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The charm and the attraction of Caransebes, placed at the confluence of the Sebes and the Timis rivers, has the name of Teius, probably because of the lime trees (in Romanian “tei” means lime tree), which were abundant on the hills of this area. The confirmation of this affirmation is also given to us by the German colony in the foothills of Mountain Nemanu, with the name of Lindenfeld (Lime tree field). |
Teius always was a place of recreation for the inhabitants of
Caransebes. The first documentary attestation dates from the year 1574. It is an
area with a mild climate, unaffected by the winds of the Timis – Cerna passage,
which tempted the people for ages to spend their free time on these plains.
From the first decades of the 19th century, buildings with mixed character, with
small peasant farms and rest houses were built here.
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From around 1900, between the peasant
farms, there appeared a series of houses whose only purpose was that of
pleasure. There were many advantages, an ionized air with smell of lime tree,
acacia or fir, fountains with crystalline water, fruits, forest fruits, milk
and many other alimentary products, which assured a pleasant living in the
area. We can also mention the fact that the vegetation facilitated, and
facilitates even today, the growing of bees. The milk products and the honey
beeches were the pleasures of the tourists who came here. |
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In 1935, Teius is declared a climatic
resort, and the small station became a railway station, where even the fast
trains stopped. Teius also had at that date a swimming place with booths, a
beach with boats to rent, two tennis playgrounds and a small playground for
children. In winter two lakes for skating were arranged, a descending track for
ski, a slalom terrain, two tracks for sledges and a track for bobsleigh - which
began from Corcana (489 m) and descended on a road of about two km to the Popov
villa (200 m). Here, tourists from Hungary, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and
even Austria and Germany, came for recreation. Teius had a park from the Halt
until the Popov villa with resting benches and a spring with greatly demand
water. On the place where the amphitheatre is today, the brass band of the three
military companies from the town, every evening and on Sundays also in the
morning, played.
From 1940 the decline of Teius began, and after the year 1948, the villas and
the houses were confiscated and transformed in worker houses.
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After the 1989 Revolution, in the area there began special investments. A hydrotechnics work of ample size, with dams and protection walls, financed by the European Union, makes the area near the Timis River and the nearby houses flood-proof. The Teius amphitheatre was repaired and complemented by a beautiful covering over the stage, becoming the “cultural centre” of the “Ruga de Sfantul Gheorghe”. The Swimming Place of the town was rearranged and became the place, where the manifestations of national echo “ The Summer Feasts “ are organized, which attract thousands of young people. In the area, which is located from the Timis bridge until the iron train bridge, called Zavoi or Sporn (German word which means peninsula), through a Romanian-American project the “Cotitura” area was rearranged, on the place of the former “Pescarus” a playground and a modern complex symbolically called “Phoenix” was built. Near the famous garden “Ograda gugulanului”, after some sculpture-camps, animated by the renowned artist Bata Marianov, some wood sculptures were made. Also here, in 2004, at the time of the Epiphany, a beautiful marble cross was unveiled.
