Gătaia

Gătaia ( Gattaja German, Hungarian Gátalja ) is a town in Timiş, Banat, Romania.

Geographical location

Gătaia is located in the Banat, south of the river Bârzava. The district capital Timişoara is located about 40 km north-west.

Neighboring towns

History

Gătaia was first mentioned in 1323 under the name Gothal. The place belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. In the 16th century, the Ottomans gained control of the region. 1718 came the Peace of Passarowitz the Banat and thus Gătaia to Austria - Hungary. Subsequently settled - as in many places of the Banat - members of different nationalities, among them numerous German. 1823 given to the location of the Hungarian writer László Govore. As a result of the Treaty of Trianon in 1920 Gătaia came to Romania. The place was in 1935 a local administrative center.

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 escaped the livelihoods. The expropriated land was distributed to small farmers, farm workers and settlers from other parts of the country. Early 1950s, the collectivization of agriculture was initiated. 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.

As the population along the Romanian- Yugoslav border of the Romanian governance after the rift between Stalin and Tito and his exclusion was classified from the Cominform alliance as a security risk, took place on 18 June 1951, the deportation " of politically unzuverlässlichen elements " in the Bărăgan - steppe, regardless of ethnicity. Romanian leadership aimed at the same time to break the onset of resistance to the upcoming collectivization of agriculture. Bărăganverschleppten When returning home in 1956, they received the 1945 expropriated houses and farms refunded. possession of the field, however, was collectivized.

After the Second World War took by flight and emigration to Germany from the number of German residents; in return Romanians migrated from other parts of the country. 2004 Gătaia received the status of a city.

The main economic activities are agriculture, trade, textile and food industries.

Population

1880 6.285 inhabitants were registered on the territory of the present city, including 2,756 Romanians, 1,551 Hungarians, 1,307 German, 463 Slovaks and 89 Serbs. As early as 1910 has been registered with the population of 8,912, which thereafter was falling again. As of the 2002 census, lived in the town of 6,155 people, including 4,565 Romanians, 937 Hungarians, Slovaks, 441, 104 German, 61 Roma, 38 Serbs and 12 Czechs. 4,073 lived in the city proper, 2,082 in the five incorporated villages.

Traffic

Gătaia is a regional railway junction and is located on the routes from Timisoara to Resita and of Buziaş by Jamu Mare. Both lines are served by private providers RegioTrans. Through the city along the national road 58B of VOITEG leads to Resita.

Attractions

  • Saraca monastery (15th century) in the village of Şemlacu Mic

Pictures

In Saraca Monastery

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