Banat , ethnically mixed historical region of Eastern Europe; It will be to the east of Transylvania and Wallachia, to the west of the Tisza, north of Mures River and to the south from the Danube limited . After 1920 the Banat was transferred to the States Romania , Yugoslavia and Hungary divided . The name Banat originated from a Persian word meaning lord or master and became by the Avars in Europe introduced . became a frontier province or district under military governor.
The Banat was first occupied in prehistoric times and later by the Romans, Goths, Gepidae , Huns and Avars controlled . The Slavs settled there in the 5th century Display , and after the Magyars moved them (9th century) , the area was a integral part of Hungary and was organized as the Banat of Severin (Terra de Zevrino) by King Andrew II in 1233. In the 14th and 15th centuries, many Serbs settled there; In the mid-16th century it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks, who held it until 1718, when Austria acquired it (Treaty of Passarowitz).
Under Austrian military rule the region was organized as the Temeser Banat (or Banat of Temesvár). Later, a civil administration took control of the northern part of the area, and the Austrian rulers encouraged the settlement of colonists from the Rhineland, Lorraine, and Luxembourg. During most of the period 1779-1920, the Banat was annexed to Hungary. After the World War I the victorious Allies shared it by the Treaty of Trianon (June 4, 1920). Hungary kept the district Szeged , Romania acquired the large eastern part and the rest (largely part of the province Vojvodina in today's Serbia) went to Yugoslavia.