Lenauheim

Lenauheim
—  Commune  —
Lenauheim
Coordinates: 45°52′N 20°48′E / 45.867°N 20.8°E / 45.867; 20.8
Country	Romania
County	Timiş County
Government
– Mayor	Ilie Suciu (Democratic Liberal Party)
Population (2002)[1]	5,676
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Lenauheim (official since 1926; also called Schadat, Schaddat and Tschatad in German; Hungarian: Csatád; Romanian: Cetad, Cetat) is a commune in Timiş County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bulgăruş, Grabaţ and Lenauheim.

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 ca. 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	Roma	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

• Mureck, Steiermark, Austria

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

1. ^ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
2. ^ 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.

This article incorporates information from the revision as of July 5, 2011 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

Coordinates: 45°52′N 20°48′E / 45.867°N 20.8°E / 45.867; 20.8