The official name is Caras-Severin Judet
[Krassó-Szörény Megye
(Hungarian)], a county of southwestern Romania, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at Reşiţa.
Situated on the Danube left-side, between the Southern Carpathians and the south part of the Western Carpathians.
It is bounded on the south and west by Serbia.
With 8,514 km2, it is the third largest county in Romania, after Timis and Suceava counties. It is also the county through which the Danube River enters Romania.
Habsburg
Monarchy
of
Austria,
in its
province
named
Banat.
The
county
seat,
Reşiţa,
was
founded
in 1771
and
became a
modern
industrial
center
during
the
Austrian
occupation.
The area
received
considerable
attention
due to
its
mines
industry.
In 1855,
the
entire
Banat
area,
with its
supplies
of
mineral
deposits
and
timber,
was
transferred
from the
Austrian
Treasury
to an
Austrian
and
French
mining
and
railroad
company
named
StEG.
StEG
built
the
Oraviţa-Baziaş
line—Romania's
oldest
railroad
track.
Caraş-Severin County has 2 municipalities: Caransebeș & Reşiţa; 6 towns: (Anina,
Băile Herculane, Bocşa, Moldova Nouă, Oraviţa, Oţelu Roşu and 69 villages:
Caransebeș
Municipality
Karansebesch
(German)
Karánsebes
(Hungarian)
Karanšebeš (Serbian, Kroatien)
Caransebeș, Romania (Official)
Facts & Finds
Caransebeș is a city located at the junction of the two rivers Timiș and Sebeș, the latter coming from the Țarcu Mountains. To the west, it is in direct contact with the Banat Hills. It is an important railroad node, being located approximately 40 km away from Reșița, 21 km from Oțelu Roșu, 70 km from Hațeg and about 25 km from the Muntele Mic ski resort, in the Țarcu Mountains.
1872
Caransebes became a town.
Caransebes was of strategic importance on the former Austrian military frontier.
Karansebesch (Josephinische Landaufnahme)
Anuarul "Socec"al
României-mari
Library of
Congress
Online
Catalog
Caras-Severin
Judet,
Romanian
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1269)
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Caransebeş
A city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County, in the Banat region. Its 2004 population was 83,985. - capital city; population: 86,383 (2006)
The town was referenced to in the conscription acts of 1717 under the name of Retziza.
On 3 July 1771, it became an important metal-manufacturing center in the region. The foundation of the industrial Reșița were laid with the establishment of factories near the villages of Reșița Română (Reschiza Kamerală or Oláh Resitza) and Reșița Montană (Eisenwerk Reschitza, Német(h) Reschitza or Resiczbánya).
Reșița Montană was at first inhabited by Romanians, and later, in 1776, 70 German families settled there.
Between 1880 and 1941, Germans were the dominant population in the city, with as many of them as 12,096 residing here in 1941, as opposed to 9,453 Romanians, and 1861 Hungarians living here in the same year.
