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In 1860, the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar was abolished and most of its territory was incorporated into the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary, although direct Hungarian rule began only following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, after the establishment of the dual monarchy.
Sights and history of the town of Temesvár (Timișoara) in Hungary. Town map with the sights marked and nearly all of them with picture and a brief description.
Temesvár Castle, National Museum of Bánság Castle (Muzeul Național al Banatului) stands in the territory of the settlement of Temesvár (Timișoara). This page presents the history of the castle, its location and other useful information for visitors.
County of Temes (Hungarian: Temes, Romanian: Timiș, Serbian: Тамиш or Tamiš, German: Temes or Temesch) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in southwestern Romania and northeastern Serbia.
The Province of Temeşvar (Ottoman Turkish: ;ایالت طمشوار Eyālet-i Tımışvār) [2] was a first-level administrative unit (eyalet) of the Ottoman Empire. It existed from 1552 to 1716. Provincial administration was centered in Temeşvar (today's Timișoara) from 1552 to 1659, and again from 1693 to 1716.
Hungarian: Temesvár. Timișoara, city, capital of Timiș județ (county), western Romania. The city lies along the canalized Bega River. Nearby archaeological finds indicate settlements of Neolithic and Roman origins.
The construction of the fortified city of Temesvár followed, lasting from 1723 to 1765. It was a Vauban-style regular star-shaped system fortified with nine bastions. It was enclosed by two outer defensive lines with moats between them.
