Battle Of Báránykút

	Battle Of Báránykút The Battle of Báránykút was a military engagement during the Battle of Transylvania, at the beginning of the Romanian Campaign of World War I. It consisted in a German offensive that was successfully repulsed by the Romanians, who then carried out a largely unhindered tactical retreat. Background In late September, a Romanian pilot landed behind the German lines and was taken prisoner. The message he carried revealed the location of a relief column which was supposed to come in the aid of the battered Olt Corps. On 29 September, General Erich von Falkenhayn (the overall Central Powers commander in Transylvania) issued orders to strike against this threat, which was represented by the Romanian 2nd Army. For this operation, he planned to attack along the valley of the Olt River, using the XXXIX Reserve Corps and the I Reserve Corps (German 89th Infantry Division and Austro-Hungarian 71st Infantry Division), supported by cavalry. The Second Romanian Army, under General Grigo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Battle Of Transylvania The Battle of Transylvania was the first major operation of Romania during World War I, beginning on 27 August 1916. It started as an attempt by the Romanian Army to seize Transylvania, and potentially knock Austria-Hungary out of the war. Although initially successful, the offensive was brought to a halt after Bulgaria's attack on Dobruja. Coupled with a successful German and Austro-Hungarian counterattack which started in mid-September, the Romanian Army was eventually forced to retreat back to the Carpathians by mid-October. The Romanian armies however managed to escape the Central Powers' attempts to completely destroy them. The Battle of Transylvania also caused the replacement of the chief of staff of the German Army and the shifting of German attention to the region, causing German offensive operations at Verdun to cease. Background Although bound by the pre-war Triple Alliance to the Central Powers, Romania instead joined the Triple Entente in August 1916, following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Second Army (Romania) The Second Army was a field army of the Romanian Land Forces, created on 18 August 1916. Its successor is the 2nd Infantry Division. History World War I The Second Army was part of the Romanian offensive in Transylvania during the autumn of 1916. Following the failure of the offensive and due to the Central Powers counterattack, which led to the occupation of most of the country's territory, the Second Army, along with the remnants of other Romanian military units, were forced to retreat into the region of Moldavia, the only Romanian territory unoccupied by enemy forces. The Second Army, among other units, underwent a process of reorganization and modernization in the winter of 1916–1917 as part of French General Henri Berthelot's mission to revitalize the exhausted and decimated Romanian military. The Central Powers advance towards Moldavia was hampered by bad weather and poor infrastructure and as a result hostilities were only resumed in the summer of 1917. A pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Perșani Mountains The Perșani Mountains (; ) is a mountain range in central Romania. The highest peak is , with an elevation of . Geologically, the Perșani Mountains are part of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three geographical groups (north, center, south), instead. The Romanian categorization includes the Perșani Mountains within the central Carpathians of Moldavia and Transylvania (''Munții Carpați Moldo-Transilvani''), which also comprise the Baraolt Mountains, the Bârgău Mountains, the Călimani Mountains, the Ciuc Mountains, the Gurghiu Mountains, and the Harghita Mountains. The main ridge runs in a north–south direction and has a length of . The Perșani Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Fogaras County Fogaras was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The county's capital was Făgăraș, Fogaras (present-day Făgăraș). Geography Fogaras county shared borders with Romania and the Hungarian counties Szeben County, Szeben, Nagy-Küküllő County, Nagy-Küküllő and Brassó County, Brassó. The river Olt (river), Olt formed most of its northern border. The ridge of the southern Carpathian Mountains forms its southern border. Its area was around 1910. History The Fogaras region was an administrative territorial entity of the Kingdom of Hungary since the 15th century. Fogaras county was formed in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon the county became part of Romania; Făgăraș County was created, with an identical territory. The territory lies in the present Romanian counties Brașov C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Făgăraș Făgăraș (; , ) is a municipiu, city in central Romania, located in Brașov County. It lies on the Olt (river), Olt River and has a population of 26,284 as of 2021. It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania, and is the main city of a subregion, Țara Făgărașului. Geography The city is located at the foothills of the Făgăraș Mountains, on their northern side. It is traversed by the DN1 road, west of Brașov and east of Sibiu. On the east side of the city, between an abandoned field and a gas station, lies the Geographical centre, geographical center of Romania, at . The Olt (river), Olt River flows east to west on the north side of the city; its left tributary, the Berivoi, Berivoi River, discharges into the Olt on the west side of the city, after receiving the waters of the Racovița (Făgăraș), Racovița River. The Berivoi and the Racovița were used to bring water to a since-closed major chemical plant located on the outskirts of the city. The small pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Șinca Șinca (; ) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bucium (''Bucsum''), Ohaba (''Ohába''), Perșani (''Persány''), Șercăița (''Sarkaica''), Șinca Veche (the commune center), and Vâlcea (''Valcsatelep''). The commune is located in the central part of the county, in a hilly area between the Făgăraș and Piatra Craiului mountains to the south, the Perșani Mountains to the east, and the Olt River to the north, at the eastern edge of the historic Țara Făgărașului region. It is situated in the southern part of the Transylvanian Plateau, at an altitude of . The river Părău flows through Perșani village, the river Șercaia flows through Șinca Veche village, while its left tributary, the Șercăița, flows through Șercăița and Ohaba villages. Șinca is crossed by national road DN73A, which runs from Predeal to Șercaia. The county seat, Brașov, is to the southeast and can be reached via DN1, while the city of Făg� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Iacobeni, Sibiu Iacobeni (; ) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. At the 2011 Romanian census, 60.2% of inhabitants were Romanians, 35.8% Roma, and 1.3% Germans (more specifically Transylvanian Saxons). At the 1930 census, 59% were Germans, 40.1% Romanians, and 0.9% Hungarians. Villages The commune is composed of five villages: Iacobeni, Movile (formerly ''Hundrubechiu''), Netuș, Noiștat, and Stejărișu (formerly ''Proștea''). Each of them has a fortified church. Movile Movile is a village noted for its medieval fortifications constructed by German immigrants at the behest of the Hungarian King in the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1910 the population was 247 Saxons. Movile was part of Austria-Hungary until 1918, when it was transferred to Romania. By 1992, all of the Germans had left and the population was made up of 347 ethnic Romanians. File:Iacobeni.jpg, Overview of Iacobeni File:Movile 1975.jpg, St. Michael's Church in Movile File:Jakobsdorf Torturm.jpg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Brădeni Brădeni (; ) is a Commune in Romania, commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Brădeni, Retiș (''Retersdorf''; ''Réten'') and Țeline (''Woßling''; ''Pusztacelina''). Geography The commune is located in the northeastern part of Sibiu County, on the border with the Mureș County, Mureș and Brașov County, Brașov counties. It lies in the middle of the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the river Hârtibaciu. Roads in Romania, County road DJ106 connects Brădeni to the county seat, Sibiu, to the southwest, and to Sighișoara, to the north. County road DJ104D leads to Făgăraș, to the south. Architecture A hall-shaped Lutheran church was erected by the local Transylvanian Saxon community in the 14th century. Natives * (1919–2001), poet, journalist, and translator Remus Răduleț (1904–1984), electrical engineer References Augustin Ioan, Hanna Derer. ''The Fortified Churches of the Transylvanian Saxons''. Noi M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]