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Timişoara (Hungarian: Temesvár, German: Temeschburg, Temeschwar, or Temeswar, Serbian: Temišvar or Темишвар) is a city in the Banat region of western Romania. With a population of 315,977 in 2004 (329,554 in 2000), it is the capital of Timiş County. It is frequently spelled in English simply as Timisoara.
Timişoara is a multicultural city with influential minorities, primarily Hungarians, Germans, and Serbs, as well as Italians, Palestinians, and Greeks. It was the birthplace of Johnny Weissmuller (an Olympic swimmer, best known for his role as Tarzan). Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, built Timişoara's foot bridge over the Bega. An industrial city with extensive services, it was the first European city to be lit by electric street lamps.
The city is served by Traian Vuia International Airport.
Recently it has undergone something of a change with the growth of foreign industry using the cheap, educated labour, and rapid development of the city as a shopping centre. A New Mall has just opened (End 2005) complete with multi-plex and Body Shop. Numerous bars and clubs have opened in the old centre, including, in summer, in the fine old Baroque Square.
In 1019 Timişoara (as Dibiscos/ Bisiskos/ Tibiskos/ Tibiskon/ Timbisko/etc.) was mentioned for the first time in written documents by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, although not all historians agree with this identification. The city is believed to have been annexed into the Kingdom of Hungary in 1010. It was captured by the Turks in the late Middle Ages, and remained under Turkish control until it was regained by Hungary during the 18th Century.
The first tobacco mill in today's Romania was set up in Timişoara. The city was also the first town in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to have public lighting using suet candles and lamps with oil and grease. Timişoara was the first town to have an ambulance station in the Kingdom of Hungary and later the Kingdom of Romania.
On December 17 1989 a popular uprising began in Timişoara against the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu. Townspeople supported Hungarian pastor László Tőkés against efforts to deport him by the Securitate, or secret police. This was the beginning of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which ended the Communist regime a week later.
Timişoara has one of Romania's most complex public transport networks, consisting of 11 tram lines, 9 trolleybus lines and 15 bus lines. The system is operated by Regia Autonomă de Transport Timişoara, or RATT. Timişoara is served by Romania's second-largest airport, Traian Vuia International Airport, which is the hub of the Transylvanian regional airline Carpatair. The city is connected to a series of major European and domestic destinations. Timişoara is a major railway centre and is connected to all other major Romanian cities, as well as local destinations, through the national Căile Ferate Române network.
Timişoara is a multicultural city with influential minorities, primarily Hungarians, Germans, and Serbs, as well as Italians, Palestinians, and Greeks. It was the birthplace of Johnny Weissmuller (an Olympic swimmer, best known for his role as Tarzan). Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, built Timişoara's foot bridge over the Bega. An industrial city with extensive services, it was the first European city to be lit by electric street lamps.
The city is served by Traian Vuia International Airport.
Recently it has undergone something of a change with the growth of foreign industry using the cheap, educated labour, and rapid development of the city as a shopping centre. A New Mall has just opened (End 2005) complete with multi-plex and Body Shop. Numerous bars and clubs have opened in the old centre, including, in summer, in the fine old Baroque Square.
In 1019 Timişoara (as Dibiscos/ Bisiskos/ Tibiskos/ Tibiskon/ Timbisko/etc.) was mentioned for the first time in written documents by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, although not all historians agree with this identification. The city is believed to have been annexed into the Kingdom of Hungary in 1010. It was captured by the Turks in the late Middle Ages, and remained under Turkish control until it was regained by Hungary during the 18th Century.
The first tobacco mill in today's Romania was set up in Timişoara. The city was also the first town in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to have public lighting using suet candles and lamps with oil and grease. Timişoara was the first town to have an ambulance station in the Kingdom of Hungary and later the Kingdom of Romania.
On December 17 1989 a popular uprising began in Timişoara against the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceauşescu. Townspeople supported Hungarian pastor László Tőkés against efforts to deport him by the Securitate, or secret police. This was the beginning of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which ended the Communist regime a week later.
Timişoara has one of Romania's most complex public transport networks, consisting of 11 tram lines, 9 trolleybus lines and 15 bus lines. The system is operated by Regia Autonomă de Transport Timişoara, or RATT. Timişoara is served by Romania's second-largest airport, Traian Vuia International Airport, which is the hub of the Transylvanian regional airline Carpatair. The city is connected to a series of major European and domestic destinations. Timişoara is a major railway centre and is connected to all other major Romanian cities, as well as local destinations, through the national Căile Ferate Române network.
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