Lenauheim

Lenauheim is a commune in Timiș County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bulgăruș, Grabaț and Lenauheim.
Name.
The name "Lenauheim" has been official since 1926. It was also called "Cetad" or "Cetat" in Romanian; "Schadat", "Schaddat", or "Tschatad" in German; and "Csatád" in Hungarian. Bulgăruș is called "Bogarosch" in German and "Bogarós" in Hungarian. The German name for Grabaț is "Grabatz", while in Hungarian, it is "Garabos".
History.
The Lenauheim village was founded by German colonist (Banat Swabians) in 1767. Originally called "Csatád", in 1926 the village was renamed "Lenauheim" after the poet Nikolaus Lenau who was born here.
Demographics.
In 1865 Lenauheim had around 3,200 inhabitants. In 1940 the figure was 2,400, of whom 95% were ethnic Germans. After the Second World War, the proportion of Germans fell to 50%. In 1992, out of 1,400 inhabitants there were 346 Germans; in 2006, only 59.