1514 Prince J�nos Szapolyai executed here Gy�rgy D�zsa, the leader of the peasant revolt. 1552-1716 was under Turkish rule as a capital of the Temesv�r vilayet. 1718-1778 the settlement was the capital of the Governorate of Temesch. From 1781 Temeschwar is a Free Royal City and capital of Temes County. At the time of the Hungarian Independent War (1848-1849) the city and the fort was under Habsburg rule. Between 1850 and 1861 the settlement was the capital of the new province: Governorate of Temesch and Serbian Vojvodina. The settlement in 1910 was a city of the Kingdom of Hungary. Inhabitants in 1910: 72.555; 31.664 (43,6%) German, 28.552 (39,4%) Hungarian, 7.566 (10,4%) Rumanian, 3.482 (4,8%) Serb and 1291 (1,8%) other by mother tongue, 48.598 (67,0%) Roman Catholic, 11.227 (15,5%) Greek Ortodox, 6.728.(9,2) Jew, 3.532 (4,9%) Calvinist, 1.603 (2,2%) Lutheran and 867 (1,2%) other by religion. In 1919 the city was under French occupation. The Treaty of Trianon (1920) allocated it to Romania. In 1989 there was the first place of the anticommunist revolt in Romania.

Famous Hungarian celebrities were born in Timi�oara: general Gy�rgy Klapka (1820-1892), writer and arhitect K�roly K�s.

Istv�n Moln�r, 10 December 2000

Coat of Arms

by Istv�n Moln�r, 10 December 2000

On the left top blue field there are a tower with two flags. The left is a Rumanian flag with the CoA of the Revolution (hole), the right is the old flag of Timisoara(Temesv�r).

Istv�n Moln�r, 24 February 2001

by Istv�n Moln�r, 10 December 2000

Red with a white cross throughout (width = 1/7th of the length).
Ant�nio Martins, 28 February 2001

This flag appears at Dr. Sz�ll S�ndor: V�rosaink neve, c�mere �s lobog�ja (1941) as "Temesv�r, Temes Co.".
Istv�n Moln�r, 10 December 2000

Historical Coat of Arms

located at http://ns.interplus.ro/internet/serv_rom/timis.htm

Other versions are at http://sophia.jpte.hu/erdely/varo_temes.htm and http://timisoara.com/ and http://www.eng.timisoara.ro/

Istv�n Moln�r, 23 December 2000 and 24 February 2001