Buchin ( hu, Bökény) is a commune in

Caraș-Severin County Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...

, western

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with a population of 2,147 people. It is composed of five villages: Buchin, Lindenfeld (''Karánberek''; german: Lindenfeld), Poiana (''Sebesmező''), Prisian (''Perestyén'') and Valea Timișului (''Körpa''). It is situated in the historical region of

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...

. Lindenfeld village has been depopulated since 1998. Ștefan Both
"Satul Lindenfeld, care nu mai are locuitori din 1998, renaște din propria-i cenușă "
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Natives

Imre Erőss Imre Alfréd Erőss (7 July 1909 – 31 July 1950) was a Romanian cleric and Roman Catholic bishop. Born into an ethnic Hungarian family in Prisian (''Perestyén'') in what is now Caraş-Severin County, he began his studies at the Piaris ...

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