Key facts
- 1918
- 1,580,000
- Status
- Unrecognized state, Client state of the Hungarian Republic (1918), Client state of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1919)
- Capital
- Timișoara
- Common languages
- Customary: , Austrian German , Hungarian , Swabian German , Also spoken: , Romanian , Serbian , Slovak , Rusyn , Croatian , French , Banat Bulgarian
- Demonym
- Banatian
- Government
- Republic
- 1918 1919
- Otto Roth
- Legislature
- People's Council
- Historical era
- World War I , Revolutions and interventions in Hungary (1918–20)
- Proclaimed
- 31 October – 2 November 1918
- Government disbanded
- 20 February 1919
- Currency
- Austro-Hungarian Krone
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofRomania Serbia Hungary
The Banat Republic (German: Banater Republik, Hungarian: Bánáti Köztársaság or Bánsági Köztársaság, Romanian: Republica bănățeană or Republica Banatului, Serbian: Банатска република / Banatska republika) was a short-lived state proclaimed in Timișoara c. 31 October 1918, during the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. The Republic claimed as its own the multi-ethnic territory of the Banat, in a bid to prevent its partition among competing nationalisms. Openly endorsed by the local communities of Hungarians, Swabians and Jews, the German-speaking socialist of Jewish origin Otto Roth served as its nominal leader. This project was openly rejected from within by communities of Romanians and Serbs, who were centered in the eastern and western halves of the region, respectively. The short-lived entity was recognized only by the neighboring Hungarian Republic, with which it sought a merger. Its military structures were inherited from the Common Army, and placed under the command of a Hungarian officer, Albert Bartha.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banat Republic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.