Lenauheim
| Lenauheim | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
  Lenauheim | |
| Coordinates: 45°52′N 20°48′E / 45.867°N 20.800°E | |
| 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
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.
Coordinates: 45°52′N 20°48′E / 45.867°N 20.800°E