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Quarters of Timișoara

Plopi (Hungarian: Kardostelep; German: Kardosch Kolonie),[1] formerly known as I. G. Duca,[2] is a district of Timișoara, Romania. Before becoming a district of Timișoara, it was an independent settlement. It was annexed to Timișoara together with Ghiroda Nouă in 1949.[3]

History

Before 1918, most of the land was owned by née Malva Klaritz, the widow of Count László Gyürky. She apportioned the land for a fee to those who wanted it, her name appearing in the land register of Ghiroda commune until the 2000s.[4] Around 1930, the district was named I. G. Duca, after Romanian prime minister Ion G. Duca; later, at the suggestion of sculptor Romulus Ladea, who lived here around 1940, it was renamed Plopi.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Petzoldt, Silvia (2021). "Banater Theater- und Familiengeschichte im Spiegel einer Reiseerzählung" (PDF). Deutsch-Rumänische Hefte. 25 (1): 39. ISSN 1618-1980.
  2. ↑ "Plopi". Erdély, Bánság és Partium történeti és közigazgatási helységnévtára. Arcanum.
  3. ↑ Delesega, Gyula (2018). Temesvári kalauz téridőben (PDF). Szórvány Alapítvány. p. 67.
  4. ↑ Bălan, Titus (30 June 2019). "Banatul dispărut și nevăzut ce încă mai este aici printre noi". Banatul Azi.
  5. ↑ Tomov, Codrina (6 November 2020). "Mică istorie a cartierului Plopi". Renașterea bănățeană.
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