| Native Name: | German: Temesvárer District, |
| Conventional Long Name: | Temesvár District |
| Common Name: | Temesvár 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: | Temes 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; Temesvár District is shown in orange |
| Capital: | Temesvár (ro|Timișoara|links=no) |
| Today: | Romania, Serbia |
Temesvár District (contemporary de|District von Temesvár or German: Temesvárer District; German: Kreis Temesvár or German: Temesvárer 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 Temesvár (ro|Timișoara, de|Temeswar|links=no or German: Temeschwar), which was also the capital of the crown land. Following the 1854 reform Temesvár itself was directly subject to the crown land, and so separate from the district, while still acting as its capital.
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. Temesvár District was based on the former territory of the Hungarian Temes 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 Temesvár District reverted to Temes County under Hungary.
The Temesvár District comprised the central parts of Banat. It shared borders with the Groß-Becskerek District to the west, Lugos District to the east, the Banat Military Frontier in the south, and the Hungarian Arad County in the north (all parts of the Austrian Empire). Until 1849 it had been the Hungarian Temes County.
In 1851 Temesvár District was subdivided into 5 political districts (German: politische Bezirke),[3] which were structurally akin to the modern districts of Austria (names as defined):
The city of Temesvár (Temeswar, Timișoara) was separate from the political districts; the Temesvár district covered the area around the city, which acted as its seat/capital (i.e. it was a statutory city).
In 1854 Temesvár District (now a German: [[Kreis (Habsburg monarchy)|Kreis]]) was subdivided into 6 'office districts' (German: {{ill|Amtsbezirk (Austrian Empire)|lt=Amtsbezirke|de|Amtsbezirk (Habsburgermonarchie)) (names as defined):[4]
The city of Temesvár (Temeswar, Timișoara), as the capital of the crown land, was a statutory city directly subordinate to the German: [[Statthalter]]ei (roughly governorate) and not part of the district. It did however act as its seat and administrative centre.