, conventional_long_name = Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banate , common_name = Serbia and Banat , subdivision = Crownland , nation = the

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, capital = Temeschwar , currency = The Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar or Serbian Voivodeship and the Banate of Temes (german: Woiwodschaft Serbien und Temeser Banat, sr, Војводство Србија и Тамишки Банат, ro, Voivodina sârbească și Banatul timișan, hu, Szerb Vajdaság és Temesi Bánság), known simply as the Serbian Voivodeship (), was a crownland of the

that existed between 1849 and 1860. It was a separate crownland named after two former provinces:

Serbian Vojvodina The Serbian Vojvodina ( sr, Српска Војводина / ) was a short-lived self-proclaimed Serb autonomous province within the Austrian Empire during the Revolutions of 1848, which existed until 1849 when it was transformed into the new (o ...

and

Banat of Temeswar The Banat of Temeswar or ''Banat of Temes'' was a Habsburg province that existed between 1718 and 1778. It was located in the present day region of Banat, which was named after this province. The province was abolished in 1778 and the follow ...

. Its former area is now divided between

and

. The Voivodeship gave its name to the present Serbian

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

Names

In contemporary

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, the duchy was officially known as ' or '. In contemporary

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it was known as ''Vojvodina Srbska i Tamiški Banat'' (Войводина Србска и Тамишки Банат) and ''Vojvodstvo Srbija i Tamiški Banat'' (Војводство Србија и Тамишки Банат). In Hungarian it was known as ', and in

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as '. In various sources (both, Serbian and German) there are two somewhat different variants of the name of the voivodeship, one could be translated into English as ''Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banat'' and another as ''Serbian Voivodeship and Temes Banat''. Also in modern English use, the term ''Temes Banat'' or ''Banat of Temes'' is sometimes incorrectly replaced with term ''Banat of Temeschwar'' or ''Temeschwar Banat''. In the original name in all native languages, there is no mention of the city of Temeschwar ( Timișoara) in the title of Voivodeship. As shown above, the reference to the Temes region is always used, and should be translated into English as ''Temes Banat'' or ''Banat of Temes''.

History

The Voivodeship was formed by a decision of the Austrian emperor in November 1849, after the Revolutions of 1848/1849. It was formed in accordance with privilege given to

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of ...

by the

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in 1691, recognizing the right of Serbs to territorial autonomy within the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

. It consisted of the regions 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 ...

Bačka Bačka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка, ) or Bácska () is a geographical and historical area within the Pannonian Plain bordered by the river Danube to the west and south, and by the river Tisza to the east. It is divided between Serbia and Hunga ...

and northern

Syrmia Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the exc ...

n municipalities of Ilok and Ruma. An Austrian governor seated in Temeschwar ruled the area, and the title of

Voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...

belonged to the emperor himself. The full title of the emperor was " Grand Voivod of the Voivodeship of Serbia" (german: Großwoiwode der Woiwodschaft Serbien, link=no). Even after the Voivodeship was abolished, the emperor kept this title until the end of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1918. In 1860, the Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banat was abolished and most of its territory (Banat and Bačka) was incorporated into the Habsburg

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, although direct Hungarian rule began only in 1867, after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise. Unlike Banat and Bačka, in 1860 Syrmia was incorporated into the Kingdom of Slavonia, another separate Habsburg crown land. The Kingdom of Slavonia subsequently merged with the

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, forming the new kingdom of

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, which concluded an agreement with the

in 1868, becoming an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Hungary within

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Languages

The two official languages of the Voivodeship were German and "Illyrian" (what would come to be known as

Demographics

The Voivodeship was ethnically very mixed, since the southern parts of Syrmia, Banat and Bačka with compact Serbian settlements were not included in it, while eastern Banat, with a Romanian majority was added to it. Timisoara - Piata Unirii

1846

According to the 1846 census, the territory that in 1849 formed the voivodeship included: Lazo M. Kostić, Srpska Vojvodina i njene manjine, Novi Sad, 1999. *

Vlachs "Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Easte ...

(

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym '' Vlachs'') are a Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Romanian culture and ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they live primarily in Romania and Moldova. The 2011 Romania ...

) = 417,000 *

= 402,000 *

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= 352,000 *

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the ...

= 233,000 *

Slovaks The Slovaks ( sk, Slováci, singular: ''Slovák'', feminine: ''Slovenka'', plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovak. In Slovakia, 4.4 mi ...

= 27,000 *

Bulgarians Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe. Etymology Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely underst ...

= 24,000 *

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

= 16,000 *

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

= 12,000 *

Rusyns Rusyns (), also known as Carpatho-Rusyns (), or Rusnaks (), are an East Slavic ethnic group from the Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn, an East Slavic language variety, treated variously as either a distinct lang ...

= 7,000 *

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic ...

= 3,000 *

Greeks The Greeks or Hellenes (; el, Έλληνες, ''Éllines'' ) are an ethnic group and nation indigenous to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, namely Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, and, to a lesser extent, ot ...

= 3,000

1857

In 1857, population of the voivodeship numbered 1,526,105 inhabitants, including: *

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= 698,189 (45.75%) * Eastern Orthodox Christians = 691,828 (45.33%) * Evangelic-

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= 56,871 (3.73%) * Evangelic- Reformists = 29,281 (1.92%) * Greek Catholics and

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= 26,244 (1.72%) *

= 23,203 (1.52%) * others = 489 (0.03%)

1850/51

According to the 1850/51 census, ethnic composition of the voivodeship was as follows: *

= 347,459 *

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= 335,080 *

= 321,110 (*) *

= 221,845 * Bunjevci and Šokci = 62,936 (*) * Rusins = 39,914 *

= 25,607 *

= 22,780 *

= 15,507 * Gypsies = 11,440 *

Czechs The Czechs ( cs, Češi, ; singular Czech, masculine: ''Čech'' , singular feminine: ''Češka'' ), or the Czech people (), are a West Slavic ethnic group and a nation native to the Czech Republic in Central Europe, who share a common ancestry, ...

= 7,530 *

= 2,860 (*) *

and Cincars = 2,820 (*) Total number of "Illyrian Slavs" (

, Bunjevci, Šokci, and

) was 386,906. According to another source, in 1850/1851, the population of the voivodeship numbered 1,426,221 inhabitants, including: * 397,459 (27.87%)

* 335,080 (23.49%)

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* 321,110 (22.52%)

* 221,845 (15.56%)

* others. By religious makeup: In 1851, population of the voivodeship numbered 1,426,221 inhabitants, including: * Eastern Orthodox Christians = 694,029 (48.66%) *

= 624,839 (43.81%) * Evangelic-

= 51,724 (3.63%) * Evangelic- Reformists = 26,621 (1.87%) *

= 16,252 (1.14%) * Greek Catholics and

= 12,756 (0.89%)

1860

In 1860, population of the voivodeship numbered 1,525,523 inhabitants, including: *432,523

*414,490

*396,156

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*256,164

Administrative divisions

At first, Voivodeship was divided into two districts: # Batschka-Torontal (Bačka-Torontal) # Temeschwar-Karasch (Timișoara-Caraș) Later, it was divided into five districts: # Großbetschkerek / Veliki Bečkerek (In 1850, population of the district numbered 388,704 inhabitants, including: 126,730 Germans, 124,111 Serbs, 60,781 Hungarians, 58,292 Romanians, 11,045 Bulgarians, 3,752 Croats, 2,562 Slovaks, 1,421 Jews, etc.) # Lugosch / Lugoj (In 1850, population of the district numbered 229,363 inhabitants, including: 197,363 Romanians, 21,179 Germans, 8,305 Bulgarians, 1,505 Hungarians, 612 Serbs, etc.) # Neusatz / Novi Sad (In 1850, population of the district numbered 236,943 inhabitants, including: 100,382 Serbs, 45,936 Germans, 30,450 Hungarians, 20,683 Slovaks, 13,665 Šokci, 2,098 Jews, etc.) # Temeschwar / Timișoara (In 1850, population of the district numbered 316,565 inhabitants, including: 159,292 Romanians, 101,339 Germans, 34,263 Serbs, 12,412 Hungarians, 3,664 Bulgarians, 2,307 Šokci, 1,650 Slovaks, etc.) # Zombor / Sombor (In 1850, population of the district numbered 376,366 inhabitants, including: 160,016 Hungarians, 103,886 Germans, 53,908 Bunjevci, 40,054 Serbs, 7,830 Jews, etc.) File:Vojvodstvo srbija okruzi 1849 01.png, Districts of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banat (1849-1850). File:Vojvodstvo srbija okruzi 1850 01.png, Districts of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Temes Banat (1850-1860).

Administration

Great Voivodes

* Francis Joseph I, (1849–1916) *

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Governors

* Ferdinand Mayerhofer, (1849–1851) * Johann Coronini-Cronberg, (1851–1859) * Josip Šokčević, (1859–1860) * Karl Bigot de Saint-Quentin, (1860)

References

Sources

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External links

Bahovo doba - Vojvodstvo Srbija i Tamiški Banat
(in Serbian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, Voivodeship of Vojvodina under Habsburg rule 19th century in Romania v 19th century in Serbia Former Slavic countries History of Serbia History of Banat History of Bačka History of Syrmia 1849 establishments in the Austrian Empire 1860 disestablishments in the Austrian Empire