Transylvanian Saxon dialect
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, ''Ste'', ''Stin'', ''Štîn'', in
German
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''Stein'', in Hungarian ''Garat''), is a village in
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 ...
,
Romania
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, part of
Jibert
Jibert (german: Seiburg; hu, Zsiberk) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Dacia (until 1931 ''Ștena''), Grânari, Jibert, Lovnic and Văleni.
The commune is located in the northwestern part of ...
commune. Until 1931, the village was known in
Romanian
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as ''Ștena'' (
Romanianization
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of the German/Saxon name). In that year, the authorities changed its name to ''Dacia''.
History
The village was first attested in 1309. Until 1980, it was inhabited by a majority of
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 ( ...
(by the end of 1970, most of them started emigrating in Germany). The Transylvanian Saxon noble family of Soterius von Sachsenheim has its origins in this village, Valentinus Schöchtert (born c. 1554) being the earliest known ancestor.
Climate
Dacia has a
humid continental climate
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(''Cfb'' in the
Köppen climate classification
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).
Churches
The
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
fortified church
A fortified church is a church that is built to serve a defensive role in times of war. Such churches were specially designed to incorporate military features, such as thick walls, battlements, and embrasures. Others, such as the Ávila Cathedra ...
dates from the 12th century.
Education
The German school was first mentioned in the year 1488.'' Fabritius-Dancu J. "Burgen im Repser Land" in "Komm mit ’81, S. 154''
Image gallery
File:Viehbrandzeichen 08-05 Stein.jpg, 1826 -
Tamga
A tamga or tamgha (from otk, 𐱃𐰢𐰍𐰀, tamga, lit=stamp, seal; tr, damga; mn, tamga; ; ); an abstract Seal (emblem), seal or Seal (emblem), stamp used by Eurasian nomads and by cultures influenced by them. The tamga was normally the e ...
of the cattle from Ștena
File:Kirche-Stein.jpg, The Lutheran church from Dacia