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Cincu
Cincu (german: Großschenk; hu, Nagysink) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Cincu and Toarcla (''Tarteln''; ''Kisprázsmár''). Each of these has a fortified church. Geography The commune is located in the northwestern part of the county, on the border with Sibiu County. It lies in the southern reaches of the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the rivers Cincu and Pârâul Nou, both right tributaries of the river Olt. The nearest city is Făgăraș, some away; the county capital, Brașov, is to the southeast, while the city of Sibiu is to the west. The commune is crossed by county road DJ105, which runs from nearby Voila to Agnita, to the northwest, and DJ105A, which runs from nearby Bruiu to Rupea, to the northeast. History Cincu was first mentioned in a document of 1329 as ''Schenck'', a word connected to ''Schenke'', meaning "tavern" in German. The village was founded in the mid-12th century by some 30 fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toarcla - Toarcla - Ansamblul Bisericii Evanghelice Fortificate (edere Dinspre Sud-est)
Cincu (german: Großschenk; hu, Nagysink) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Cincu and Toarcla (''Tarteln''; ''Kisprázsmár''). Each of these has a fortified church. Geography The commune is located in the northwestern part of the county, on the border with Sibiu County. It lies in the southern reaches of the Transylvanian Plateau, on the banks of the rivers Cincu and Pârâul Nou, both right tributaries of the river Olt. The nearest city is Făgăraș, some away; the county capital, Brașov, is to the southeast, while the city of Sibiu is to the west. The commune is crossed by county road DJ105, which runs from nearby Voila to Agnita, to the northwest, and DJ105A, which runs from nearby Bruiu to Rupea, to the northeast. History Cincu was first mentioned in a document of 1329 as ''Schenck'', a word connected to ''Schenke'', meaning "tavern" in German. The village was founded in the mid-12th century by some 30 famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincu (river)
The Cincu is a right tributary of the river Olt in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S .... It discharges into the Olt in Cincșor. e-calauza.ro Its length is and its basin size is . References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Brașov County {{Brașov-river-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olt (river)
The Olt (Romanian and Hungarian; german: Alt; la, Aluta or ', tr, Oltu, grc, Ἄλυτος ''Alytos'') is a river in Romania. It is long, and its basin area is . It is the longest river flowing exclusively through Romania. Its average discharge at the mouth is . Its source is in the Hășmaș Mountains of the eastern Carpathian Mountains, near Bălan, rising close to the headwaters of the river Mureș. It flows through the Romanian counties Harghita, Covasna, Brașov, Sibiu, Vâlcea and Olt. The river was known as ''Alutus'' or ''Aluta'' in Roman antiquity. Olt County and the historical province of Oltenia are named after the river. Sfântu Gheorghe, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina are the main cities on the river Olt. The Olt flows into the Danube river near Turnu Măgurele. Settlements The main cities along the river Olt are Miercurea Ciuc, Sfântu Gheorghe, Făgăraș, Râmnicu Vâlcea and Slatina. The Olt passes through the following communes, from source to mouth: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transylvanian Saxons
The Transylvanian Saxons (german: Siebenbürger Sachsen; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjer Såksen''; ro, Sași ardeleni, sași transilvăneni/transilvani; hu, Erdélyi szászok) are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania (german: Siebenbürgen) in waves starting from the mid- 12th century until the mid 19th century. The legal foundation of the settlement was laid down in the Diploma Andreanum issued by King Andrew II of Hungary that is known for providing the first territorial autonomy hitherto in the history. The Transylvanian "Saxons" originally came from Flanders, Hainaut, Brabant, Liège, Zeeland, Moselle, Lorraine, and Luxembourg, then situated in the north-western territories of the Holy Roman Empire around the 1140s. After 1918 and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, in the wake of the Treaty of Trianon, Transylvania united with the Kingdom of Romania. Consequently, the Transylvanian Saxons, together with other ethnic German sub-groups in newly e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Schullerus
Fritz Schullerus (born 22 July 1866 in Făgăraș and died 22 December 1898 in Cincu) was a Transylvanian Saxon painter. Life Schullerus was raised in a vicarage. He was the son of the evangelic pastor Gustav Adolf Schullerus (1838–1900). His younger brother was the pastor and linguist Adolf Schullerus (1864–1928). His niece was the painter Trude Schullerus (1889–1981). Schullerus attended the evangelic gymnasium in Sibiu until 1885, where he got his first painting lessons from Carl Dörschlag. Afterwards he started 1885 architecture studies at the College of Technologie in Vienna, but dropped out. Then he began his education at the painters school in Budapest with Bertalan Székely and as a private student of Gyula Benczúr . His paintings were inspired by the works of Arnold Böcklin and Franz von Lenbach. Schullerus studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 21 October 1889. He studied with Gabriel von Hackl, Karl Moor, Ludwig von Löfftz and Otto Seitz. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brașov County
Brașov County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș. Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Brassó megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Kronstadt''. Under Austria-Hungary, a county with an identical name (Brassó County, ro, Comitatul Brașov) was created in 1876, covering a smaller area. Demographics On 20 October 2011, the county had a population of 549,217 and the population density was . * Romanians – 87.4% * Hungarians – 7.77% * Romas – 3.5% * Germans (Transylvanian Saxons) – 0.65% Traditionally the Romanian population was concentrated in the west and southwest of the county, the Hungarians in the east part of the county, and the Germans in the north and around Brașov city. Geography The county has a total area of . The south side comprises the Carpathian Mountains (Southern Carpathians and Eastern Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagy-Küküllő County
Nagy-Küküllő ( ro, Comitatul Târnava-Mare) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (central Transylvania). Nagy-Küküllő is the Hungarian name for the river Târnava Mare. The capital of the county was Segesvár (present-day Sighișoara). Geography Nagy-Küküllő County shared borders with the Hungarian counties Alsó-Fehér, Kis-Küküllő, Udvarhely, Háromszék, Brassó, Fogaras, and Szeben. The river Târnava Mare formed part of its northern border and the river Olt part of its southern border. Its area was around 1910. History Nagy-Küküllő County came into existence in 1876, when the administrative structure of Transylvania was changed and Küküllő County was split. In 1920, by the Treaty of Trianon, the county became part of Romania. Its territory lies in the present Romanian counties Sibiu (the west), Brașov (the south-east), and Mureș (around Sighișoara Sighișoara (; hu, Seg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland
The Rhineland (german: Rheinland; french: Rhénanie; nl, Rijnland; ksh, Rhingland; Latinised name: ''Rhenania'') is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section. Term Historically, the Rhinelands refers (physically speaking) to a loosely defined region embracing the land on the banks of the Rhine in Central Europe, which were settled by Ripuarian and Salian Franks and became part of Frankish Austrasia. In the High Middle Ages, numerous Imperial States along the river emerged from the former stem duchy of Lotharingia, without developing any common political or cultural identity. A "Rhineland" conceptualization can be traced to the period of the Holy Roman Empire from the sixteenth until the eighteenth centuries when the Empire's Imperial Estates (territories) were grouped into regional districts in charge of defence and judicial execution, known as Imperial Circles. Three of the ten circles through which the Rhine flowed referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Hungary (1000–1920)
A county ( Hungarian: vármegye or megye; the earlier refers to the counties of the Kingdom of Hungary) is the name of a type of administrative unit in Hungary. This article deals with counties in the former Kingdom of Hungary from the 10th century until the Treaty of Trianon of 1920. For lists of individual counties, see: ''Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Hungary''. For counties of Hungary since 1950, see: '' Counties of Hungary''. Nomenclature Origin of the name The Latin word ''comitatus'' is derived from the word ''comes'', which originally stood for companion or retinue member. In the Early and High Middle Ages, the title ''comes'' was a noble title used in various meanings, in the Kingdom of Hungary especially (but not exclusively) in the meaning "county head". The Hungarian word ''megye'' is likely derived from Southern Slavic ''medja'' (međa, међа) meaning approximately territorial border. The Slavic word in turn is related to Latin ''medius'' (middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Honter
Johannes Honter (also known as Johann Hynter; Latinized as Johann Honterus or Ioannes Honterus; Romanian sources may credit him as Ioan, Hungarian ones as János; 1498 – 23 January 1549) was a Transylvanian Saxon, renaissance humanist, Protestant reformer, and theologian. Honter is best known for his geographic and cartographic publishing activity, as well as for implementing the Lutheran reform in Transylvania and founding the church, which would become the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania, after Romania annexed Transylvania. Education and activity Early life Born in Brassó ''(German: Kronstadt, today Brașov, Romania)'', Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, he studied at the University of Vienna between 1520 and 1525, graduating with a ''magister artium'' title. As the Ottomans approached Vienna in 1529 (''see Siege of Vienna''), Honter moved first to Regensburg, and, in 1530, he registered at the Kraków's Jagiellonian University (in Poland) as "Joha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950
The ''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950'' (''ÖBL''), ''Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815-1950'', is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the history of Austria, published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. It currently comprises 12 volumes (60 deliveries) with a total of more than 16,000 biographies. It follows the ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich'' (English, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire'') (abbreviated ''Wurzbach'' from the author's surname) is a 60-volume work, edited and published by Constantin von Wurzbach, cont ...'' (''Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire''), which dealt with the period between 1750 and 1850 and which was published from 1856 to 1891 in 60 volumes, containing 24,254 critical biographies. Published volumes *Volume 1 (''Aarau Friedrich–Gläser Franz''), 1957 (reprinted without changes 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael The Brave
Michael the Brave ( ro, Mihai Viteazul or ; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai PătraÈ™cu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593 – 1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and ''de facto'' ruler of Transylvania (1599 – 1600). He is considered one of Romania's greatest national heroes. Since the 19th century, Michael the Brave has been regarded by Romanian nationalists as a symbol of Romanian unity, as his reign marked the first time all principalities inhabited by Romanians were under the same ruler. His rule over Wallachia began in the autumn of 1593. Two years later, war with the Ottomans began, a conflict in which the Prince fought the Battle of Călugăreni, resulting in a victory against an army nearly three times the size of the army of Michael the Brave, considered one of the most important battles of his reign. Although the Wallachians emerged victorious from the battle, Michael was forced to retreat with his troops and wait for aid from his allies, Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
