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List Of Transylvanian Saxons
{{Short description, none This is a list of famous Transylvanian Saxons. Academics *Adele Zay, (1848-1928), pedagogue and teacher training administrator who spread Fröbel's theories on Kindergartens. Artists * Wilhelm Georg Berger, composer *Friedrich von Bömches, painter *Hans Fronius, painter and illustrator * Steve Holmes, adult film actor *Peter Maffay, singer *Edith Soterius von Sachsenheim, painter *Hymie Schertzer, musician big band era. * Helge Parsch/Maiterth, Designer * Michael Roth, artist (Canada) Noble families *House of Soterius von Sachsenheim * Fronius family * Medard de Nympz family * Póka von Pókafalva Politicians *Samuel von Brukenthal *Stephan Ludwig Roth * Klaus Johannis, current president of Romania *Iancu Sasul, Prince of Moldavia Scientists * Conrad Haas, military engineer, pioneer of rocket propulsion * Hermann Oberth, space flight technology pioneer * Hannah Monyer, physician and researcher * Ignaz Edler von Born, Mineralogist/Metallurgist Sports ... [...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] |
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, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Pastior
Oskar Pastior (; 20 October 1927 – 4 October 2006) was a Romanian-born German poet and translator. He was the only German member of Oulipo. Biography Born into a Transylvanian Saxons, Transylvanian Saxon family in Sibiu (Hermannstadt), he Deportation of Germans from Romania after World War II, was deported in January 1945, along with many other ethnic Germans in Eastern Europe, to the Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union, USSR for forced labor. He returned to Romania in 1949, and went on to study German studies at the University of Bucharest in 1955. After graduation, he worked for the German language service of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company. In 1964, he published his first collection of poems, "Offne Worte". After having been under surveillance by the Securitate for 4 years, Pastior became an informer for the Securitate in 1961 with the alias "Otto Stein". This became known in 2010, years after his death. He was an informer until 1968, when he obtained a scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannes Sommerus
Johann Sommer ( la, Ioannes Sommerus; 1542–1574) was a Transylvanian Saxon Protestant theologian, poet and Despot Vodă's biographer. Sommer was born in Pirna. In 1562 he enrolled at University of Frankfurt, but did not graduate. Born in Pirna, Sommerus came to Moldavia as secretary to the reforming prince Jacob Heraclides ( Despot Vodă), becoming the main figure in the short-lived College of Cotnari (''Schola Latina'') (1562–1563). After the Prince's death in 1563, Sommer and his other supporters had to flee. Sommer moved to Transylvania and led a similar school in Braşov (the one founded by Johannes Honter, the ''Honterus-Gymnasium'' in Kronstadt), from 1565 to 1567. While he was rector there he wrote the epic ''Reges Hungarici''. He moved on to the John Sigismund Unitarian Academy, Kolosvar (1570–1574). According to the 18th-century historian Johann Seivert, he married the daughter of Ferenc Dávid, and this statement was overtaken by many other sources; however ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Schesaus
Christian Schesaus (1535 – July 30, 1585) was a Transylvanian Saxon humanist, poet, and a Lutheran pastor. He was born in Mediaș, studied first in Brașov, and then from 1556 to 1558 at the University of Wittenberg. ''Ruinae Pannonnicae'', his best known work, was written in Latin and composed in dactylic hexameter on the model of Virgil's ''Aeneid''. The subject of the poem deals with the events in Transylvania, Hungary, Wallachia and Moldavia over the 31-year period of 1540 to 1571. Schesaus insists on the Roman origin and heritage of Romanians, backed by evidence he presents (together with proof of Dacian contributions). The work was first printed in Wittenberg (1571), and it ensured that Schesaus was awarded the title of Poet Laureate by Prince Stephen Bathory. Around 1580, Christian Schesaus was living in Biertan; he died of the plague Plague or The Plague may refer to: Agriculture, fauna, and medicine *Plague (disease), a disease caused by ''Yersinia pes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Honterus
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Fabi
Randy Fabi (born 1963 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a former professional Canadian football player. Early years Randy Fabi is the son of Transylvanian Saxons immigrants, CFL player Martin Fabi and Katherine Mergler. He grew up in Aylmer, Ontario and attended Oakville Trafalgar High School in Oakville, Ontario. Fabi played for the Western Mustangs football team at the University of Western Ontario. Professional career Following in his father's footsteps, Randy Fabi played in the Canadian Football League from 1986 to 1991. He played with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from the 1986 CFL season to 1990, including winning the 76th Grey Cup in 1988. He played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the 1991 CFL season The 1991 CFL season is considered to be the 38th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 34th Canadian Football League season. CFL News in 1991 Harry Ornest sold the Toronto Argonauts to Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky .... References 1963 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Fabi
Martin Fabi (November 1, 1942 – January 5, 2023) was a professional Canadian football player. After his father was killed in World War II, the family fled to Austria in 1944. In 1953, Fabi and his family immigrated to Ontario, Canada, where they settled in the town of Aylmer. In 1962, Fabi began playing in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Montreal Alouettes. He was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1963 and played for Saskatchewan till 1965. He was a split end who also punted for the Roughriders. He holds the league records for most punting yards and most punts in a game. His records are 18 punts totalling 814 yards at Calgary on September 14, 1963. His son, Randy Fabi, also played in the CFL for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a professional Canadian football team based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Tiger-Cats play the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Klein (footballer, Born 1959)
Michael Klein (10 October 1959 – 2 February 1993) was a Romanian footballer who played as a left-back. Club career Michael Klein, nicknamed ''Mișa'', was born on 10 October 1959 in Amnaș, Romania, being half of Transylvanian Saxon origin from his father side. He started to play football at Corvinul Hunedoara's youth center in 1973, making his debut for the senior team on 24 August 1977 under coach Ștefan Coidum in a Divizia A match which ended 2–2 against Argeș Pitești. In the following season he was sent on a loan at Divizia B team, Aurul Brad, but in the 1978–79 Divizia A season he was brought back to Corvinul by the team's new coach, Mircea Lucescu. At the end of Klein and Lucescu's first season spent at Corvinul, the club relegated to Divizia B, but Klein stayed with the club, promoting back to the first division after one year, helping the club finish 3rd in the 1981–82 Divizia A, also appearing in four games in which he scored one goal in the 1982–83 UEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignaz Edler Von Born
Ignaz Edler von Born, also known as Ignatius von Born ( hu, Born Ignác, ro, Ignațiu von Born, cs, Ignác Born) (26 December 1742 in Alba Iulia, Transylvania, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Habsburg monarchy – 24 July 1791 in Vienna), was a mineralogist and metallurgy, metallurgist. He was a prominent freemason, being head of Vienna's Illuminati lodge and an influential anti-clerical writer. He was the leading scientist in the Holy Roman Empire during the 1770s in the age of Enlightenment. His interests include mining, mineralogy, palaeontology, chemistry,''Dvaasedmdesát jmen české historie (46/72). Ignác Born.'' (Film document by Česká televize, Czech television, 2009), website. Retrieved 3 Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Monyer
Hannah Monyer (born 3 October 1957 in Laslea, Romania) is a Romanian-born (Transylvanian Saxon) German neurobiologist and, since 1999,Hannah Monyer , Crossroads in Biology, received 27 May 2010. she has been Director of the Department of Clinical Neurology at the University Hospital in .Why we remember and forget , European Molecular Biology Laboratory, retrieved 27 May 2010. In 2004 she was awarded the 1.55 million |
