Lenauheim

Lenauheim
Commune
Lenauheim
Coordinates: 45°52′N 20°48′E / 45.867°N 20.800°E / 45.867; 20.800
Country	Romania
County	Timiș
Government
• Mayor	Ilie Suciu (Democratic Liberal Party)
Population (2002)^[1]	5,676
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Lenauheim is a commune in Timiș County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bulgăruș, Grabaț and Lenauheim.

Name

The name Lenauheim is official since 1926. It was also called Cetad or Cetat in Romanian; Schadat, Schaddat or Tschatad in German; and Csatád in Hungarian. Bulgăruș is called Bogarosch in German and Bogarós in Hungarian. The German name for Grabaț is Grabatz, while in Hungarian, it is Garabos.

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 c. 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	Romani	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

Mureck, Steiermark, Austria

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

Hans Wolfram Hockl
Nikolaus Lenau

References

↑ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
↑ Varga E. Census statistics of ethnicity in the Timis County, 1880 - 1992

External links

Satul Lenauheim
Situl oficial al comunei
Sit alternativ al primăriei
Imagine a bisericii din Lenauheim
(German) lenauheim.ro Sit în limba germană al locuitorilor din Lenauheim
(German) Lenauheim.de
(Romanian) Anuarul Socec al României Mari, 1924-1925 - de la Biblioteca Congresului S.U.A.

Timiș County, Romania

Cities	Timișoara (county seat) Lugoj

Towns	Buziaș Ciacova Deta Făget Gătaia Jimbolia Recaș Sânnicolau Mare

Communes	Balinț Banloc Bara Bârna Beba Veche Becicherecu Mic Belinț Bethausen Biled Birda Bogda Boldur Brestovăț Bucovăț Cărpiniș Cenad Cenei Checea Chevereșu Mare Comloșu Mare Coșteiu Criciova Curtea Darova Denta Dudeștii Noi Dudeștii Vechi Dumbrava Dumbrăvița Fârdea Fibiș Foeni Gavojdia Ghilad Ghiroda Ghizela Giarmata Giera Giroc Giulvăz Gottlob Iecea Mare Jamu Mare Jebel Lenauheim Liebling Livezile Lovrin Margina Mașloc Mănăștiur Moravița Moșnița Nouă Nădrag Nițchidorf Ohaba Lungă Orțișoara Otelec Parța Pădureni Peciu Nou Periam Pesac Pietroasa Pișchia Racovița Remetea Mare Sacoșu Turcesc Saravale Satchinez Săcălaz Sânandrei Sânmihaiu Român Sânpetru Mare Secaș Șag Șandra Știuca Teremia Mare Tomești Tomnatic Topolovățu Mare Tormac Traian Vuia Uivar Variaș Vălcani Victor Vlad Delamarina Voiteg

Coordinates: 45°52′N 20°48′E / 45.867°N 20.800°E / 45.867; 20.800

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