Jimbolia (Romanian pronunciation: [ʒimˈboli.a]; Hungarian: Zsombolya; German: Hatzfeld; Serbian: Жомбољ, romanized: Žombolj; Banat Bulgarian: Džimbolj) is a town in Timiș County, Romania.

The ancient history of the town began to be documented in 1332–1333, when a papal census of the lands of Banat for the establishment of taxes (tithe) took place.

[5] From the researches of Hungarian historian Samu Borovszky [hu], it appears that originally it was a Cumano-Vlach locality, a fact proved by the existence of a Romanian parish.

[7] The last document from this period, recorded by historian Nicolae Ilieșiu [ro], shows that in 1520 there was a certain Mihai of Chumbul, a close man of the king.

Only in 1766 was the new town born, by colonization with German population from Mainz, Trier, Sauer, Pfalz, Lorraine, and Luxembourg.

Access to this railway allowed it to develop rapidly, slowed only by the cholera epidemic of 1873, which killed more than 1,000 people.

During this period, the brick factory (1864) opened, attracting agricultural workers from all over southern Banat, especially Hungarians.

In 1906, the railway from Jimbolia to Grabaț, Lenauheim and Lovrin was completed, built with the help of workers from Țara Moților, some of whom settled in the south of the town.

After the withdrawal of the Serbs from Timișoara and the unification of Banat with Romania, Jimbolia remained in the provisional borders of Serbia.

In 1950 it was declared a town, then the block of flats in the station area began to be built, new industries were introduced and existing ones were developed.

At the same time, the irreversible process of declining German population begins, which within a few decades becomes a minority and ends with the mass exodus after the 1989 revolution.

The most prestigious of them is the Romanian-German Cultural Foundation founded by Romanian poet Petre Stoica, with numerous national and international awards.

The largest industrial companies in the town are: Vogt (electronic components), Ciocanul Prodimpex (footwear), CRH (car subassemblies), Halm (hydraulic pumps), Ani Fashion (clothing), Faulhaber (micromotors) and Kabelsysteme Hatzfeld (audio-video cables).