Carol Telbisz

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Carol Telbisz (Hungarian: Telbisz Károly, German: Karl Telbisz, Romanian: Carol Telbisz, Bulgarian: Карол Телбиз) (1853–14 July 1914) was an Austro-Hungarian public figure of Banat Bulgarian origin and a long-time mayor of Temesvár (modern Timişoara, Romania).

Born in Nagycsanád, Kingdom of Hungary (today Cenad, Romania) and descending from the old Banat Bulgarian family of Telbiz from Stár Bišnov (today Dudeştii Vechi, Romania), Telbisz graduated in law from the University of Budapest and later took a doctor's degree in administrative law from the University of Vienna. He was awarded the noble title of Baron.^[1]

Between 1885 and 1914, Telbisz was mayor of Temesvár, the capital of the Banat. During his mayoralty, he contributed a great deal to the city's modernization, destroying the old fortifications and reshaping the city according to a new Western European urbanization plan, with wide boulevards, sewerage, water supply, electrification and an electric public transport. In the end of his mayoralty, Timişoara was Austria-Hungary's third city in importance, after Vienna and Budapest.^[2]

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• Нягулов, Благовест (1999). Банатските българи. Историята на една малцинствена общност във времето на националните държави (in Bulgarian). София: Парадигма. ISBN 978-954-9536-13-3. 
• Chiru, Nicholeta. "Carol Telbisz, primar la 31 de ani", Evenimentul Zilei Online, 26 March 2006. Retrieved on March 31, 2007. (in Romanian)
• "Telbisz Károly", BANATerra — o posibila enciclopedie a Banatului (in Romanian). Retrieved on March 31, 2007. 
• Leşcu, Octavian. "Curiozităţi timişorene", November 2005. Retrieved on March 31, 2007. (in Romanian)