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List Of Transylvanian Saxon Localities
This is a list of localities in Transylvania that were, either in majority or in minority, historically inhabited by Transylvanian Saxons, having either churches placed in refuge castles for the local population (German: ''Kirchenburg'' = fortress church or ''Wehrkirche'' = fortified church), or only village churches (German: ''Dorfkirchen'') built by the Transylvanian Saxons. See also *German exonyms (Transylvania) Below is a list of German language exonyms for towns and villages in Transylvania, Romania. {, class="wikitable sortable" ! German name !! Romanian name !! Hungarian name , - , Abtsdorf (bei Marktschelken) , , Țapu , , Csicsóholdvilág , - ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Transylvanian Saxon localities * Saxon localities Alternative names of European places Lists of place names Names of places in Romania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Apuseni Mountains. Broader definitions of Transylvania also include the western and northwestern Romanian regions of Crișana and Maramureș, and occasionally Banat. Transylvania is known for the scenery of its Carpathian landscape and its rich history. It also contains Romania's second-largest city, Cluj-Napoca, and other iconic cities and towns such as Brașov, Sibiu, Târgu Mureș, Alba Iulia and Sighișoara. It is also the home of some of Romania's List of World Heritage Sites in Romania, UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, Villages with fortified churches, the Historic Centre of Sighișoara, the Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains and the Rosia Montana Mining Cultural Landsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baia De Criș
Baia de Criș (german: Altenburg; hu, Körösbánya) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, close to the small town of Brad. It is composed of nine villages: Baia de Criș, Baldovin (''Báldovin''), Căraci (''Karács''), Cărăstău (''Karasztó''), Lunca (''Lunka''), Rișca (''Riska''), Rișculița (''Riskulica''), Țebea (''Cebe'') and Văleni. The village of Țebea is where the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan started in 1784, and marks the death place and burial site of Avram Iancu Avram Iancu (; hu, Janku Ábrahám; 1824 – September 10, 1872) was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Țara Mo .... Image:BaiaDeCrisHD_(47).JPG, Franciscan monastery of Baia de Criș, founded in the 14th century Image:Baia_de_Cris_3.jpg, Baia de Criș Image:Baia_de_Cris_4.jpg, Baia de Criș Image:Baia_de_Cris_5.jpg, Baia de Criș Image:Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gura Râului
Gura Râului (german: Auendorf; hu, Guraró) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, at the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains, west of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului Mărginimea Sibiului ( hu, Szeben-Hegyalja) is an area which comprises 18 Romanian localities in the south-western part of the Sibiu County, in southern Transylvania, all of them having a unique ethnological, cultural, architectural, and historic ... ethnographic area. It is composed of a single village, Gura Râului. References Communes in Sibiu County Localities in Transylvania {{Sibiu-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livezile, Bistrița-Năsăud
Livezile (until 1960 ''Iad''; hu, Jád; german: Jaad) is a commune located in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, 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 is composed of five villages: Cușma (''Kusma''), Dorolea (''Aszúbeszterce''), Dumbrava (''Dumbráva''), Livezile and Valea Poenii (''Bureaka''). References Communes in Bistrița-Năsăud County Localities in Transylvania {{BistriţaNăsăud-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archita, Mureș
Archita (german: Arkeden, Erkeden, hu, Erked) is a village in Romania. Specifically, it lies within the commune of Vânători in Mureș County, Transylvania. It is located between the villages of Saschiz and Beia. Name Archita, the Romanian name of the village, is also known as ''Arkeden bei Schäßburg'' in German, while the Hungarian name is ''Erked''. Arkeden bei Schäßburg, or Arkeden in short, could derive its name from the Hungarian toponym Erked or a Germanic anthroponym (Archo or Ercho), its name being first mentioned in 1356 as ''Erkud''. In the Transylvanian Saxon dialect, its name is variously rendered: Ärkeden, Ârkeden or Arkedn. History Prior to the arrival of the Transylvanian Saxons, the area in which Archita now lies was occupied by the Székely people with an old enclave of Romanians living to the north of the village which?/nowiki>">Wikipedia.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Wikipedia">which?/nowiki>. It was founded as Arkeden by the Saxons as an agricultural cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teaca
Teaca (german: Tekendorf,Tekendorf in Nordsiebenbürgen : Ortsmonographie; Ilse Schliessleder-Fronius, 1989 hu, Teke) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, 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 is composed of six villages: Archiud, Budurleni, Ocnița, Pinticu, Teaca and Viile Tecii. File:Locatia Bisericii Baptiste Pinticu.jpg, Pinticu Baptist Church File:Bisericii Baptista Pinticu.jpg, File:Baptist church Viile Tecii.jpg, Viile Tecii Baptist Church File:Biserica Penticostala Viile Tecii.jpg, Viile Tecii Pentecostal Church File:Baptist church Teaca.jpg, Teaca Baptist Church References Communes in Bistrița-Năsăud County Localities in Transylvania {{BistriţaNăsăud-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vâlcele, Covasna
Vâlcele ( hu, Előpatak, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania composed of four villages: *Araci / Árapatak (the commune center) *Ariușd / Erősd *Hetea / Hetye *Vâlcele The commune is situated in the south-western part of Covasna County, 17 km from Sfântu Gheorghe, at the foot of the Baraolt Mountains. The Olt River passes through the southern part of the commune. Demographics Vâlcele has an ethnically mixed population. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 4,292, of which 48.3% or 2,071 are Roma, 39.4% or 1,689 are Romanians and 9.9% or 427 are Székely Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali .... 100 people, or 2.3%, belong to other ethnicities. Natives * Romulus Cioflec References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axente Sever, Sibiu
Axente Sever (until 1931 ''Frâua''; german: Frauendorf; hu, Asszonyfalva) is a Commune in Romania, commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, named after Ioan Axente Sever. The commune is composed of three villages: Agârbiciu (''Arbegen''; ''Szászegerbegy''), Axente Sever and Șoala (''Schaal''; ''Sálya''). In each of these three villages there are Transylvanian Saxon, Saxon Villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, fortified churches erected in the 14th century and fortified till the 16th century. Gallery File:Biserica Fortificata din Axente Sever Sibiu Poza 4.JPG, Fortified Church of Axente Sever File:Axente Sever IMG 5527.jpg, Fortified Church of Axente Sever File:Biserica Fortificata din Axente Sever Sibiu Poza 2.JPG, Fortified Church of Axente Sever File:ROM Axente Sever 01.jpg, Axente Sever File:ROM Axente Sever Principala 01.jpg, The main street References Augustin Ioan and Hanna Derer. ''The Fortified Churches of the Transylvanian S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cluj County
Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Klausenburg''. Under Kingdom of Hungary, a county with an identical name (Kolozs County, ro, Comitatul Cluj) existed since the 11th century. Demography At the 2011 census, Cluj County had a population of 691,106 inhabitants, down from the 2002 census. On 1 January 2015, an analysis of the National Institute of Statistics revealed that 13.7% of the county population was between 0 and 14 years, 69.8% between 15 and 64 years, and 16.4% 65 years and over. 66.3% of the population lives in urban areas, having the fourth-highest rate of urbanization in the country, after Hunedoara (75%), Brașov (72,3%), and Constanța (68,8%). Ethnic composition At the 2011 census, the ethnic composition was as follows: * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mănăștur
Mănăștur ( hu, Kolozsmonostor; german: Abtsdorf) is a district of the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca, which has been a part of the city since 1895. Its population as of 2007 was of approximately 126,600. History Middle Ages Mănăștur is home to the Cluj-Napoca Calvaria Church, Calvaria Church, a Benedictine abbey built in the 9th-10th centuries. 20th century After the Nazi Germany, German-Kingdom of Italy, Italian arbitrated 1940 Second Vienna Award, Kolozsmonostor (Mănăștur) was situated 1 km from the border with Kingdom of Romania, Romania, at Erdőfelek/Feleacu. The district was changed during Nicolae Ceaușescu's systematisation (Romania), systematisation urban reconstruction program, when many blocks of flats were built, which housed a mainly working class population. See also *Grădinile Mănăștur, a nearby district References Districts of Cluj-Napoca {{cluj-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alțâna
Alțâna (german: Alzen; hu, Alcina) is a commune in the north of Sibiu County, Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. It is composed of three villages: Alțâna, Benești (''Bägendorf''; ''Bendorf'') and Ghijasa de Sus (''Obergesäß''; ''Felsőgezés''). Alțâna was one of the most important villages of the Transylvanian Saxon 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 ... seat of Nocrich. History In 1910 the Agnita to Sibiu railway line was completed with at station at Alțâna and Benești; however, the line was closed in 2001. An active restoration group has since been formed aiming to restore the entire line to working condition. Name The legend says that the first German villagers were led by ten " greavi". These ten men counseled in the matter of ho ... [...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] |
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