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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 ...
TM. 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.
Sciences Po. University of York. Website. www .dominicprimar .ro. Dominic Samuel Fritz (born 28 December 1983) is a German -born politician who serve as the mayor of Timișoara since 2020, following the latest Romanian local elections. A member of the Save Romania Union, he is the only mayor in Romania without Romanian citizenship.
Union Square ( Romanian: Piața Unirii ), also known as Dome Square ( Romanian: Piața Domului ), is the oldest square in Timișoara. [1] It was named in honor of the Romanian troops that entered Timișoara on 3 August 1919 and established the Romanian administration, thus finalizing the union of Banat with Romania. [2]
The Old Town Hall was built between 1731 and 1734, after the conquest of Timișoara by the Austrians, when the German colonists settled here asked the authorities for their own town hall. [1] This is how the German Town Hall ( German: Deutsches Rathaus) appeared, also called the New Town Hall ( German: Neues Rathaus) to differentiate it from ...
1883 – June 5: The Orient Express Train is launched, passing through Banat: Szeged – Kikinda – Jimbolia –Timișoara– Caransebeş – Orşova. 1886 – Set up of the "Ambulance" service of Timișoara. This is the first ambulance station in Hungary and today Romania. 1891 – The first permanent museum is opened in Timișoara.
The Romanian National Opera ( Romanian: Opera Națională Română) is a public opera and ballet institution in Timișoara, Romania. Subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, it is one of the four national opera companies of Romania. [1] The Romanian National Opera was established by royal decree no. 254 of 30 March 1946, issued by King Michael I.
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]