Şcoală și naţiune. Contribuţii la problematica învăţământului în limba germană din Banat în perioada interbelică
School and Nation. Contributions to the Issue of German Language Education in Banat in the Interwar Period

Summary/Abstract: A region with a distinct status, the Romanian Banat was a multicultural and multiethnic space. The colonization of the Swabians took place in several stages. The colonists settled all over the Banat and in the border area as well. The Austrian administration attached great importance to the field of education. A network of German language schools was set up by the authorities. The schools were supported by the Roman Catholic Church and its local representatives, the priests. After 1867, education underwent a massive process of Hungarianization. After 1918 and the integration in the Romanian state, the German education in the Banat resumed its normal course. The process had the support of the Romanian state, which had a permanent dialogue with the representatives of the German minority. The political elite of the Germans in the Banat found ways to support their mother tongue education. The German politicians repeatedly pleaded their cause in the Bucharest Parliament. The German school system in the Banat underwent evolution in the interwar decades and became an example due to its organization and the results obtained.

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