The Soimos Fortress is situated on the right bank of Mures River, across Lipova, on the hill known as Cioaca Tautului. It was built after the first Tartar invasions in the area and is mentioned in documents since 1278. The Soimos Fortress is on the list of historical monuments, code LMI AR-II-a-A-00618. The fortress was…

The Lipova Museum can be found, starting with 1958, in Sever Bocu’s house – the Minister of Banat and the president of The National Peasant Party from Timis – Torontal. Between 1958 and 1972, the Old Fond is being established, composed by historical, ethnographical and folk art objects, resulted from the nationalization of Bocu’s family…

  According to tradition, Basarab I, the ruler of Romanian country, helped raising The Orthodox Church “Adormirea Maicii Domnului”, The existence of an orthodox church in Lipova is being mentioned since Louis the Great – 1342 – 1382. In 1427 a Greek – Orthodox Church is said to have existed. Dating from the 14th century,…

  In 1724, 180 German catholic families of Bavaria were moved to Lipova, with the purpose of colonizing this area. The church and the school were the first institutions that were organized there, in the German minority. Around 1880, the raising of the present church began, the German school being built near it, starting with…