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 Timişoara

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 In County Timiş
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/\  Timişoara  Lugoj

 

Timişoara in County Timiş
 
County Timiş is in the Banat region

 Timişoara in County Timiş

Timişoara, with over 300,000 people, is in the top five largest cities in Romania. It is a large economic as well as cultural centre in Banat in the west of the country. Gaslights in Timişoara

Timişoara is a multicultural city with influential minorities, primarily Hungarians, Germans, and Serbs, as well as Italians, Bulgarians, and Greeks. It was the birthplace of Johnny Weissmuller (an Olympic swimmer, best known for his role as Tarzan).

Little Vienna

The downtown heart of Timişoara is indeed a cultural wonderland of Viennese style buildings constructed at the height of the Habsburg Empire.

The centre of the city was built to serve as the regional administrative capital for the twin crowns of Habsburg Vienna and Budapest, after the city was "rescued" in 1716 from the 164-year Turkish administration of the region.    Most of the buildings downtown today were built during the Austro-Hungarian period, making Timişoara an essential stop for any fan of 18th and 19th century central European architecture.

Research and Technology

Timişoara is an important university city with the emphasis subjects like medicine, mechanics and electro-technology. An industrial city with extensive services.

It was the first European city to be lit by electric street lamps in 1884.  It was also the second European and the first city in what is now Romania with horse-pulled trams in 1867.
There are numerous claims that Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, built one of Timişoara's footbridges over the Bega canal.

 

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 Timişoara's Bega Canal 
Photo: webshots
The Union Square Old Town Hall
Facing Piaţa Unirii in the middle of Timişoara is the city's delightful heart with cobbled walkways and lawns
Facing Piata Unirii 
 
 
The Timişoara town centre
Timişoara Union Square
The Fabulously Baroque Town Centre

The Timişoara main square

The Timişoara Cathedral
Beautiful gilding on the alter at Timişoara's Orthodox Cathedral at Victory Plaza (Piaţa Victoriei)
The Cathedral at Timişoara
Photo: Lady in Red
The Cathedral at Timişoara
Photo: Lilbaytaay
The Baroque Castle 
Now housing the Art collection of the Banat Museum 
The Baroque Castle and Art Museum of Banat
 
The Huniade Castle 
An oil painting by Ştefan Jäger (1877-1962)
Huniade Castle, Ştefan Jäger (1877-1962)
Roman Marble Relief
A second-century Mithraic scene from the local religion favoured by the locals of the day.  Read more here
Stone Tablet from Roman Days

A Great Town on Foot! 

No need for transportation to take in 80% of the great sights around downtown Timişoara, because the town is considerately laid out across a series of open squares, all within the circular downtown district.

Timişoara benefitted greatly from the urban planning expertise of the incoming Habsburg government in the early 1700s, and both the squares and remaining buildings are a testiment to their smart designs.

The Old Quarters 

The old city area of Timişoara is consisted of historic city quarters with several historic squares and promenades, such as:

  • Cetate (Belváros in Hungarian, Innere-Stadt in German)
  • Iosefin (Józsefváros, Josephstadt)
  • Elisabetin (Erzsébetváros, Elisabethstadt)
  • Fabric (Gyárváros, Fabrikstadt)
      Numerous bars, clubs and restaurants have opened in the old center, in the fine old baroque square.

The Downtown Monuments 

The Cathedral of Banat 

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Banat is the main Romanian Orthodox cathedral in Timişoara.

It was built between 1937 and 1940. It is dedicated to the Three Holy Hierarchs, Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom. It has 11 towers, of which the central and the highest has a height of 96 meters.
This cathedral is a great choice if you have limited time in Timişoara or Romania, as it is home to many valuable religious objects such as old icons and early writings in Romanian, such as the 1648 Noul Testament de la Bălgrad ("The New Testament of Bălgrad") and the 1643 Metropolitan Varlaam's Homily, or Cazania lui Varlaam.
See more on the Metropolitan Cathedral of Banat  
The building's style is quite unusual among Romanian Orthodox buildings, although it is partly based on local religious tradition and partly on Byzantine architecture (the style developed by Moldavian and Byzantine artisans had transplanted and adapted).
Elements such as niches under the eaves, starry vaulting in the interior, and lacquered discs in a variety of colors, can be seen in monasteries such as Cozia or Prislop (both built in the 14th century and based on guidelines devised by the monk Nicodim of Prilep).
The church's interior and exterior paintings were created by the painter Atanasie Demian. The difficult period that followed the structure's completion (see Romania during World War II) prevented the paintings from being finished on time, so this work went on for many years after World War II

St. Georges's Catholic Cathedral 

It was not soon after the Habsburg Empire ousted the Turks that the foundation stone for this magnificent edifice was laid in 1736.

Designed by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach from Vienna, Hans Lechner continued the building from 1750.  Finished by two architects from Timişoara, Johann Theodor Kostka and Carl Alexander Steinlein in 1774.Icon from the Timişoara Art Museum
 The Dome was built in Austrian baroque style and it was dedicated to Saint George, the dioceses patron saint. The picture located at the high altar was painted by Michel Angelo Unterberger, the director of fine arts academy of Vienna, illustrating the patron saint.
The side altars were painted by Johann Nepomuk Schöpf in 1772.The precious oil-lamps were made by Josef Moser. The organ was made by Leopold Wegenstein, and it provides an impressive experience for the ears. The cathedrals bells were refurbished in Germany in 1998.
 

The Baroque Castle 

The Old Prefecture is one of the most valuable monuments from the Baroque period in all of Timişoara.   

Construction between 1752 and 1754, the building served as the residence of the regional governor for the Banat Region, which explains the rather regal emblishments found on it's detailed facade.
  The Baroc Castle Outline
After about 1779 the building was known as the County Prefect's House, and in 1885, the building was modified to change the facade and attic roof structure.   Today it houses the art section of the Banat Museum, and since 2002 has been in various stages of restoration.  
 

The Museum of Banat 

The Huniade CastleThe Huniade Castle 

Rather grandly housed in the  Huniade Castle (Castelul Huniazilor in Romanian), the museum is in the oldest monument of Timişoara, built between 1443 and 1447 by John Hunyadi.

Built over the old royal castle dating from the 14th century (built during the reign of Charles of Anjou), today you'll find the History Section and the Natural Sciencies Section of Timişoara's Banat Museum.

The Banat Museum is divided into three exhibit bodies, being History, Natural Science, and Archeology, with a separate Restoration and Conservation section. 

In 2006, the Art Section was renamed the Timişoara Art Museum (Muzeul de Artă Timişoara), and the Ethnography collection was consolidated into the Timişoara Village Museum (Muzeul Satului Timişoara).   All are favourites of school groups so aim for a rainy weekend day for a bit more quiet.

History Museum 

The History Museum was constructed under the asupices of the History and Archeology Society founded in 1872.   Over the years, the museum was headquartered in different locations, and was moved to the Huniade Castle in 1947.   
The highlight of the history section centres on the history of the Banat region, covering the entire swath of time from prehistoric times to the present.  Principal collections are structured into archeological exhibits, numismatic displays, as well as a section on cartography.

The Collection of Musical Memoirs 

It's a combined science of museology, library and book collecting often not encountered in the west, that of memoirism, or "memorialistică" in Romanian.

Founded in 1975 as an integrated part of the History section of the museum, the Memoirs Sector contains a wealth of over 20,000 documents and object, about 90% of which are related to the life and the creative processes behind the music of Banat.  
The large part of the collection is made up of documents donated and obtained from Romanian and ethnic minorities of the region, from Banat musicians Sabin Drăgoi, Iosif Velceanu, Hermann Klee, Filaret Barbu and Vadim Şumski amongst many others.  

Some of the displays include the actual musical instruments, as well as personal objects, posters, concert programs, photographs, books, letters and more.  

The collection is greatly enriched with items associated with the Timişoara Philharmonic Society in the second half of the 19th century, many donated by the Musician's Friends society, and from the Hungarian Choir, the Vidu Choir from nearby Lugoj, and form the Banatian Romanian Choir and Brass Band Association (al Asociaţiei Corurilor şi Fanfarelor Române din Banat).

The Dacians and the Romans

Today's Timişoara was in the lower marshlands during Roman occupation of their Dacian provinces, and the whole region was a crossroads between the Panonian provinces and the Moeisia provinces to the south and east. 

A great weatlh of Dacian and Roman artifacts is contained in the archeological collections of the Banat Museum, in the permanent display on the Dacian-Romaan period.  These displays draw from metal and glass works from Tibiscum, pottery from Ramna, Pojejena, Mehadia, as well as Tibiscum and Gornea. The Carpathian Stag in a Banatian forest clearing
The mysterious Mithraic spiritual culture of the lower classes and soldiers of the mostly Romanised Dacians from the second to fifth centuries is shown through finds from the digs at Timişoara-Friedorf, Moldova Veche, and Greoni, with quite a few vases, customary household metal objects, glass, pewter and clay jewellery.  
Migrations through the third to thirteenth centuries through what is today's Romania are represented in a huge map with associated archeological finds and photographs from sites around Romania.

The Critters of Banat 

Alot of time, effort and money went into the Natural Sciences section of the Banat museum, which features permanent exhibits on Banatian wildlife and plants, the evolution of man and animals, and minerology. 

Butterfly of the Arctiidae Family from BanatThe Natural Science section holds over 50,000 catalogued pieces, with the more important and impressive specifimens finding their ways into the displays on rocks and minerals, paleoentology, butterflies, beetles, molusks, birds and other creepy-crawlies.  
The diaramas are quite well done, featuring mostly deer, wolves, geese, weasels, wild cats, and tree martins, all intertwined with local pines and other flora of the marshy plains and low mountains which frame The Banat to the north and east. 

Telefon: +40 (256) 491339   Fax: +40 (256) 201321  
Email the Museum Here   Museums of the Banat open daily except Mondays, 10am - 4pm

For more great things to do, see also County Timiş and the Banat region

 

Listed below are some local agents who can help you with bookings and organize local tours in the Timişoara area.

Sfara Tours, Str.Ciprian Porumbescu nr. 19, in Timişoara
Check in with Corina at Sfara Tours -- they will pick you up at the Timişoara International Airport and deliver you to your hotel as part of your tour package with them!  Check out their great tours here!
+40 (256) 433.333  FAX: +40 (256) 433 333
Nitti Tour, Str.Corbului nr 7C in Timişoara
 
Via Club, Bd.Republicii nr.6 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 194.444  
Unita Tour, Str. Acad. Al. Borza nr. 1 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 295.833  FAX: +40 (256) 400 854
Ultramarian, Str. Paris nr.3 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 49.97.06  FAX: +40 (256) 49.97.06
Turism Banatul, Str. Marasesti nr.7 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 29.26.06  FAX: +40 (256) 29 26 36
Tramp Travel Holidays International, Bd.Republicii nr.6 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 499.409  FAX: +40 (256) 499 409
Tiriac Travel, Str. Eugeniu de Savoya, nr. 7 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 43.54.14  FAX: +40 (256) 43 54 20
Student Adventure, Str.Lascar Catargiu ( fosta Alexandru Lazar), nr.2, bl.15, sc.B, et.1, camera 12[in complexul studentesc], in Timişoara
+40 (256) 240.042  FAX: +40 (256) 240 042
Secret Tourism, Str.Ciprian Porumbescu nr 19 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 27.08.27  FAX: +40 (256) 27 08 27
Rialto Tours, Bd. General Ion Dragalina nr.21 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 200.577  FAX: +40 (256) 200 068
Eximtur (Timiş), Str.Aristide Demetriade nr.1, Mall Timisoara, parter magazin BA 64, in Timişoara
+40 (256) 247.613  FAX: +40 (256) 247 613
Recreation, Calea Martirilor nr.1 AB in Timişoara
+40 (256) 49.14.80  FAX: +40 (256) 29 43 93
Peter Turism, Miron Costin nr. 4 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 29.32.44  FAX: +40 (256) 293 299
Paralela 45, Str. Mercy nr. 3 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 22.10.25  
Veramir International - Travel Agency, Str.V.Vlad Delamarina nr.1 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 494.523  FAX: +40 (256) 201.500
Merci, Pta. Sf. Gheorghe in Timişoara
+40 (356) 101.745  FAX: +40 (256) 499 450
Mareea, Str.E.Ungureanu nr.9 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 431.005  
Kusadasi, Strada Regiment 5 Vanatori, Nr 1, Ap. 5 (langa Piata Unirii), in Timişoara
+40 (256) 43.20.55  
Kartago Tours (Timiş), Str. Trandafirilor nr.13, ap. 9-10 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 29.30.60  
J'info Tours (Timişoara), Str.Eugeniu de Savoya nr.10 in Timişoara
0258-430.287  FAX: +40 (256) 430 287
Jade Turism, Scuar Martir Radian Belici nr.1 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 295.017  FAX: +40 (256) 295 016
Gts Intl (Timişoara), Casa Tineretului , Str.Aries nr.19 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 435.210  FAX: +40 (256) 435 210
Group-Tex Tour, Str. Paris nr. 3 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 294.299  FAX: +40 (256) 294 299
Gerroma Tour (Timişoara), Spl. Tudor Vladimirescu, nr.8, ap.11 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 270.545  
Eximtur (Timişoara), Str. Piata Victoriei nr. 2 in Timişoara
0246-492.958  FAX: +40 (256) 492 958
Novatouring Turism, Str.Bocsa nr.4 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 43.57.99  FAX: +40 (256) 43 57 99
Eureka Reisen, Str. Lucian Blaga nr 2 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 433.333  
Escape Travel, P-ta Unirii nr.4 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 435.529  
Comati Psg, Bd.General Dragalina nr.24 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 293.974  FAX: +40 (256) 305 688
Colibri, Str. C.D.Loga nr.2 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 49.40.74  
Classicom, Divizia 9 Cavalerie - Centrul Comercial Terra in Timişoara
+40 (256) 20.14.72  FAX: +40 (256) 20 14 72
Caveman Travel, Ana Ipatescu nr 17 Ap3 Sc A in Timişoara
+40 (256) 241.864  
Cardinal, Str.Piatra Craiului nr.3 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 491.011  
Business Tour, Str.Gheorghe Lazar nr.9 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 303.472  
Business Travel, Str. Lascar Catargiu, nr. 2, bl. 15, sc. B, ap. 15 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 492.368  FAX: +40 (256) 492 368
Bega Turism, Str.Marasesti nr.1-3 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 498.862  FAX: +40 (256) 306 424
Aerotravel Lufthansa City Center, Bd. Republicii nr. 4 in Timişoara
256 292 960  FAX: +40 (256) 292 958
Abc Travel, str. Vulturilor 2/11 in Timişoara
+40 (256) 120004  FAX: +40 (040) 256) 120004
Redona Travel, Bd. Cetatii nr.1/1, sc.C, ap.3 in Timişoara
 +40 (256) 49.83.35  FAX: +40 (256) 49 83 35
2mm Tour, Str.Mercy nr.4 in Timişoara
 +40 (256) 432.164  FAX: +40 (256) 432 184
Neotravel, Str.Lucian Blaga nr.3 in Timişoara
  +40 (256) 43.11.53  FAX: +40 (256) 43 11 48
Turism Dacia, Str. Cuza Voda nr.1 in Timişoara
 +40 (256) 35.43.43  FAX: +40 (256) 35 06 71
Romania Services Vacances, Str.Lucian Blaga nr.2/ Piata Victoriei in Timişoara
 +40 (256) 294.689  FAX: +40 (256) 294 689
Varbittour Travel Agency, Str. Alba Iulia nr.2 in Timişoara
 +40 (256) 33.14.00  FAX: +40 (256) 22 14 01
Fantasy Travel, Str.1 Decembrie Nr.5 in Timişoara
 +40 (256) 201.073  FAX: +40 (256) 201 073
Sc Autotim Sa, Bv. Iuliu Maniu nr. 54 in Timişoara
 +40 (256) 246.596  FAX: +40 (246) 493 471
Group-Tex, Str. Paris nr. 3 in Timişoara
 +40 (256) 200.119  
Samex, Str. 3 August 1919, nr.23 in Timişoara
  +40 (256) 432.324  
Cfr Travel Timisoara, Str. General Dragalina nr.49 in Timişoara
  +40 (256) 29.28.69  
Agentia de Voiaj Timisoara, Str. Macesilor nr.3 in Timişoara
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 +40 (256) 220534  
 

 

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Transportation

   
   

Romania's Number Two Air Hub

Carpatair SAAB 2000 at Timişoara
Carpatair SAAB 2000 over Timişoara
The ATC Tower at Timişoara
Timişoara Airport

Timişoara Airlines:

Malev Hungarian Airlines (MA) (Budapest)
Lufthansa (LH) (Munich)
Austrian Airlines (OS) (Vienna)

Skyteam 

Alitalia (AZ) (Milan)

Romanian Airlines:

Tarom (RO)
Carpatair (V3)
Moldavian (2M)

Other Regionals:

Alpi Eagles (E8)
Volare (VE)
Farnair Hungary (FAH)
ABC Air Hungary (AHU)

The city is served by Romania's second-busiest airport, Traian Vuia International Airport, just 10km from the city center.

It is the hometown hub of the Romania's second-largest airline, Carpatair. There are regular flights from and to all major European and domestic destinations.
The airport is 12km northeast of Timişoara along the E70 highway, near Ghiroda village, and car hire is available at the airport and at some downtown offices (see Rental Cars below), but most tour companies will arrange transport to your downtown hotel or other onward arrangements.   Bus 26 also will get you into town if you don't have too much luggage.  

Nine One-Stops to Timişoara

If you're flying from North America, you can benefit from nine single-stop flights through major European air centers.

Fly to your choice of Paris, Frankfurt, Rome, Vienna or Budapest and connect to your direct flight to Timişoara.  Or, you can also connect via Munich, Milan, Prague or even Athens from your North American flight.

Timişoara is the perfect starting point for your travel across Romania, with over ten short flights to all of the major tour areas.

Timişoara serves 11 domestic destinations in Romania, with non-stop flights to  Bacău, Iaşi, Bucharest (Baneasa and Otopeni), Oradea,  Sibiu, Cluj, Suceava, Constanţa, Târgu, Mureş, and Craiova; with connecting flights to Baia Mare and Suceava.   Timişoara's air traffic is only growing, with new international routes added in 2008 by Carpatair, including Kiev and Odessa in Ukraine, Bari in Italy, and Thessaloniki in Greece.
Timişoara Train Map

By Train

Timişoara is similarly well-served by international and domestic rail lines, being a natural regional centre for train travel due to it's location at the intersection of 3 countries and 3 domestic regions.

Travel through the best of the Habsburg Empire, travelling through the capital cities of Vienna and Budapest on your way to Timişaora, or come into Romania via Belgrade if your coming from Serbia or points to the south-west.    Check out train schedules to and from Timişoara on the CFR website
 

 Rental Cars in Timişoara

If you're driving into Romania from Belgrade (Serbia), Timişoara is 150km or 2˝ hours away by car, and from Budapest (Hungary), 320km along some good freeways.

Renting a car can make alot of sense in Romania, with a reasonable road network and several European graded routes through the country. 
 Timişoara Streets, Easy to Navigate!Timişoara in particular offers great road connections to the north to Arad and Oradea, as well as routes to the east and the wide Wallachian Plains.  See our Map section here for more, and our Guide to Driving in Romania for more information.

Listed below are car rental locations in the Timişoara area.

Timişoara Downtown, Str. FC Ripensia in Timişoara
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  +1(800) 331 1212   +44 (844) 581 0147   +40 723 623309  
Timişoara International Airport, Timişoara in Timişoara
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  +1(800) 331 1212   +44 (844) 581 0147   +40 (256) 203234  
Timişoara International Airport, Timişoara in Timişoara
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  +1(800) 527 0700   +44 (8445) 81 22 01   +40 723 055168  
Timişoara Downtown, Str. Gheorghe Lazăr, nr.9 in Timişoara
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  +1(877) 940 6900   +44 (845) 758 5375   +40 (256) 303486  FAX: +40 (256) 201107
Timişoara International Aiport, Str. Aeroportului, nr.2 in Timişoara
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  +1(877) 940 6900   +44 (845) 758 5375   +40 (256) 386084  FAX: +40 (256) 386084
Continental Hotel, B-dul Revoluţiei 1989, nr.5 in Timişoara
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  +1(800) 654 3131   +44 (8708) 44 88 44   +40 (256) 492211  FAX: +40 (256) 492909
Timişoara International Airport, Terminalul Sosiri Str. Aeroport, nr.1 in Timişoara
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  +1(800) 847 4389   +44 (1494) 751 540   +40 (256) 386013  FAX: +40 (256) 386013
SIXTSixt Timişoara International Airport, Terminalul Sosiri Str. Aeroport, nr.1 in Timişoara
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  +1(888) SIXTCAR    +44 (0870) 1 567 567     +40 (256) 386074  Buc: (21) 350 4860   FAX: +40 (256) 386074
 

Also in Timişoara Airport: 

City Car +40 (256) 386-090    TopRent:  +40 (721) 720760   EMail TopRent 
 

See our driving section for tips on Driving in Romania!

 
 

 Geography

Localities in the Western Timiş and Bega Canal area:
Timişoara  Sânnicolau Mare  Gherman  Jamu Mare  Moraviţa  Stamora Germană  Partoş  Denta  Şemlacu Mare  Gătaia  Vanloc  Birda  Deta  Şipet  Folea  Voiteg  Giera  Livezile  Ghilad  Rudna  Ciacova  Liebling  Bierini  Jebel  Peciu Nou  Otelec  Iohanisfeld  Giulvăz  Foieni  Cruceni  Tormac  Gelu  Bărăteaz  B. Călacea  Orţişoara  Alioş  Maşloc  Charlotenburg  Călacea  Secaeni  Remetea Mică  Nadăş  Bencecu de Sus  Ianova  Biled  Carani  Sânandrei  Murani  Pişcoia  Giarmata  Remetea Mare  Recaş  Ghiroda  Moşniţa Nouă  Sârbova  Giroc  Sacoşu Turcesc  Chevereşu Mare  Şag  Parţa  Săcălaz  Diniaş  Sânmihaiu Român  Beregsău Mare  Becicherecu Mic  Dumbrăviţa  Uivar  Cenei  Checea  Cărpiniş  Jimbolia  Iecea Mare  Comloşu Mare  Lenauheim  Şandra  Satchinez  Teremia Mare  Gottlob  Lovrin  Variaş  Tomnatic  Nerău  Sânpetru Mare  Saravale  Secusigiu  Periam  Igriş  Dudeştii Vechi  Cenad  Cherestur  Beba Veche 

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 Population

The municipality of Timişoara has a population of 317,660 (2002 Census). Ethnic composition:
  • Romanians: 271,677 (85.52%)
  • Hungarians: 24,302 (7.65%)
  • Germans: 7,157 (2.25%)
  • Serbs: 6,311 (1.98%)
  • Rroma: 3,062 (0.96%)
  • Bulgarians: 1,218 (0.38%)
  • Others:  3,926
 
 
 

Communications

Dialling Timişoara

All of the phone numbers in Timişoara start with (256) or (356), depending on whether the service is through the old state-run operator RomTelecom, or from one of the newer entrants into the market in Romania.

Dialling into anywhere in County Timiş, you must remove any leading zero from the county code portion of the phone number, so that (0256) becomes (256).   Dialling a mobile number (Vodaphone, Zapp, Orange, Cosmote, etc), you do the same, dropping the zero from the (07XX) part of the number, to make it (7XX).   Both landlines and mobiles have 6 digits following the initial county code. 
 For full dialling information and a chart of county codes, see our Dialling Romania section here

Timişoara HotSpots

We're hoping to extend this list in the near future. 

If you know something about HotSpots in Timişoara, please let us know, thanks!
Van Graph KFe (Cafe), Str. Matei Corvin at Unification Square in Timişoara  Spaced out place, hosts to annual concerts and events.  

 

The Iulius Mall
Even in the Banat region of Romania, there is at least one you-could-be-anywhere mall, just to give you that feeling of home!

Listed below are some local hotels, guesthouses (B&Bs) and other accommodation in the Timişoara area.

Hotel BellaVista, Str. Victoriei Nr. 1 in Deta
(256) 391355  
Hotel Club Senator, Calea Lugojului 7 in Ghiroda
(256) 225463  FAX: (256) 289266 
Motel Petrom, DN 69, km 18+0,8 in Ortisoara
(256) 205127  
Hotel Zoppas INN, Drumul Cenadului 31-37 in Sânnicolau Mare
(256) 303909  
Hotel Yellow, str. Vălenii de Munte, nr.17 in Timişoara
(256) 270171  FAX: (256) 270170 
Hotel Tristar, Str. Arieş nr. 19 in Timişoara
(256) 480181  
Hotel Reghina Blue, Str. Cozia, nr.51-53 in Timişoara
(256) 407299  
Pensiunea Valery I, str. Lidia nr. 140A in Timişoara
(2256) 291790  
Pensiunea Valery II, Str. Gheorghe Stavrescu, nr.3 in Timişoara
(256) 439406  
Hotel La Residenza, Str. Independenţei 14 in Timişoara
(256) 401080  FAX: (256) 401079 
Hotel Tresor, Str. Aleea Girodei nr. 32 in Timişoara
(256) 228754  FAX: (256) 228755 
Hotel Timişoara, Str. Mărăşeşti, nr.1-3 in Timişoara
Hotel Timisoara, with its elegant style and functionality offers you a warm atmosphere, all the conveniences and facilities you would expect .
(256) 498851  
Hotel Sydney, Str. Horia, nr.110 in Timişoara
(256) 293280  
Hotel Reghina, Str. Cozia, nr.91 in Timişoara
(256) 491166  FAX: (256) 491166 
Hotel President, Str. Dinu Lipatti, nr.25 in Timişoara
(256) 293797  FAX: (256) 294945 
Hotel Nord, B-dul General Dragalina, nr.47 in Timişoara
(256) 497504  
Hotel Neon, Calea Aradului, nr.85 in Timişoara
(356) 807600  
Hotel Lido, Bd. Iosif Bulbuca nr. 18-20 in Timişoara
(256) 407373  FAX: (256) 407374 
Hotel Excelsior, Str. Romulus nr. 36 in Timişoara
(256) 303304  
Pensiunea Dominique & Nathalie, Str. Mureş, nr. 57 in Timişoara
Hotel Dominique & Nathalie is the ideal hotel in Timisoara for tourists coming to Timişoara.
(256) 465262  
Hotel North Star Continental Resort, B-dul Revoluţiei 1989, nr.5 in Timişoara
(256) 494144  FAX: (256) 494145 
Hotel Senator, Calea Lugojului, DN 6 in Timişoara
(256) 225463  
Hotel Central, Str. Nikolaus Lenau, nr.6 in Timişoara
(256) 490091  
Hotel Boavista, Str. Sportivilor Nr. 7A in Timişoara
(256) 309409  FAX: (256) 309410 
Hotel Arizona, Str. Muzicescu, nr.169 in Timişoara
(256) 439410  FAX: (256) 439410 
Hotel Apollo, Calea Aradului nr.58 in Timişoara
(256) 494384  FAX: (256) 215500 
Hotel 2000, Calea Dorobanţilor nr. 94 in Timişoara
(256) 287576  FAX: (256) 287578 
Hotel Euro, Str. Mehadia, nr.5 in Timişoara
(256) 201253  FAX: (256) 221444 
Hotel Doria, Str. Moldovei nr. 10 in Timişoara
(256) 207837  FAX: (256) 207837 
Hotel Cina Banatul, B-dul Republicii nr. 4-5, in Timişoara
(256) 490130  FAX: (256) 490130 
Pensiunea Casa del Sole, Str. Romulus, nr.12 in Timişoara
(256) 306433  FAX: (256) 306432 
Hotel Best Western Ambassador, Str. Mangalia nr. 3 in Timişoara
(256) 306880  FAX: (256) 306881 
Pensiunea Venus, B-dul Liviu Rebreanu, nr.61 in Timişoara
(256) 275090  
Pensiunea Vlad 1, Str. 1 Decembrie, nr.56 in Timişoara
(256) 489987  FAX: (256) 489988 
Vila Sara, Str. Chisoda Izlaz, nr.15 in Timişoara
(356) 109005  
Pensiunea Elena, Str. Oraviţa in Timişoara
(256) 282900  
Hotel Perla 4, Str. Turgheniev, nr.9 in Timişoara
(256) 203100  
Pensiunea Cătălin, Calea urseni, nr.21/A in Timişoara
(256) 222172  
Hotel Perla 1, Str. Petre Râmneteanu, nr.11 in Timişoara
(256) 495201  
Hotel Boca Junior, Str. Simion Barnuţiu 29 in Timişoara
(256) 287828  
 
 

See also County Timiş for accommodation in other nearby towns

The area code for County Timiş is (256) or (356)

Early Timişoara History

Mostly Schwabian Germans 
For much of it's history, Timişoara was a mostly German enclave surrounded by Hungarian and Serbian populations
 
The Austrian Hungarian Empire, 1911
 
Timişoara in the Banat Region

The Banat Region 

The Banat Region, 1918
Timişoara was the centre of the Banat (thick borders, today's borders in thin lines)
Historical Banat
Image: © REST ROMÂNIA

 In the Roman period, there was a military camp named Zambara or Zurobara in the place where Timişoara is today or in the immediate vicinity. During the time of the invasions of the nomad tribes of the Central-Asian plains, especially that of the Avars, on the site of the ruins of Zambara, a new settlement was built – Beguey.

In 1019 Timişoara was mentioned for the first time in written documents by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, although not all historians agree with this identification.
In 1154 the Arabian geographer Sarif al Idrisi mentions the city saying it's a "nice city offering a lot of riches".
The first mention of the fort of Timişoara (Castrum Temesiensis) is found in the decree of King Andrew II of Hungary dating from 1212.

Timişoara was first mentioned in the official documents as a city in 1474. It was captured by the Ottomans in 1552 and remained under Ottoman control until it was captured by Habsburg officer Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1716.

The demographic conditions of the region changed dramatically during the 167 year of Ottoman rule. In 1582 the city of Temeswar in spite of the bloody siege still has a Hungarian majority (the chief judge was István Herczegh - Preyer, Johann N.: Monographie der konigliche n Freistadt Temesvar - 1853). Later, the largest ethnic group in the city were Muslim Turks, and other smaller groups were Serbs, Jews, and Gypsies.

After the city was captured by the Habsburg Empire, the Turkish population fled and we know about 600-700 inhabitants out of which 446 were Serbs, 144 Jewish, and 35 Armenians.

According to the 1720 data, the largest ethnic group in the city were Serbs, and other smaller groups were Romanians and Jews, there were no Hungarians and Germans in the city at that time. Later, many Germans settled in the city, and they became the largest ethnic group.
The "Armenische Stadt" as a separate quarter existed until the great plague from 1738.
In 1718 the first beer factory in Transylvania was built. The first tobacco mill in today's Romania was set up in Timişoara. Between 1728 and 1771 a canal Bega was built to unite the city with the Danube river.
In 1849 Timişoara was named the capital of the Austrian crownland of Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat as the result of the Spring of Nations revolution; the province was enthically extremely diverse, with its population made out of Romanians, Germans, Serbs, and Hungarians. The crownland was abolished in 1860 and passed to Hungarian rule in 1867 with the creation of dual monarchy.
The city was also the first city in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to have public lighting using suet candles and lamps with oil and grease.

Timişoara also became the first city in Europe to have electric public lighting on the 12th of November 1884, (four years after New York City). A tram hauled by horses also came into service around this period. Meanwhile, in 1869 Timişoara was the first city to have an ambulance station in the Kingdom of Hungary.

After World War II, as result of city development, Romanians became a majority in the city. At the same time, many ethnic Germans emigrated in Germany. Timişoara's population has more than tripled over the last 50 years (it was slightly more than 90,000 at 1930 census), but the Magyars' percentage has decreased from 30% to 7.5%, the Germans from 30% to 2% and the Jews from 8% to almost 0%.
On December 16 1989 townspeople supported Hungarian Calvinist pastor László Tőkés against efforts to deport him by the Securitate, or secret police. On the 17th a popular uprising began in Timişoara against the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu. This was the beginning of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which ended the Communist regime a week later.
 
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