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Banat of Temeswar
Origins
Prince Eugene of Savoy captured Temeswar from the Ottomans in 1716, and the Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718 confirmed Habsburg possession of the Banat between the Mureș, Tisza and Danube. Rather than returning it to Hungary, Charles VI kept it as a crown domain under military and court administration.
Rule and society
Governor Claudius Florimund Mercy rebuilt Temeswar as a baroque fortress town, drained marshes, dug the Bega canal and promoted rice, silk and mining. Tens of thousands of Catholic German settlers, later called Danube Swabians, were brought in alongside Serbs, Romanians and Italians, while Hungarian nobles were largely excluded. The Banat was governed by a provincial administration answering to Vienna.
Decline and legacy
In 1778 Maria Theresa returned the civil Banat to Hungary as the counties of Temes, Torontál and Krassó, while its southern strip stayed in the Military Frontier. Its mixed population shaped the region until it was divided between Romania, Yugoslavia and Hungary in 1920.
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- Banat of Temeswar was a province of Habsburg Monarchy1718 CE – 1778 CE
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