Banloc
| Banloc | |
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| Commune | |
 Banloc
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| Coordinates: 45°23′N 21°8′E / 45.383°N 21.133°E | |
| Country |
 Romania
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| County |
 Timiș
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| Founded | 1400 (first official record) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lucian Trifonescu (PNL) |
| Area | 173.60 km2 (67.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2002) | 4,525 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 307010 |
| Website | http://www.e-primarii.ro/primaria-banloc/ |
Banloc (German: Banlok; Hungarian: Bánlak) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Banloc, Ofsenița (Ofsenitz; Karátsonyifalva), Partoș (Partos) and Soca (Karátsonyiliget).
Banloc name was originally born by the fusion of two words: the name of the god "Pan" and the word "loc" (place), "Pan's place". Later, when the "pan" became "ban", it kept the original meaning of a master. The Panloc castle became the Banloc castle, name preserved until now. There is a relief above one of the access doors in the basement of the castle, bas-relief depicting the god Pan playing the syrinx. Also, statues in the form of fauns used to guard the alleys of the park, fragments of these are currently held at the Museum of Banat in Timișoara, along with several other statues of the same origin.
The commune is first attested on May 13, 1400 in a document given to the clerk of Cenad, under the name of „Byallak”. For almost two centuries (1552–1716) it was the summer residence of Temeşvar Eyalet's pasha. In 1716, Banat was conquered by the Austrians. At the census of 1717, it was registered as Panloch, belonging to the Ciacova district with 85 inhabited houses. On Count Mercy's map made between 1723-1725, the village appears as Banlok. Although, the state area of Banloc is assigned, by the exchange of land, to the Croatian Ban of Drašković. In 1783 the domain is sold to Count Lázár Karátsonyi from the Karátsonyi of Beodra (now Novo Miloševo, Serbia, Vojvodina province), which ten years later built on ancient foundations, the current castle located in the center of the village.
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