Bogda
| Bogda | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
|
Charlottenburg village, the only Rundling in the Banat region | |
  Bogda | |
| Coordinates: 45°58′27″N 21°35′31″E / 45.97417°N 21.59194°E | |
| Country |
 Romania |
| County |
 Timiș |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dorel Luca (PSD) |
| Area | 78.68 km2 (30.38 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | 446 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Bogda (German: Neuhof; Hungarian: Rigósfürdő, until 1899 Bogda-Rigós) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Altringen, Bogda, Buzad, Charlottenburg, Comeat, and Sintar.
Geography
Bogda is located near the border with Arad County in the historic Banat region, about 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Timișoara.
| In Romanian | In German | In Hungarian |
|---|---|---|
| Altringen | Altringen | Kisrékas |
| Bogda | Neuhof | Rigósfürdő |
| Buzad | Buzád | |
| Charlottenburg | Charlottenburg | Charlottenburg |
| Comeat | Lichtenwald | Temeskomját |
| Sintar | Buchberg | Bükkhegy |
History
The area was first mentioned as Bagd in a 1436 deed. Part of the Habsburg Banat of Temeswar upon the 1718 Treaty of Passarowitz, the settlement appeared as Bogdan in a 1723 chart. In 1770/71 Banat Swabian colonists from Germany settled here in a place called Neuhoff. By the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, the area fell to the Kingdom of Romania.
Under its Hungarian name Bogdarigós, it was the site of a well-known health spa including a chapel and a way of the cross, which existed until the 1948 expropriations in the Socialist Republic of Romania. It later became a Young Pioneer camp and after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 developed to a resort town.
References
- ↑ Romanian census data, 2002 Archived July 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.; retrieved on March 1, 2010
Coordinates: 45°58′27″N 21°35′31″E / 45.97417°N 21.59194°E