Official Name: | Ținutul Timiș |
Settlement Type: | Land (Ținut) |
Subdivision Type1: | Former counties included |
Subdivision Type2: | Historic region |
Subdivision Name2: | Transylvania (Banat) |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital city (Reședință de ținut) |
Government Type: | Rezident Regal |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 14 August 1938 |
Established Title2: | Ceased to exist |
Established Date2: | 22 September 1940 |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Ținutul Timiș was one of the ten Romanian ținuturi ("lands"), founded in 1938 after King Carol II initiated an institutional reform by modifying the 1923 Constitution and the law of territorial administration.[1] It comprised the Romanian Banat and parts of Transylvania, and was named after the Timiș River; its capital was the city of Timișoara. Ținutul Timiș ceased to exist following the territorial losses of Romania to the Axis powers and the king's abdication in 1940.[2]
The coat of arms consists of five bars, three of gules and two of azure, representing the former five counties (județe) of Greater Romania (of the total 71) that were included in the ținut. Over the bars is a sable raven facing dexter, holding in its beak a sable ring, recalling a legend regarding John Hunyadi's son and his mother's ring (events linked to the city of Hunedoara).[3]
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, of the older 71 counties Ținutul Timiș incorporated 5:[4]