Sânnicolau Mare

Sânnicolau Mare
Sânnicolau Mare
Sânnicolau Mare is located in Romania
Sânnicolau Mare
Location of Sânnicolau Mare
Coordinates: 46°4′20″N 20°37′46″E / 46.07222°N 20.62944°E / 46.07222; 20.62944Coordinates: 46°4′20″N 20°37′46″E / 46.07222°N 20.62944°E / 46.07222; 20.62944
Country  Romania
County Timiş County
Status Town
Government
 – Mayor Danut Groza
Area
 – Total 136.77 km2 (52.8 sq mi)
Population (April 1, 2004)
 – Total 13,292
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 – Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website http://www.sannicolau-mare.ro/

Sânnicolau Mare (also spelled Sînnicolau Mare, Romanian pronunciation: [sɨnnikoˌla.u ˈmare]; Hungarian: Nagyszentmiklós, German: Groß Sankt Nikolaus, Banat Bulgarian: Smikluš, Serbian: Сент Николаш Sent Nikolaš, English "Great St. Nicholas") is a town in Timiş County, Romania and the westernmost of the country. Located in the Banat region, along the borders with Serbia and Hungary, it has a population of just under 13,000. It was a district (járás) center in Torontál County during Hungarian rule, except the years of Ottoman rule between 1551 and 1716 (nominally to 1718).

In the late 18th century, the Habsburg dynasty of Austria recruited German farmers and artisans to resettle areas along the Danube that had been depopulated during the Ottoman reign and the plague. They were allowed to keep their own religion, language and culture, and many German villages were founded in the Banat. The descendants of the ethnic Germans became known as Danube Swabians (Danouswaben) and spoke a distinct form of German that became different from what evolved in the principal states. This is one reason for the high proportion of ethnic Germans in the town before World War II. After the war, many left the area to escape Soviet dominance; others were expelled because of anti-German sentiment throughout eastern Europe.

The town served as the county seat between 1807 and 1820 due to a great fire in Nagybecskerek, the county seat. Occupied by Serbian troops in 1918 during World War I, the town became part of Romania in 1919 during the realignment after the war.

Sânnicolau Mare is known for the Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós, a treasure of 23 gold objects discovered here in 1799 (it was then called Nagyszentmiklós in the Hungarian Kingdom). The pieces are on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and the National Museum of History, Sofia. The town is the birthplace of Béla Bartók, the notable 20th-century Hungarian composer. The town is 64 kilometers away from Timişoara, the biggest city in the region.

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Demographics

Historical population of Sânnicolau Mare[1]
Year Population Romanians Hungarians Germans Serbs Bulgarians
1880 10,836 31.3% 10.8% 41.2% 11.4% N.D.
1890 12,311 31.3% 12.2% 43.5% 10.3% N.D.
1900 12,639 33.1% 15.3% 41.1% 9.8% N.D.
1910 12,357 32.6% 17.5% 39% 9.2% N.D.
1920 10,900 36.1% 10.6% 40.1% N.D% N.D.
1930 10,676 40% 11.6% 35.2% 7.5% 0.3%
1941 10,640 42.1% 10.1% 35% N.D N.D
1956 9,956 54.6% 12.4% 24.4% 6.5% 0.8%
1966 11,428 59.4% 10.9% 21.8% 6.4% 1%
1977 12,811 62.2% 10.9% 19% 4.7% 1.6%
1992 13,083 73.4% 10.6% 5.9% 4.6% 3.1%
2002[2] 12,914 76.8% 9.4% 3.2% 3.6% 3.6%

See also

  • Treasure of Sânnicolau Mare

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