Former Countries in Romania - Moldavia, Principality of Transylvania, Danubian Principalities, Banat Republic, Principality of Karvuna (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Moldavia, Principality of Transylvania, Danubian Principalities, Banat Republic, Principality of Karvuna, Romanian Old Kingdom. Excerpt: item Republica B n ean (ro ) Banater Republik (de ) Banatska republika (sr -Latn ) (sr -Cyrl ) Bnti Kztrsasg (hu ) Banat Republic item Modern Hungary Modern Romania Modern Serbia Banat Republic Banat Republic, superimposed over current state borders item Capital: Timi oara item Government: Republic item President: Otto Roth item Historical era: World War I item - Proclaimed: November 1, 1918 item - Suppressed by Serbia: November 15, 1918 Banat (disambiguation) The Banat Republic (Romanian: Republica B n ean, German: Banater Republik, Serbian: Banatska republika /, Hungarian: Bnti Kztrsasg ) was a state, that was proclaimed in Timi oara, on November 1, 1918, as the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed. The republic was an attempt to preserve the integrity of German and Hungarian political elements in Banat region at the moment of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire decay. According to new reality at the end of the World War I, the old political system was reformed trying to incorporate as first Romanian and Serbian political elements due to insure new made "state" ahead winning states of Romania and Serbia . But, Banatian Romanians and Serbs were not interesting for the project of de facto German-Hungarian politicians when armies of winning states could not be stopped. It was the only period of history when Banat formed an "independent" country recognized only by Hungary . History On October 31, 1918, military councils were established by nationalities living in Banat: Romanian, Hungarian, German, Jewish and Serb . At a meeting, Dr Otto Roth, a member of the Social Democratic Party, proposed the creation of an autonomous Bana...