Instrucţiune privind organizarea Banatului Timişan (7 octombrie 1717) / Instruction regarding the organisation of Banat of Temes region (October 7, 1717)
Jan. 1, 2018
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Abstract
After the conquest of Timişoara by the Habsburgs in 1716, the new administration of the province proceeded with
the organisation of the region, even before the Peace of Passarowitz (1718) o"cially awarded the Banat region and
its capital Timişoara to the Habsburg Empire. #e present instruction, issued on October 7, 1717, was addressed
to Alexander von Kallanek and Ignatz Hahn, which were appointed as the members of a commission meant to
prepare the permanent organisation of the imperial province Banat of Temes. #ese dispositions of the central
authorities from Vienna were partially modi$ed later, but that comes as no surprise given the fact that, in spite of
reports received from Banat, they did not yet fully know the real situation of this region. #e present study handles
di%erent aspects, regarding the initial organisation of the province e.g. administrative, demographic or religious
aspects.
