Sânmihaiu Român
Sanmihaiu Român (also Sinmihaiu Român, German - Romanian Saint Michael, Saint Michael's Romanian, Hungarian Oláh - Szentmihály, Oláhszentmihály or Bega Szentmihály, Bégaszentmihály ) is a municipality in Timiş, Banat, Romania. The community Sanmihaiu Român are the villages Sanmihaiu German ( German German - Saint Michael, Saint Michael German ) and Utvin affiliated.
Location
Sanmihaiu Român located in the center of the circle Timiş, in 13.2 km away from the district capital Timişoara and has an area of 88.5 square kilometers. The associated villages Utvin Sanmihaiu and German are 3.2 km and 4.9 km from the municipal center. Sanmihaiu Român located on the county road DJ591, by the place with Timişoara is connected, and at the railway Timişoara Cruceni.
Neighboring towns
History and etymology
Sanmihaiu Român was first mentioned in 1327 in the papal Zehentlisten. In Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli records from the years 1690-1700 the place " SentMihai " is listed. In the conscription of 1717 has " St.Mihal " 43 houses. At the Mercy map from 1723 is " St.Mihall " is entered. " St.Michal " appears on a map from 1761. After Morabinszky is " SânMihai " a Wallachian village. According to Ján Vályi " SânMihai " is the county Temes and is kameralem possession. After Fenyes elec Sinmihaiu Român walachischeas is a village with 12 Catholics and Orthodox in 2258.
While the membership of the Kingdom of Hungary (1868-1919) Sanmihaiu Român was in possession of Temescher notary Bela Jeszenszky and was until 1911 the name " Romanszentmihaly ", then to 1920 " Begaszentmihaly ". Since the connection to Romania, as a result of the Treaty of Trianon, the official name Sanmihaiu Român.
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 took place between 18 and 30 years and men aged 16-45 years to build labor in the Soviet Union instead. The land reform law of 23 March 1945 which provided for the expropriation of German farmers in Romania, the rural population deprived the livelihood.
Cultural
In Sanmihaiu Român there is a general education elementary school with eight classes in Romanian language.
The village has a community center and a library.
Three churches dot the village of Sanmihaiu Român:
- An Orthodox Church ( 1774)
- A Catholic Church
- A church of the Pentecostal Movement (1958 )