Otelec

Otelec, Ungureni Otelek Ótelek
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Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Banat
Circle :	Timiș
Coordinates :	45 ° 37 '  N , 20 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 36 '53 "  N , 20 ° 50' 58"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Residents :	1,499 (2011)
Postal code :	307447
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 56
License plate :	TM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Pascu Vasile-Valentin ( PNL )
Postal address :	Str. Grădiniţei, no. 471 / b loc. Otelec, jud. Timiș, RO-307447

Location of Otelec in Timiș County

Otelec (in the interwar period: Ungureni , German: Otelek , Hungarian: Ótelek ) is a municipality in Timiș County , in the Banat region , in southwest Romania . The village of Iohanisfeld also belongs to the municipality of Otelek .

Geographical location

Otelec is located in the west of Timiș County, close to the border with Serbia . The place is located on the national road DN59B and on the railway line Cărpiniș-Ionel .

Neighboring places

Serbia	Pustiniș	Sânmartinu Maghiar
Serbia		Sânmartinu Sârbesc
Serbia	Johannisfeld	Ivanda

history

The place was first mentioned in 1452 under the names Feltelek and Teleki , as part of Kevi County , in the Kingdom of Hungary . Archaeological excavations, however, show traces of human life since Roman times . During the Ottoman rule Otelec was depopulated. It was not until the Habsburg Monarchy (1793–1795) that mostly Hungarian colonists were settled by Count Johann von Buttler. In 1828 the place appeared as "O Telek" (Alt Telek) in the documents.

At the end of the 19th century Otelec was connected to the Timișoara - Jimbolia - Modoș railway line , which, like the completion of the Bega Canal , contributed to the town's economic development. Otelec developed into an important port and became an important transshipment point for passengers and goods of all kinds.

On June 4, 1920, the Banat was divided into three parts as a result of the Treaty of Trianon . The largest, eastern part, to which Otelec also belonged, fell to the Kingdom of Romania . In the interwar period, Otelec was called Ungureni . From 1968 to 2008 the village belonged to the Uivar municipality . In 2008 the place regained the status of a municipality, which also includes the village of Iohanisfeld.

During a dam burst in 2005, Otelec suffered severe flood damage. 306 houses were completely destroyed. With government aid, 241 could be rebuilt.

Demographics

Otelec has been a Hungarian village since it was founded. The population development of the Otelec municipality:

census		Ethnicity
year	Residents	Romanians	Hungary	German	Other
1880	979	-	953	18th	8th
1910	1921	5	1878	33	5
1930	1731	31	1670	21st	9
1977	1201	43	1152	5	1
2002	806	121	678	4th	3

Web links

• cdep.ro , Brief history of the Otelec municipality
• banaterra.eu , Otelec
• pfarrverband-birkfeld-koglhof.at , ADZ , Werner Kremm : The Styrian Birkfeld and Otelek in the Banat maintain very close relationships
• ghidulprimariilor.ro , The municipality of Otelec

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
2. ↑ ^{a b} btc-egtc.eu , Otelec
3. ↑ 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