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The town of Resita is considered to have
begun its existence within the present day grounds around the
early 15th century AD, under the name "Rechyoha" or "Rasita".
The first official document to mention the town is dated 1673AD;
the document mentions a village named Reszinitza. For several
decades after the first mentioning, the area was affected by
wars (autrian-russian-turkish war), people's riots against the
Austrian rulling, and waves of migration, factors that brought
major changes in the region.
Around
1760AD the village was separated in two colonies: Resita Montana
("Nemet-Resicza" sau "Resiczabanya")-on the northern side of
the Barzava river, and Resita Romana ("Olah Resicza" sau "Resicza
Kamerala")- on the southern side.
On
August 8, 1768 the emperess Maria-Theresa of Austro-Hungaria,
which the region was part of, ordered the building of several
metalurgic sites in the area, setting the ground for the industry
that was going to shape the life and development of the region
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Due to the fast development of the area, in the following years
after the first metalurgic site was built, hundreds of immigrant
families from Austria, Hungary and Chech territory were brought
to the region, causing in 1859, the unification of the two colonies
under the name Resita.
The metalurgic
plants continued to develop, and with them the town and the
surrounding area. Throughout the 20th century, several waves
of migration increased the town's population and forced the
town to expand, which led to the construction of the "Lunca
Barzavei" neighbourhood, Resita's largest, in the 1960s. |
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Today the town's population is now close to
75000, decreasing if compared to 1989 when the town's population
reached 110260. |
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