Ghizela

Ghizela ( German Gisela village, Hungarian Gizellafalva ) is a municipality with about 1200 inhabitants in Timiş Banat, Romania.

Geography

Ghizela is located east of Timişoara in the direction Lugoj at the height of Kisseto. Neighboring towns are Sanovita the southwest, Hisiaş in the northwest and Paniova and Babşa in the east. On the edge of Ghizela there is a large forest, which extends up to the Lippaer heights.

Neighboring towns

History

The town was founded as a secondary internal settlement with the inhabitants Gisela grove / Gisela home and groups of families from several places of the Banat as Hatzfeld, Sackelhausen, fair and Mercydorf in March / April 1882.

On 4 June 1920, the Banat was divided into three parts as a result of the Treaty of Trianon. The largest, eastern part, which also Gisela village belonged, fell to Romania.

As a result of the Waffen-SS Agreement of May 12, 1943 between the Antonescu government and Hitler's Germany all ethnic German conscript men were drafted into the German army. Even before the war, in January 1945, the deportation of all ethnic German women between 18 and 30 years and men aged 16-45 years was held kidnapped for construction labor in the Soviet Union. The land reform law of 23 March 1945 which provided for the expropriation of German farmers in Romania, the rural population deprived the livelihood. Through the nationalization law of 11 June 1948 providing for the nationalization of all industrial and commercial establishments, banks and insurance companies, the expropriation of all farms took place regardless of ethnicity.

Events

On October 6, 2007 in Augsburg, the 14 home meetings and the Annual Meeting of the " hometown community ( HOG) Gisela Village / Panjowa eV" held on the occasion

• The 125th anniversary of the existence of Gisela village,
• The 25th anniversary of the founding of the HOG
• The 100th anniversary of the construction ( foundation stone ) of the Church Gisela village.