| Native Name: | German: District von Lugos, |
| Conventional Long Name: | Lugos District |
| Common Name: | Lugos District |
| Subdivision: | district |
| Nation: | the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar |
| P1: | Temeschwar-Karasch District |
| Flag P1: | Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg |
| S1: | Krassó County |
| Flag S1: | Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg |
| Year Start: | 1851 |
| Year End: | 1860 |
| Image Map Caption: | Districts of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar; Lugos District is shown in blue |
| Capital: | Lugos (ro|Lugoj|links=no) |
| Today: |
Lugos District (contemporary de|District von Lugos; German: Kreis Lugos or German: Lugoser Kreis from 1854) was one of five administrative districts (originally German: Districte, modern spelling German: Distrikte; German: [[Kreis (Habsburg monarchy)|Kreise]],, from 1854) of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar (a crown land within the Austrian Empire) from 1851 to 1860. Its administrative centre was Lugos (ro|Lugoj, de|Lugosch|links=no).
The Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar crown land was formed in 1849.[1] In 1851, it was divided into five districts: Lugos, Temesvár, Groß-Becskerek, Zombor and Neusatz. Lugos District was based on the former territory of the Hungarian Krassó County.
In German the original term used for these subdivisions was German: Districte (modern spelling German: Distrikte). In 1851 they were divided into subdivisions called German: [[Districts of Austria|(politische) Bezirke]], usually translated as '(political) districts'.
In Bach's reforms from 1853[2] (formally applied to the crown land in 1854) the German: Districte became German: [[Kreis (Habsburg monarchy)|Kreise]], a form of administrative division already in use across much of the non-Hungarian part of the Empire since the 18th century. The term German: Kreis, literally 'circle', is also often translated as 'district'. The subdivisions of the German: Kreise were also called German: Bezirke in German, or German: {{ill|Amtsbezirk (Austrian Empire)|lt=Amtsbezirke|de|Amtsbezirk (Habsburgermonarchie) ('office districts', in reference to the German: Bezirks[[amt|ämter]] or 'district offices' which ran them) to distinguish them from other types of German: [[Bezirk]]. The change of name was not superficial – different political, administrative and judicial structures were used in each subdivision type. (See also .)
In 1860, the crown land and its five districts were abolished; the territory of the Lugos District reverted to Krassó County under Hungary.
The Lugos District comprised the easternmost parts of Banat (the Military Frontier notwithstanding). It shared borders with the Temesvár District to the west, the Banat Military Frontier in the south and east, the Grand Principality of Transylvania (initially the German: [[Alba Iulia|Karlsburg]]er Kreis, German: Kreis [[Orăștie|Broos]] from 1854) in the north-east, and the Hungarian Arad County in the north (all parts of the Austrian Empire). Until 1849 it had been the Hungarian Krassó County.
Today it lies almost entirely within Romania, with some small parts (the settlements of Banatska Subotica and Dobričevo and some small areas of unsettled land) within Serbia (Vojvodina).
In 1851 Lugos District was subdivided into 4 political districts (German: politische Bezirke),[3] which were structurally akin to the modern districts of Austria (names as defined, modern German and other languages in parentheses):
The city of Lugos was separate from the political districts; the Lugos district covered the area around the city, which acted as its seat/capital (i.e. it was a statutory city).
In 1854 Lugos District (now a German: [[Kreis (Habsburg monarchy)|Kreis]]) was subdivided into 4 'office districts' (German: {{ill|Amtsbezirk (Austrian Empire)|lt=Amtsbezirke|de|Amtsbezirk (Habsburgermonarchie)) (names as defined):[4]