Lenauheim

Lenauheim
Lenauheim
—  Commune  —
Lenauheim is located in Romania
Lenauheim
Coordinates: 45°52′N 20°48′E / 45.867°N 20.8°E / 45.867; 20.8
Country  Romania
County Timiş County
Government
 – Mayor Ilie Suciu (Democratic Liberal Party)
Population (2002)[1] 5,676
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 – Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Lenauheim (official since 1926; also called Schadat, Schaddat and Tschatad in German; Hungarian: Csatád; Romanian: Cetad, Cetat) is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bulgăruş, Grabaţ and Lenauheim.

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History

The Lenauheim village was founded by German colonists (Banat Swabians) in 1767. Originally called Csatád, in 1926 the village was renamed Lenauheim after the poet Nikolaus Lenau who was born here.

Demographics

In 1865 Lenauheim had ca. 3200 inhabitants. In 1940 it had 2400, out of which 95% ethnic Germans. After the Second World War the proportion of Germans fell to 50%. In 1992, out of 1400 inhabitants there were 346 Germans, in 2006 only 59.

Census[2] Ethnic structure
Year Population Romanians Germans Hungarians Serbs Roma Slovaks Others
1880 8.780 46 8.487 58 2 - 2 -
1930 7.170 114 6.653 77 6 253 60 2
1956 7.876 3.190 4.193 118 6 327 34 3
1977 7.490 3.478 3.509 77 4 402 12 6
1992 5.123 3.943 346 66 6 734 12 10
2002 5.665 4.617 193 90 8 723  ? 34

Twin towns

Points of interest

  • Lenau Memorial House: The birthplace of Nikolaus Lenau hosts today the Nikolaus Lenau Memorial House. An ethnographic collection of puppets wearing traditional Banat Swabian costumes is also on display in the museum.

Notable people

References

External links


This article incorporates information from the revision as of July 5, 2011 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

Coordinates: 45°52′N 20°48′E / 45.867°N 20.8°E / 45.867; 20.8



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