Ravensca
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Ravensca Almásróna Rovensko |
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Banat | ||||
| Circle : | Caraș-Severin | ||||
| Municipality : | Șopotu Nou | ||||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 46 ' N , 21 ° 55' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 866 m | ||||
| Residents : | 120 (2002) | ||||
| Postal code : | 327374 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 55 | ||||
| License plate : | CS | ||||
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| Community type : | Village | ||||
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Ravensca ( Czech Rovensko , Hungarian Almásróna ) is a village in the Banat Mountains in the Caraș-Severin County of Romania and a Czech- language island .
geography
Ravensca is extremely isolated on a ridge of the Almăj Mountains at an altitude of 866 m and today belongs to the municipality of Șopotu Nou, about 20 kilometers away by road . The location up on the ridge has resulted in problems with the water supply to this day; there is no running water in the houses and few public wells. Even today, in winter, the village is regularly cut off from the environment.
history
Ravensca was founded in 1827 by Banat Czechs to colonize the strategically important Banat Mountains on the border with Serbia and to promote the timber industry. In 1922 the Roman Catholic Church consecrated to St. Martin was consecrated. At that time, almost 600 people lived in Ravensca. Due to the isolated location, there was little contact with the Romanian-speaking neighboring villages, so that the population speaks almost exclusively Czech to this day. Out of 235 inhabitants in 1991, about 230 belonged to the Czech ethnic group. In 2002 only 120 people lived in Ravensca, which is mainly due to the emigration of young people after the fall of the Ceaușescu regime. Today tourism from the Czech Republic is being discovered as a new source of income.
map
- Club českých turistů: Turistická Mapa Banát, M 1: 100,000 . Map and guide. 1st edition. Freytag & Berndt, Prague 2001, ISBN 80-85999-88-9 (Czech, Romanian, English).