Lugos District
Lugos District was one of five administrative districts of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar from 1851 to 1860. Its administrative centre was Lugos.
History
The Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar crown land was formed in 1849. In 1851, it was divided into five districts: Lugos, Temesvár, Groß-Becskerek, Zombor and Neusatz. Lugos District was based on the former territory of the Hungarian Krassó County.In German the original term used for these subdivisions was Districte. In 1851 they were divided into subdivisions called Districts of Austria, usually translated as ' districts'.
In Bach's reforms from 1853 the Districte became Kreis, a form of administrative division already in use across much of the non-Hungarian part of the Empire since the 18th century. The term Kreis, literally 'circle', is also often translated as 'district'. The subdivisions of the Kreise were also called Bezirke in German, or to distinguish them from other types of Bezirk. The change of name was not superficial – different political, administrative and judicial structures were used in each subdivision type.
In 1860, the crown land and its five districts were abolished; the territory of the Lugos District reverted to Krassó County under Hungary.
Geography
The Lugos District comprised the easternmost parts of Banat. It shared borders with the Temesvár District to the west, the Banat Military Frontier in the south and east, the Grand Principality of Transylvania in the north-east, and the Hungarian Arad County in the north. Until 1849 it had been the Hungarian Krassó County.Today it lies almost entirely within Romania, with some small parts within Serbia.
Subdivisions
In 1851 Lugos District was subdivided into 4 political districts, which were structurally akin to the modern districts of Austria :The city of Lugos was separate from the political districts; the Lugos district covered the area around the city, which acted as its seat/capital.
In 1854 Lugos District was subdivided into 4 'office districts' :