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Plopi, Timișoara
Plopi (; ), formerly known as I. G. Duca, is a district of Timișoara, Romania. Before becoming a district of Timișoara, it was an independent settlement. It was annexed to Timișoara together with Ghiroda Nouă in 1949. It has seven main streets that start from the Bega River. Local landmarks include the hydroelectic plant, the Aquatim water treatment plant, the Rudolf Walther children's village, and the Enel power transformer station. History Before 1918, most of the land was owned by née Malva Klaritz, the widow of Count László Gyürky. She apportioned the land for a fee to those who wanted it, her name appearing in the land register of Ghiroda commune until the 2000s. In the 1930 census, the localities of Ștrand-Gyürki, Cardoș, Schmidt-Szegedi, Șarta and Slavek, which will form the future district, were part of the Ghiroda commune. They separated, together with the localities of Crișan and Bogdan, on 23 September 1932 to form the commune of Ghiroda Nouă, followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadtbezirke Von Temeswar
A (; also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough". In Germany, usually only exist in a metropolis with more than 150,000 inhabitants. For example, Wattenscheid, which was a town in its own right until 1974, is now a within the city of Bochum in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia. In Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, the term ''Ortsbezirk'' is also used for districts of smaller cities. A may consist of several smaller parts: ''Stadtteile'' or ''Ortsteile''. While in some cities are only used for statistical purposes, many other have elected representatives. The tasks and responsibilities of the are laid down in the municipal codes (''Gemeindeordnungen'') of the federal states. The details, compositions etc. of the and their representatives are laid down in the municipal by-law A by-law (bye-law, by(e)law, by(e) law), is a set of rules or law establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timișoara
Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat region. From 1848 to 1860 it was the capital of the Serbian Vojvodina and the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. With 250,849 inhabitants at the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, Timișoara is the country's List of cities and towns in Romania, fifth most populous city. It is home to around 400,000 inhabitants in its Timișoara metropolitan area, metropolitan area, while the Timișoara–Arad metropolis concentrates more than 70% of the population of Timiș and Arad County, Arad counties. Timișoara is a multicultural city, home to 21 ethnic groups and 18 religious denominations. Historically, the most numerous were the Banat Swabians, Swabian Germans, Jews and Hungarians, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghiroda Nouă
Ghiroda Nouă (, also ''Erzsébetpuszta''; ) is a district of Timișoara, located in the eastern part of the city, north of the Bega Canal. Originally called Colonia Crișan (; ), it is located on the lands that, around 1750, were the rice fields of Timișoara. It was annexed to the city in 1949. History Today's district was established on 23 September 1932 by detaching Crișan, Bogdan, Ștrand-Gyürki, Cardoș, Schmidt-Szegedi, Șarta and Slavek from the Ghiroda, commune of Ghiroda to form the rural commune of Ghiroda Nouă, following ''Decision no. 24,768 of 23 September 1932'' of the prefecture of Timiș-Torontal County. The new locality was part of the central ''plasă'' of the county and formed a notarial constituency with the commune of Ghiroda. In 1936, the localities of Ștrand-Gyürki, Cardoș, Schmidt-Szegedi, Șarta and Slavek separated from Ghiroda Nouă to form the locality of I. G. Duca (today Plopi, Timișoara, Plopi). At the 1941 census, Ghiroda Nouă had 353 buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bega (Tisza)
The Bega or Begej (; ; ; , formerly ''Kistemes''), is a 244 km (152 mile) long river in Romania (169 km; 105 mi.) and Serbia (75 km; 47 mi.). It rises in the Poiana Ruscă Mountains in Romania, part of the Carpathian Mountains, and it flows into the Tisza, Tisa river near Titel, Vojvodina, Serbia. Its drainage basin covers an area of ,Analysis of the Tisza River Basin 2007 International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River, IPCDR of which in Romania. Course Romania The river starts at the confluence of its headwaters, Bega Luncanilor and Bega Poienilor. After flowing north, the river bends to the west at Curtea, passing through Făget, Balinț, and Topolovățu Mare, where it enters the low Banat plain ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timișoara Hydroelectric Plant
The Timișoara Hydroelectric Plant is one of the first hydroelectric power plants built in Europe and the oldest on the continent still operating. It is a monument istoric, historical monument located on the territory of Timișoara, with the LMI code TM-II-m-A-06094. History Construction of the hydroelectric power plant started in 1909, and it became operational on 3 May 1910, supplying 89% of the electricity consumption in Timișoara with a production of 4.132 GW. Emil Szilárd, the city's chief engineer at the time, constructed the first dam-type hydroelectric power plant with horizontal-axis turbines in what is now Romania. In an article published in the Hungarian Technicians' Magazine in the early 20th century, architect Mihály Seinder stated, "the Timișoara Hydroelectric Power Plant is the most successful hydroelectric power plant built in Hungary, both technically and economically." This construction on the regulated Bega (Tisza), Bega riverbed addressed two key issues: el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
