Caraș-Severin County

Caraș-Severin (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈkaraʃ seveˈrin] ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia.

The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania.

In Serbo-Croatian, it is known as Karaš Severin/Караш Северин or Karaš-Severinska županija, in Hungarian as Krassó-Szörény megye, in German as Kreis Karasch-Severin, and in Bulgarian as Караш-Северин (translit.

In 1855, the entire Banat area, with its supplies of mineral deposits and timber, was transferred from the Austrian Treasury to a joint Austrian-French mining and railroad company named StEG.

During the last years of World War II, when Romania was an ally of Nazi Germany, a partisan group, led by Ștefan Plavăț, was active in the mountainous area of the county.

There is a County Museum of History in Reșița, displaying archeological artifacts, and, in the town of Ocna de Fier, the Constantin Gruiescu Mineralogical Collection.

The county was located in the southwestern part of Greater Romania, in the south and east region of the Banat.

Reșița ( German : Reschitz )
Caransebeș ( German : Karansebesch )
Bocșa ( German : Deutsch-Bokschan/Neuwerk )