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Also known as Máslak, Blumenthal

Mașloc (; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Alioș, Mașloc (commune seat) and Remetea Mică. It also included Fibiș until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune. == Name == The German name of the village, Blumenthal, means "village of flowers". The German colony was built in a wildflower meadow, hence the name. This is also illustrated by the old stamp of the village, depicting a valley and a flower vase with a lush bouquet of flowers. The Romanian population had great difficulties pronouncing the German name. Therefore they named the vi

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Romanian subdivision.type
commune
Romanian subdivision.county
Timiș
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location in Timiș County
Romanian subdivision.name
Mașloc
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Ionel Lupu
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2016–
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PNL
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Masloc jud Timis.svg
Romanian subdivision.area_total_km2
72.06
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
307270–307273

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Official name
Mașloc
Population
2236
Area
82.910000
Elevation
185
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postal code
307270
native label
Mașloc
phone number
+40-256231205
street address
Masloc nr.95, comuna Mașloc, județul Timiș
population by native language
30
email address
mailto:[email protected]
Commons category
Mașloc commune, Timiș
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Mașloc (; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Alioș, Mașloc (commune seat) and Remetea Mică. It also included Fibiș until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune. == Name == The German name of the village, Blumenthal, means "village of flowers". The German colony was built in a wildflower meadow, hence the name. This is also illustrated by the old stamp of the village, depicting a valley and a flower vase with a lush bouquet of flowers. The Romanian population had great difficulties pronouncing the German name. Therefore they named the village Maslog, as shown in a map from 1864–1865. Maslog was written with "s" and not with the Romanian "ș" (s-comma). Maslog was changed to Mașloc, apparently taking over the ending "-loc" from the Hungarian "-lak" (Máslak). The Hungarian lak – just like the Romanian loc – means "place".

== History == Mașloc was first mentioned as Machalaka in 1326. Most of its inhabitants fled after the Turkish conquest of Banat (1552). From this time on, the houses were only temporarily inhabited by people of different nationalities. After the Austrians conquered Banat from the Turks, the village was called Maschlok and had 14 houses.

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