Welcome to County Caraş-Severin in the Banat region of Romania! Discover historic Reşiţa and surrounding villages, and understand the rich Banat culture unfolding in beautiful CarasSeverin. Rest Romania will help you find the perfect hotel or B&B in our Caraş-Severin Accommodation section, or a guest house or pensiune in a village nestled in the mountains. Explore all of Caraş-Severin from Reşiţa to Caransebeş and the delightful towns of Anina, spa resort of Băile Herculane, as well as Bocşa, Moldova Nouă, Oraviţa near the Iron Gates, Oţelu Roşu, and the fun communes of Agadici, Ocna de Fier, and Mehadia!
Travel by rental car or tour bus and train through the Caraş-Severin region of Banat in Romania. Hotels in Reşiţa are well-priced, and great travel and tourism activities from shopping, to exploring the villages, folk art, castles, mountains and forests. See all of County Caraş-Severin, from Reşiţa to Caransebeş and the delightful towns of Anina, spa resort of Băile Herculane, as well as Bocşa, Moldova Nouă, Oraviţa near the Iron Gates, Oţelu Roşu, and the fun communes of Agadici, Ocna de Fier, and Mehadia!
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County Caraş-Severin is the eastern sister county
more populous County
Timiş, both of which make up the Banat Region.
Caraş-Severin is actually the third-largest county
in Romania and makes up the eastern section of the historical Banat region
which extends into modern-day Serbia.
Reşiţa and Caransebeş are the two cities in the
county, along with the smaller towns of Anina,
Băile Herculane, Bocşa, Moldova Nouă, Oraviţa, and Oţelu Roşu.
Major communes of note are Agadici, Ocna de Fier and Mehadia.
Recent archaeological discoveries show that the
area has been populated since at least the Paleolithic era. The county
capital Reşiţa was founded in 1771 and became a modern industrial centre
during the Austrian occupation.
The county is populated with many museums including
The County Museum of History, host to important archaeological exhibits of
mining and metallurgy
Ocna de Fier Mineralogical Collection
See how Caraş-Severin rocks
at the Constantin Gruiescu Mineralogical
Collection in the town of Ocna de Fier.
Festivals
The county is also the host to regional daffodil
and lilac festivals in the Spring.
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County Caraş-Severin is bordered by Hundedoara
in Transilvania, and by counties Gorj and Mehedinţi
in Oltenia
on it's eastern and south-eastern border.
To the north is fellow Banatian county Timiş.
The nation of Serbia is to the south-west, continuing
the Banat region (formerly a country)
with the Vojvodina Autonomous Province in the West,
and South Banat okrug, Bor District and Braničevo District to the south.
It is the third-largest Romanian county, at 8,514
km˛, after Suceava and Timiş. The Danube River enters Romania in
Caraş-Severin.
The mountains make up to 67% of the county's
surface. They are part of the Southern Carpathians and there are three
groups: the Banat Mountains, the Ţarcu-Godeanu Mountains and the Cernei
Mountains, with heights between 600 and 2100 m. The western side of the
county consists of the transition hills between the mountains and the
Banat Plain.
The Danube enters Romania close to Baziaş and forms
de border with Serbia. Also the rivers Timiş, Cerna, Caraş and Nera cross
the county, some of them through spectacular valleys and gorges.
Demographics
In 2002, it had a population of 333,219 and the
population density was 39/km˛, and the county is also part of the
Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.
The majority of the population are Romanians.
There are also Hungarians, Germans, Serbs, Krashovans, Bulgarians and
Rromas (Gypsies).
This website is a
general tourist guide, designed to help English-speaking tourists
understand Romania, and as such, provides historical
information for the interest of our traveller readers. History
can be a contentious issue, and we welcome input where readers think
clarification or correction is advisable. Please
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if you have questions or comments about anything in this history
section.
Semenic Mountains
Habsburg Beginnings
In 1718 County Caraş-Severin
was included by the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria
in the province also named Banat. The area received considerable
attention for the vast and rich mines that pocked the countryside, turning
this undeveloped area into a major mining center.
Romanian Region Railroaded
In 1855, the entire Banat area, and therefore the
supply of mineral deposits and timber, were transferred from the Austrian
Treasury to an Austrian and French mining and railroad company named STEG.
STEG introduced the Oraviţa-Baziaş line to the area, the first railroad in
Romania.
After World War I, STEG, Banat and most other
Austro-Hungarian properties were disbanded and the area was taken over by
a company named UDR. When the Soviets arrived in 1949, it brought
enormous upheaval to the area, leading the newly communist state to
declare the nationalization of the industries and specifically the
Sovietization of UDR. Currently, the industries are slowly coming to
terms with the independence granted them in 1989 with the resignation of
Nicolae Ceauşescu.
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