Colonia Fabricii

Colonia Fabricii Tamásdi Üveggyár
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Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Banat
Circle :	Timiș
Municipality :	Tomeşti
Coordinates :	45 ° 46 '  N , 22 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 45 '58 "  N , 22 ° 18' 52"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Residents :	745 (2002)
Postal code :	307412
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 56
License plate :	TM
Structure and administration
Community type :	Village

Colonia Fabricii (also Colonia Tomeşti , Hungarian: Tamásdi Üveggyár ) is a village in Timiş County , Banat , Romania , which belongs to the Tomeşti municipality . Colonia Fabricii is a workers' settlement that was founded around the Tomeşti glass factory in the early 20th century.

Geographical location

Colonia Fabricii is located in the east of Timiș County, 2 kilometers south of Tomești.

Neighboring places

Baloşeşti	Tomeşti	Fărăşeşti
Zolt		Poiana Ruscă Mountains
Gladna Română	Luncanii de Sus	Poiana Ruscă Mountains

history

The emergence of Colonia Fabricii is closely related to the history of the Tomeşti municipality , on the area of ​​which the settlement was founded, and the history of the glass factory around which it was built.

The Tomeşti glass factory was founded in 1820 by Anton Pfantzels, former tenant of a glass factory from Hungary . Impressed by the wealth of mineral resources ( quartz , lime ), he bought the Tomeşti - Luncani estate from Krassó-Szörény county and built a glass factory. Pfantzels brought glassblowers from the countries of the Habsburg Monarchy , who settled here and, together with the local workers, founded the colony around the factory. In 1846 it was owned by Josef Losch from Austria .

In 1948 the factory was nationalized and modernized, which had a positive effect on the town's economic development. The construction of apartment blocks provided the necessary living space for the newly settled. After 1989, however, the glass factory had to be closed, which resulted in a huge economic setback.

Demographics

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1910	188	3	12	151	22nd
1966	888	734	74	63	17th
1977	1066	889	94	65	18th
2002	745	696	31	16	2

Web links

• pressalert.ro , The Tomeşti Glass Factory
• tomesti.ro , The history of the municipality of Tomeşti

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bisericaortodoxacoloniatomesti.blogspot.de , Colonia Fabricii
2. ↑ kia.hu , (PDF; 982 kB) E. Varga: Statistics of the number of inhabitants by ethnic group in the Timiș district according to censuses from 1880 - 2002