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Iosefin
Iosefin ( hu, Józsefváros; german: Josephstadt) is a historic district of Timișoara. Its name comes from that of Emperor Joseph II, during whose reign it was founded. Unlike most of the other Timișoara districts, the historic Iosefin is not divided into further districts or residential areas. However, mostly in the 1970s, numerous new development areas with their own names (but without an administrative function) emerged on the southern edge of Iosefin. They are called Dâmbovița, Șagului Vest I, Șagului Vest II and Steaua. History Until after 1716, the area of present-day Iosefin was not inhabited. There were no constructions here (except for the so-called "Roman entrenchment", whose actual date of execution is unknown, but which crossed present-day Iosefin). The original core of Iosefin was approved in 1744. Located southwest of the 948-meter-wide ''non ædificandi'' belt, it had three main streets: the present-day Dragalina, Bolintineanu–Văcărescu and Pop de Băse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_relief = 1 , pushpin_label_position = bottom , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Timiș County, Timiș , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 = County seat , established_title = First official record , established_date = 1212 (as ''castrum regium Themes'') , leader_party = Save Romania Union, USR , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Dominic Fritz , leader_title1 = Deputy mayors , leader_name1 = Ruben Lațcău (Save Romania Union, USR)Cosmin Tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iosefin Roman Catholic Church
The Church of the Nativity of Mary is a Roman Catholic church in the Iosefin district of Timișoara. It was built between 1772 and 1774 in Baroque style. History The Roman Catholic parish in the Iosefin district was established in 1775 after Timișoara was liberated from Ottoman rule. Other districts of the city also belonged to the Iosefin parish at that time, such as Elisabetin, Mehala and Ronaț. All these have become independent parishes over time. The Roman Catholic church in the Iosefin district is the oldest church in the city after the Roman Catholic Dome in Union Square and the predecessor of today's Piarist Church. It was built between 1772 and 1774 in the Baroque style and consecrated in December 1775 by Leonhardus Rothenbach on behalf of the bishop of the Diocese of Cenad, . The church was erected in honor of the Nativity of Mary, the patron saint being celebrated on 8 September. The tower, damaged during the siege of 1849, was renovated in 1861 by architect Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iosefin Synagogue
The Iosefin Synagogue is a synagogue in the Iosefin district of Timișoara. Built in 1895, it is one of the three large synagogues in the city, and the last still functioning. History The community of Orthodox Jews in Iosefin, formed in 1871, met until 1894 in rented premises. The synagogue was inaugurated on 18 September 1895, on the eve of Rosh HaShanah. Rabbi Bernát Schück, as the leader of the community, made an effective contribution to its construction. Carol Telbisz, the mayor of Timișoara, was also present at its inauguration. Built according to the plans of the architect in an eclectic style with neo-Moorish, neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic ornaments, the synagogue is modest in size compared to the other two large synagogues in the city. In 1910, the synagogue was enlarged, but photographs from 1914 and 1915 show that the synagogue had only one central dome. Later it acquired its current appearance, with two central domes and two smaller, lateral ones. In the courtya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Palace
The Water Palace ( ro, Palatul Apelor) is a historical monument in Timișoara, Romania. It is located at the entrance from the city center to the Iosefin district. Built in 1901 for the Timiș–Bega Hydro-improvement Company, between 1948 and 2007 it also housed the Timișoara CFR Regional. It currently belongs again to the Banat Water Basin Administration. History Alongside the Marschall Palace, the Water Palace marks the access to the Iosefin district, crossing the Trajan Bridge from the Cetate. The palace was built for the Timiș–Bega Hydro-improvement Company, established in 1871 especially for the management of the Bega Canal, an important transport route at the time. Designed by the architect Lipót Baumhorn, work began in 1900, under the direction of , and was completed a year later, in 1901. The palace was originally a one-storey building, but in 1910 builder Arthur Tunner extended it by adding a second storey, retaining the overall appearance. All sectors of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timișoara North Railway Station
Timișoara North railway station ( ro, Gara Timișoara Nord) is the main railway station in Timișoara and also the largest railway station in western Romania. With an average daily ridership of about 5,530 passengers, Timișoara North is one of the busiest railway stations in Romania. History The first passenger station was built in 1857 on the site of the former freight warehouse. Although small in size, the station provided rail connections to cities such as Arad, Orșova, Bucharest, Reșița, as well as other nearby localities. As the number of passengers increased, the old station no longer met the needs. In this regard, a new monumental station was inaugurated in 1897. The designer of the station was Hungarian architect Ferenc Pfaff (1851–1913), whose name is linked, among others, to the stations of Szeged, Pécs, Miskolc, Debrecen, Rijeka, Zagreb, Bratislava, Košice, Vršac, Cluj-Napoca, Jimbolia or Arad. Construction costs amounted to almost four million Kronen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame Church, Timișoara
Notre Dame Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Iosefin district of Timișoara, Romania. It is part of a former monastery complex built for the School Sisters of Notre Dame, established in Timișoara ( hu, Temesvár) in 1864, then Kingdom of Hungary. In the current Dositej Obradović High School were the homes of the nuns, and the building of the Banat College was the Girls' School. The church currently serves the Catholic community of Banat Bulgarians. History In 1864, at the initiative of the bishop of the Diocese of Csanád (based in Timișoara), , six nuns of the School Sisters of Notre Dame came to Timișoara in order to set up a girls' school. Originally located in the Cetate district, the school became too small, and starting with 1881, the construction of an educational complex in Iosefin began, with financial help from the new bishop of Csanád, . At the end of the 19th century, the Notre Dame monastery complex in Iosefin included the elementary school, the childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchor Palace
The Anchor Palace ( ro, Palatul Ancora; hu, Horgony-palota; german: Anker Palast), originally known as the Sailer-Kudelich Palace, is a historical monument in Timișoara, Romania. It stands in the Iosefin district, at the intersection of General Ion Dragalina Boulevard and Tudor Vladimirescu Embankment, along the Bega Canal. It got its name from the anchor exposed on its facade, reminiscent of naval trade on Bega. History The area on the left bank of the Bega Canal, near the current Stephen the Great Bridge, was initially known as ''Zum Grünen Anger'' ( en, green meadow). The current name of the palace is a linguistic confusion: ''Anger'' is an archaic word of German origin meaning "small meadow", while ''Anker'' means "anchor". The plot of land was used for gardening and belonged to the Sailer family. On the corner where the palace stands today, a small building was built where the Navigation Office of the Commercial Port of Timișoara operated for a while. Later, the ''Golde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timiș County
Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. The county is also part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name The name of the county comes from the Timiș River, known in Roman antiquity as ''Tibisis'' or ''Tibiscus''. According to Lajos Kiss' etymological dictionary, the name of the river probably comes from the Dacian language: ''thibh-isjo'' ("marshy"). In Hungarian, Timiș County is known as ''Temes megye'', in German as ''Kreis Temesch'', in Serbian as Тамишки округ/''Tamiški okrug'', in Ukrainian as Тімішський повіт, and in Banat Bulgarian as ''okrug Timiš''. Geography Timiș is the largest county in Romania, occupying 8,696.7 km2, i.e. 3.65% of the country's area. It is crossed by the 46th parallel north, the 21st meridian eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monument Istoric
''Monument istoric'' (plural: ''Monumente istorice''), a "historic monument", is the Romanian term of designation for national heritage sites in Romania. Classifications A ''Monument istoric'' is defined as: *an architectural or sculptural work, or archaeological site. *having significant cultural heritage value, and of immovable scale. *perpetuating the memory of an event, place, or historical personality. ''Monumente istorice'' cultural properties include listed Romanian historical monuments from the National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania. They may also include places that are not specifically listed in whole, but which contain listed entities, such as memorial statues and fountains in parks and cemeteries. ;Inventory There are 29,540 designated ''monumente istorice'' (historical monuments) entries listed individually in Romania, as of 2010. Of these, 2,621 are in Bucharest; 1,630 in Iaşi County; 1,381 in Cluj County; 1,239 in Dâmboviţa County; 1,069 in Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna Secession
The Vienna Secession (german: Wiener Secession; also known as ''the Union of Austrian Artists'', or ''Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs'') is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian painters, graphic artists, sculptors and architects, including Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner and Gustav Klimt. They resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists in protest against its support for more traditional artistic styles. Their most influential architectural work was the Secession Building designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich as a venue for expositions of the group. Their official magazine was called '' Ver Sacrum'' (''Sacred Spring'', in Latin), which published highly stylised and influential works of graphic art. In 1905 the group itself split, when some of the most prominent members, including Klimt, Wagner, and Hoffmann, resigned in a dispute over priorities, but it continued to function, and still functions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jugendstil
''Jugendstil'' ("Youth Style") was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 1910. It was the German counterpart of Art Nouveau. The members of the movement were reacting against the historicism and neo-classicism of the official art and architecture academies. It took its name from the art journal '' Jugend'', founded by the German artist Georg Hirth. It was especially active in the graphic arts and interior decoration. Its major centers of activity were Munich and Weimar and the Darmstadt Artists' Colony founded in Darmstadt in 1901. Important figures of the movement included the Swiss graphic artist Hermann Obrist, Otto Eckmann, and the Belgian architect and decorator Henry van de Velde. In its earlier years, the style was influenced by Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style). It was also influenced by Japanese prints. Later, under the Secessio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style), Modern Style in English. It was popular between 1890 and 1910 during the Belle Époque period, and was a reaction against the academic art, eclecticism and historicism of 19th century architecture and decoration. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and flowers. Other characteristics of Art Nouveau were a sense of dynamism and movement, often given by asymmetry or whiplash lines, and the use of modern materials, particularly iron, glass, ceramics and later concrete, to create unusual forms and larger open spaces.Sembach, Klaus-Jürgen, ''L'Art Nouveau'' (2013), pp. 8–30 One major objective of Art Nouveau was to break down the traditional distinction between fine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
