Lenauheim

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

Lenauheim
Commune
Location in Timiș County
Lenauheim
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°52′N 20°48′E
Country Romania
CountyTimiș
Government
 • MayorIlie Suciu (PNL)
Population
 (2011)[1]
5,109
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.TM

Name

The name Lenauheim has been 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 colonist (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 around 3,200 inhabitants. In 1940 the figure was 2,400, of whom 95% were ethnic Germans. After the Second World War, the proportion of Germans fell to 50%. In 1992, out of 1,400 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 now hosts the Nikolaus Lenau Memorial House. An ethnographic collection of puppets wearing traditional Banat Swabian costumes is also on display in the museum.

Notable people

References
  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. Varga E. Census statistics of ethnicity in the Timis County, 1880 - 1992


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