Josefsdorf (German) – Ujjózseffalva (Hungarian) – Jozseffalva (Hungarian) – Iosifalău, Romania (Official)
Timis County – Western Romania
Iosifalău (Hung. Jozseffalva) is a very new village. It appeared in 1882 with German colonists settled on state property nearby Ictar. Germans came from Eliesenheim, and the Hungarian administrators preferred to name the village Joszeffalva, remembering Jozsef Bethlen, administrator of state affairs in Timişoara. Now it is a Romanian-Hungarian village.*
Josefalva (Ujjozseffalva in Romania), Edited by John W. Michels; in German and English. A collection of interviews in German and the Schowisch dialect that describe the history of the village, founded in 1882, and it describes different experiences of the villagers during the Hungarian period and the emigration of villagers to the U.S. and North Dakota at the turn of the 20th century.
Last updated: 06/30/2025