Variaș

Variaş
Warjasch
Varjas

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Banat

Circle :

Timiș

Coordinates :

46 ° 0 ' N , 20 ° 58' E Coordinates: 46 ° 0 '26 " N , 20 ° 57' 37" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

93 m

Area :

111.67 km²

Residents :

5,682 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

51 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

307455

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 56

License plate :

TM

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Variaș, Gelu , Sânpetru Mic

Mayor :

Nicolae Birău ( PSD )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 619
loc. Variaș, jud. Timiș, RO-307455

Location of Variaș in Timiș County

Variaș on the Josephine land survey (1769–1772)

Variaş (officially between 1919 and 1925: Dănciuleşti ; German Warjasch , Hungarian Varjas ) is a municipality in the Timiş district , in the Banat region , in southwest Romania . The district capital Timișoara ( Temeswar ) is about 40 kilometers southeast.

Neighboring places

Periam	Secusigiu	Felnac
Pesac		Gelu
Lovrin	Șandra	Satchinez

history

The name Varjas appeared for the first time in 1333. From 1786 Varyash was settled by Banat Swabians . They found the Banat in a swamp-like condition. The saying “Death for the first, need for the second and bread for the third” describes the exertions of the first emigrants at that time. The houses were built of mud. This is why huge pits were often found outside of the Banat villages, which were created by the removal of the clay.

Varyash was mainly inhabited by three nationalities. Every nationality had "its" street. One spoke of the "Walachschgass" (Romanians) and the "Serbian alley". In order to distinguish the long-established residents, the Austrian administration called the original residents of the Banat "nationalists". The separation of the streets according to language and religion meant that one spoke of a Serbian and a German village, although the administration was always uniform.

The market law was Warjasch 1874th

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 Varyash also belonged, fell to Romania.

As a result of the Waffen-SS Agreement of May 12, 1943 between the Antonescu government and Hitler's Germany , all men of German origin who were conscripted into the German army. Before the end of the war, in January 1945, all ethnic German women between the ages of 18 and 30 and men between the ages of 16 and 45 were deported to the Soviet Union for reconstruction work .

The Land Reform Act of March 23, 1945 , which provided for the expropriation of German farmers in Romania, deprived the rural population of their livelihoods. The Nationalization Act of June 11, 1948 provided for the nationalization of all industrial and commercial enterprises, banks and insurance companies, whereby all commercial enterprises were expropriated regardless of ethnicity.

Since the population along the Romanian-Yugoslav border was classified as a security risk by the Romanian government after the rift between Stalin and Tito and his exclusion from the Cominform alliance, "politically unreliable elements" were deported to the Bărăgan on June 18, 1951 . Steppe regardless of ethnicity. At the same time, the Romanian leadership aimed to break the resistance against the impending collectivization of agriculture. When the Bărăgan abductees returned home in 1956, the houses and farms expropriated in 1945 were returned to them. However, the field ownership was collectivized.

Buildings and facilities

The rectory was built in 1817 and the Catholic Church in 1821. In 1823 the German elementary school was built.

Demographics

Ethnicity	1910	Percentages
Romanians	109	1.57%
Hungary	167	2.40%
German	3538	50.77%
Serbs	3097	44.45%
Other	57	0.81%
total	6968	100%

Ethnicity	1977	Percentages
Romanians	2572	38.62%
Hungary	374	5.61%
German	1742	26.16%
Serbs	1548	23.25%
Other	424	6.36%
total	6660	100%

Ethnicity	2002	Percentages
Romanians	4393	71.82%
Hungary	553	9.05%
German	51	0.83%
Serbs	775	12.66%
Other	345	5.64%
total	6117	100%

Ethnicity	2011	Percentages
Romanians	3906	68.74%
Hungary	475	8.36%
German	38	0.67%
Serbs	546	9.61%
Other	717	12.62%
total	5682	100%

At the time of the 2011 survey, Roma (219), Ukrainians (177), Macedonians (9), Bulgarians (7) and residents of other ethnic groups were also registered in the Variaș municipality .

Sons and daughters of the place

Karl Huber (1828–1885), Romanian-German composer, violinist, conductor and music teacher

literature

Nikolaus Engelmann: Warjasch, a home book. Local community Warjasch, Pinsker-Verlag, Mainburg 1980.
Elke Hoffmann, Peter-Dietmar Leber and Walter Wolf : The Banat and the Banat Swabians. Volume 5. Cities and Villages , Media Group Universal Grafische Betriebe Munich, Munich 2011, ISBN 3-922979-63-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)

[vz2011-1] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)

[2] Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)