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Resita [ rɛʃit͡sa ] ( German Reschitza or Reschitz, Serbian Решица / Rešica, Hungarian Resicabánya ) is a city in Romania. It is the county seat of Caras -Severin in the Banat Mountains. The population is about 85,000 (2007).

Geographical location

Resita is in the northwest of the circle Caras -Severin, on the middle reaches of the river Bârzava, in Dognecea Mountains. The city is an important iron and steel area with a rich ironworks with blast furnaces. Electrical appliances, chemicals, machinery and metals are produced here. Finds from the Neolithic and Roman times that the site of the present city has long been settled. In the 18th century Resita was the construction of a foundry center of metalworking.

Neighboring towns

Economy

The decades- long run as a parade Romanian steel plant environment goes back to a foundation of the Austrian locomotive factory, the state railway company. By 1918, however, only seven steam locomotives were manufactured in Resita, a significant locomotive manufacturing began in the 1920s. Resita produced until about 1960 steam locomotives, many of them replicas of German locomotive designs as well as the class 764.4 MÁVAG a modification of the type 70 for forestry railways. This series is interesting in that in recent years came as many copies of this series at museum and tourist railways throughout Europe (including including Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Great Britain, France and Germany ).

Since 2008, the steel mill is in sole possession of TMK Europe GmbH in Cologne and predominantly produced pipe billets, which are used for the production of seamless pipes.

In 1945, a car with the name Malaxa was built in Resita, named after the Romanian industrialist Nicolae Malaxa. Production had to be soon set up because the plants were transferred to the Soviet Union.

Only in 1988 a tram line was opened mainly from energy saving reasons, which meanders across the valley of the city. In Resita 21 trams of type GT8 drive the company DUEWAG that were taken from Dortmund from 1996.

Demography

Attractions

Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum with the oldest (1872 ) built in Resita locomotive
History Museum with important archaeological exhibits from the area of ore mining and metallurgy
Most of the steel that was used for the construction of the Eiffel Tower, comes from Resita.
The ropeway Resita is the landmark of the city.

University city

In 1971 the Institute of Industrial Engineers as a branch of the Polytechnic University of Timisoara was founded in Resita. The purpose was to spot a deeply felt need of the heavy industry of the Banat highlands meet: Operating Engineers for metallurgy, machinery and mining downstream sectors, professionals for laboratory analysis form etc..

20 years later, the independent University " Eftimie Murgu " was founded. The name comes from the university to the Orthodox priest and revolutionary of the 1848 's, who had been involved in the national movement of the Banat Romanians. In addition to the traditional engineering today is also taught management, theology, business administration and accounting, and Public Administration.

Sons and daughters of the town

Rolf Bossert (1952-1986), German writer romania
Cristian Chivu ( born 1980 ), football player
January Cornelius ( * 1950), German writer romania
Luminiţa Dobrescu (born 1971 ), swimmer
Ciprian Foias ( born 1933), mathematician
Cristina Marton ( b. 1974 ), Romanian pianist
Max Meier (1863-1919), industrial entrepreneurs
Cosmin Moţi ( born 1984 ), football player
Bernd Philips, developers
Florin Şerban ( born 1975 ), film director
Werner Stöckl ( born 1952 ), handball player (World Champion 1974)
Alexander Tietz (1896-1978), teacher and writer
Teodora Ungureanu ( born 1960 ), gymnast ( Olympic champion 1976, Montreal)

Gallery

The southern part of the city, right below the ropeway

Steel plant

Resita

Museum " Montanbanat "

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