Jebel, Timiș
commune in Timiș County, Romania
Jebel (Hungarian: Széphely; German: Schebel; Serbian: Жебељ, romanized: Žebelj) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Jebel, and also included the village of Pădureni until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.
History
Jebel was first mentioned in papal tithes in 1334 under the name Zephel. In 1401, the local nobleman Nicolae Trentul had a fortress here, which had to be demolished later, and in 1425 the fortress was rebuilt in the nearby forest. At that time it had the right to organize fairs and owned several floating mills on Timiș River. In 1479 it was sold to Miklós and Jakab Bánffy.
Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi, who has passed through Asia, Africa and Europe, noted various information related to the journeys he had made, describing it in ten volumes. In 1660, he, together with Ali, the Turk in charge of Timișoara region, visits Jebel and describes the village as being inhabited by Christian Romanians, as all the villages of Banat. The Jebel area, under the Turkish occupation, is represented as having large reserves of grain, livestock, forests and vast stretches of fruit trees. In 1717, after the conquest of Banat by the Austrians, the first census was organized, the village of Schebell being registered with 200 houses.
The public source identifies “Jebel, Timiș” as commune in Timiș County, Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jebel, Timiș and commune.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5062479. Authority coordinates are 45.547, 21.228. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004, 1334, 1401 and 1425.
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