45°45′20″N 21°11′55″E / 45.7555579°N 21.1986243°E / 45.7555579; 21.1986243 Blașcovici (deprecated: Colonia Blascovici; Hungarian: Blaskovitstelep;[1] German: Blaskowitsch Kolonie)[2] is a district of Timișoara.[3] At the beginning of the 20th century, Blașcovici was a colony of Mehala.[4] Before that, a wealthy family of Roman Catholic canons, the Blaskovits, lived here.[5] It is said that they had a house somewhere near the former headquarters of the Traffic Police, from where, so far as Ronaț, the garden of their domain stretched.[5] The parcelling of the area began around 1900; the first streets in the district appeared on the place of the former garden.[6]

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  1. ^ Szabó, Attila M. (2003). Erdély, Bánság és Partium történeti és közigazgatási helységnévtára. Miercurea Ciuc: Pro-Print Könyvkiadó. ISBN 973-8468-01-9.
  2. ^ "Banat (Ost-Banat)". Exonyme – Vergessene Ortsnamen NG. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2023-01-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Hotărârea Consiliului Local 195/16.09.2003". Timișoara HCL.
  4. ^ Delesega, Gyula (2018). Temesvári kalauz téridőben (PDF). Szórvány Alapítvány. p. 202.
  5. ^ a b "Tu știi de unde vine numele cartierului tău din Timișoara? Dacă nu, află aici!". Opinia Timișoarei. 16 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Blașcovici, domeniul Bogdăneștilor". evz.ro. 21 October 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)