Elisabetin

Elisabetin (; ; ) is a historic district of Timișoara. It is noted for the vast reserve of 1900s-style architecture and the multitude of parks. Also here is the university area of the city with the related buildings (student dormitories, canteens, laboratories, sports complexes, etc.), many of which have historical value.

== History == The land on which Elisabetin is located today was ceded to the inhabitants of Cetate by Grundbrief des bürgerlichen Terrains (Deed of ownership of citizen lands) on 5 April 1718. Until after 1750, there were only three buildings in what is now Elisabetin: the Rosalia Chapel built in 1739–1740 (demolished in the 1960s), the Dissel House and the Cambiatura (a place for exchanging post-horses); of these, only the Dissel House is preserved to this day. Only after 1750, until 1770, a residential neighborhood appeared between the present-day Church Square and Cozia Street, south of the esplanade, the 948-meter-wide non ædificandi belt. The neighborhood was called Maierele Vechi (; ) or Maierele Vechi Valahe and was inhabited by Romanians coming from Cetate (where they were no longer allowed to live) or Palanca Mică. Around the present-day Romulus and Alexandru Odobescu streets, then, until 1770, on some parts of Alexandru Odobescu and 1 December streets, the Maierele Vechi Germane, inhabited by Germans, appeared and developed. Over time, the two neighborhoods merged spatially and in 1896 were named Elisabetin, in honor of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, nicknamed Sissi. In the interwar period, the Romanian administration changed the name to Principesa Elisabeta ("Princess Elisabeth"), often shortened to Elisabeta. After the temporary designation Nicolae Bălcescu in the socialist era, the current name is Elisabetin.