Săcălaz (formerly Săcalhaz; German: Sackelhausen; Banat Swabian: Sacklass;[4] Hungarian: Szakálháza) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania.

[5] In 1765 the first wave of Swabian German settlers arrived here, by order of Maria Theresa.

[6] She issued the Kolonisationspatent of 25 February 1763 and later the Decree which she submitted to the Banat Colonization Office in 1765, ordering the relocation of the Romanian population to the southern part of Torontál County, to make way for the Swabian settlers.

Thus, the Romanian population of about 60 families is forced to leave Săcălaz and move to Torak (in Serbian Banat), where they establish a new settlement.

The plans for the development of Săcălaz were outlined on paper in Vienna, in the form of a chessboard, with the Catholic church in the center.