Georg Daniel Teutsch (December 12, 1817, Schässburg,

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- July 2, 1893,

Hermannstadt Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

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) was a Transylvanian

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(

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) bishop.

Biography

He was born in Schässburg, in the Grand Principality of Transylvania,

(now Sighișoara,

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). He was bishop of the Transylvanian Saxons.

Publications

* ''History of the Transylvania Saxons'' (2d ed., 1874) * ''Compend of the History of Transylvania'' * ''Documents for the History of Transylvania'' (1857) * ''The Reformation in the Transylvanian Saxon land'' (german: Die Reformation im Sachsenland; 6th ed., 1886) * ''Documentary History of the Evangelical Church in Transylvania'' (2 vols., 1862-1863).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teutsch, Georg Daniel 1817 births 1893 deaths People from Sighișoara Transylvanian-Saxon people Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1861–1867) 19th-century Lutheran bishops 19th-century Romanian historians