Banat of Temeswar (Banat of Temes) Temeschwarer Banat (Temescher Banat) Banatul Timişoarei (Banatul timişan) Темишварски Банат (Тамишки Банат) Temišvarski banat (Tamiški Banat) Temesvári Bánság (Temesi Bánság) Banatus Temesvariensis (Banatus Temesiensis) |
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province of the Habsburg Monarchy | |||||
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Capital | Temeswar (Timișoara) | ||||
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• | Established | 1718 | |||
• | Disestablished | 1778 | |||
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The Banat of Temeswar or Banat of Temes was a Habsburg province that existed between 1718 and 1778. It was located in the present day region of Banat, which was named after this province. The province was abolished in 1778 and incorporated into the Habsburg Kingdom of Hungary.
In the official documents of the time and also in all of native languages of the region, the name of the province appears in two basic forms, first derived from the name of Temeswar (Timișoara), second derived from the name of Temes region: in German - Temeschwarer Banat (Temescher Banat), Romanian - Banatul Timişoarei (Banatul timişan), Serbian - Темишварски Банат (Тамишки Банат), Temišvarski banat (Tamiški Banat), Hungarian - Temesvári Bánság (Temesi Bánság) and Latin - Banatus Temesvariensis (Banatus Temesiensis).
Before the Habsburg province was established, several other entities had existed in the Banat region, including: the Voivodeship of Glad (9th century), the Voivodeship of Ahtum (11th century), the Banate of Severin frontier province of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary (from 1233 to the 16th century), the Ottoman province named Eyalet of Temeşvar (1552–1716), and the Banate of Lugos and Karansebes province within the Principality of Transylvania (16th–17th century), which was under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire as a whole.