Königsgnad (German) – Königsgnade (German) – Tirolerdorf (German) – Királykegye (Hungarian) – Király-Kegye (Hungarian) – Chirol / Chiroi – Tirol, Romania (Official)
Caras-Severin County – Western Romania
The Tirol is located in the Romanian Banat, 80 km southeast of the capital city of Banat Timişoara in the county of Caras-Severin. Other cities near the small town Bokschan (Bocsa) and the industrial city of Resita (Resita) are. The village lies on a low altitude of 176 m, where the mild climate favors the fruit and wine.
The freedom struggle of the Austrian Tyrolean peasants in 1809 was under Andreas Hofer against Napoleon and the Bavarians trigger the establishment of the Tyrol village in the Banat Mountains. After the defeat of the insurgents and the Tyrolean Schoenbrunn peace agreement took many Tyrolean escape. The leaders of the uprising were meanwhile feverishly pursued.
On the side of Andreas Hofer at that time was his aide Joseph Speckbacher. This was it possible under mysterious circumstances to come to Vienna. In May 1810 he was commissioned by the emperor, the Tyrolean refugees to lead to the Banat and to found a colony. On 16 September 1812, when the colony was already in Tyrol 30 houses, the Emperor issued a certificate that the village’s name “Königsgnad” received. As part of the Tyrol Magyarization was renamed in 1888 in Királykegye. After it was divided in 1927, the Banat, the new town has been called since that time Tyrol.
Today’s sign bears both the original name Königsgnad and Tyrol.
Kiralykegye on these early 1900 County Maps of Hungary. Chose Krassó-Szörény County then look for it in the pink colored Boksánbányai District on the middle left, marked with a number 2 in the middle: http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/vmlista.htm
Kiraly-Kegye village had about 1500 villagers in 300 houses in early 1900, it’s old Hungarian and German name means Kings-Grace. On modern maps search for Tirol in Romania, Doclin region. (source: Joseph Laszlo Kupan)
In 1900, there were 922 Germans out of a population of 1,415 (Source: Julius Sayler: The Tyrolean wall Királykegye (Königsgnade) 1812-1912. Királykegye, 1912)
Heimatortsgemeinschaft Königsgnad/Tirol
in der Landsmannschaft der Banater Schwaben e.V.
c/o Günther Friedmann
Herrenbergerstr. 21
D-71069 Sindelfingen
E-Mail: g-friedmann@onlinehome.de
Königsgnad Catholic Church Name: Maria Geburt
Katholische Kirche Königsgnad (Banat). Kirchenbuch, 1811-1850
057 RO – Microfilms of Banat Parish Records: Königsgnad (Tirol)
B. 1811-1850 M. 1811-1850 D. 1811-1850
Königsgnad (Tirol) was among 190 villages affected by the deportation to the Bărăgan in 1951
Nikolaus Halsdorfer (born 18 Jan 1911 in Königsgnad, Banat, Königreich Ungarn; † died 12 Nov 1988 in Achern) was a painter, printmaker and teacher.
Andreas Mahler in Königsgnad Postmaster 1865 (read Post Office Article)
Patty Shells for Tea – Butterteigpastetchen zu Tee
Anna Scheer, KönigsgnadPuff Pastries for Tea to Patty Shells for Tea
Walnut Strudel ~ Nußstrudel
L. Ruschitzka, Königsgnad
The last of the German Village Königsgnad by Anton Zollner written in German.
Last updated: 06/21/2025