Czechs of Romania

The Czechs (Češi, Cehi) are an ethnic minority in Romania, numbering 3,938 people according to the 2002 census. The majority of Romanian Czechs live in the south-west of the country, with around 60% of them living in Caraş-Severin County, where they make up 0.7% of the population.

As an officially-recognised ethnic minority, Czechs have one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies.

Czech villages

1. Gerník cs (Gârnic (ro)), Caraş-Severin
2. Rovensko cs (Ravensca (ro)), Caraş-Severin
3. Svatá Helena cs (Sfânta Elena (ro)), Caraş-Severin
4. Eibentál cs (Eibenthal (ro), (de)), Mehedinţi
5. Šumice cs (Şumiţa (ro)), Caraş-Severin
6. Bígr cs (Bigăr (ro), Schnellersruhe (de)), Caraş-Severin
7. Svatá Alžběta cs (Sfânta Elizabeta (ro), Elisabethfeld (de)), Caraş-Severin - abandoned (too little water)

In this villages are Czechs and native czech Germans named Pems (Pémové in Czech) too. It is from word Böhm (de) (= settler of Czech Rep., any nation).

Communes with the largest Czech population percentage

1. Dubova, Mehedinţi -- 40,70%
2. Gârnic, Caraş-Severin -- 33,46%
3. Coronini, Caraş-Severin -- 27,36%
4. Berzasca, Caraş-Severin -- 14,24%
5. Şopotu Nou, Caraş-Severin -- 10,92%
6. Lăpuşnicel, Caraş-Severin -- 10,75%
7. Socol, Caraş-Severin -- 4,60%
8. Peregu Mare, Arad -- 3,83%
9. Eşelniţa, Mehedinţi -- 2,31%
10. Orşova, Mehedinţi -- 1,85%

Notable Czech-Romanians

• Ignat Bednarik, painter
• Anton Chladek, painter
• Anton Vorel, herbalist
• Lascăr Vorel, painter

External links

• http://www.genealogy.ro/cont/czechs.htm