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Moșnița Nouă. / 45.717°N 21.333°E / 45.717; 21.333. Moșnița Nouă ( Hungarian: Mosnicatelep or Újmosnica; German: Neumoschnitz) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Albina, Moșnița Nouă (commune seat), Moșnița Veche, Rudicica and Urseni.
Timișoara (UK: / ˌ t ɪ m ɪ ˈ ʃ w ɑːr ə /, US: / ˌ t iː m iː-/, Romanian: [t i m i ˈ ʃ o̯a r a] ⓘ; German: Temeswar pronounced [ˈtɛmɛʃvaːɐ̯] ⓘ, also Temeschwar or Temeschburg; Hungarian: Temesvár pronounced [ˈtɛmɛʃvaːr] ⓘ; Serbian: Темишвар, romanized: Temišvar; see other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social ...
TL. VS. VL. VN. B. Timiș is the largest county in Romania, occupying 8,696.7 km 2, i.e. 3.65% of the country's area. [6] : 3 It is crossed by the 46th parallel north, the 21st meridian east and the 22nd meridian east. On its territory is the westernmost point of Romania, i.e. Beba Veche, at 20°15'44", in the Triplex Confinium point.
Becicherecu Mic ( Hungarian: Kisbecskerek; German: Fischdorf or Kleinbetschkerek; Serbian: Мали Бечкерек, romanized : Mali Bečkerek) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Becicherecu Mic. It also included Dudeștii Noi until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.
The total area on which the Timișoara metropolitan area extends is 1,079.54 km 2 – of which 129.27 km 2 represent the administrative territory of Timișoara, and 950.27 km 2 the area of influence of the city – occupying about 3.4% of the West development region and about 12.5% of Timiș County. [6]
1760 – Timișoara is the first town in the Empire where the public lighting using suet candles and lamps with oil and grease is introduced. 1763–1772 – Second wave of German colonization under Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. 1782–1786 – Third wave of German colonists under Emperor Joseph II.
The Victory Square ( Romanian: Piața Victoriei ), known until 1990 as the Opera Square ( Romanian: Piața Operei ), is the central square of Timișoara. It is the place where Timișoara was proclaimed on 20 December 1989 the first city free of communism in Romania. [3] It was a main boulevard, transformed into a square after the closure of the ...
St. George Square is the smallest of all three squares in the historic center of Timișoara. [2] The forerunner of today's square was built around the Jesuit Church in the 18th century, under the name of Jesuit Square, and had an irregular shape. [3] Its sides conformed to the new street plot, but the orientation of the church on the diagonal ...