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Șcheii Brașovului
Șcheii Brașovului (, or more recently ''Obere Vorstadt''; traditional Romanian name: ''Bulgărimea'', colloquially ''Șchei'') is the old ethnically Bulgarian and Romanian neighborhood of Brașov, a city in southeastern Transylvania, Romania. This village-like section of the town is mostly made up of small houses built along narrow roads with gardens and small fields on the slopes of the Tâmpa Mountain. History Until the 17th century, the inhabitants of Șchei were forbidden from owning property inside the city walls. The people living in the Șchei could only enter the town at certain times and had to pay a toll at the Catherine's Gate for the privilege of selling their produce inside the town. Catherine's Gate was the only entrance for the Romanians — they were not allowed to use the other four entrances, such as the Șchei Gate. It was in Șchei that Brașov's first Romanian School was established, next to the Romanian Orthodox church of St. Nicholas. Resea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church (building)
A church, church building, church house, or chapel is a building used for Christian worship church service, services and Christian religion, Christian activities. The earliest identified Christian church is a house church founded between 233 AD and 256 AD. ''Church'' is also used to describe a Church (congregation), body or an assembly of Christian believers, while "the Church" may be used to refer to the worldwide Christian religious community as a whole. In traditional Christian architecture, the plan view of a church often forms a Christian cross with the centre aisle and seating representing the vertical beam and the Church architecture#Characteristics of the early Christian church building, bema and altar forming the horizontal. Towers or domes may inspire contemplation of the heavens. Modern churches have a variety of architectural styles and layouts. Some buildings designed for other purposes have been converted to churches, while many original church buildings have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Romanian School
The First Romanian School () is located on the grounds of the 15th-century St. Nicholas Church, itself located in the historic district of Șcheii Brașovului, in what is now Brașov, Romania. This is the first school on the territory of present-day Romania where Romanian language was used in teaching (in 1583; up to then, Romanians used Church Slavonic language in education). History The building was erected in 1495, but according to researcher Vasile Oltean, the school had started to function before the 15th century.Prima școală românească - Începuturi by Vasile Oltean The first Romanian-language classes were held in 1583. It was rebuilt in 1597. The background of the students was varied and, being the only Romanian school in this region of Transylvania, people came from far and wide. Each village paid for one student to attend the school, in order to learn to teach upon returning and share their education. Over time, a total of 1,730 students attended the school; howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocile Church
The Tocile Church is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 57 Vasile Saftu Street, Brașov, Romania. Located in the Tocile section of Șcheii Brașovului, it is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. In the late 18th century, there were over 1000 Orthodox families in Șchei, all assigned to St. Nicholas Church. After numerous petitions, the residents of the Tocile area were permitted to build a chchurch in 1812. Construction began in 1824, with the '' ktetor'' list being headed by Grigore IV Ghica, Prince of Wallachia. Completed the following year, the church was consecrated in 1831 by Bishop Vasile Moga. In 1855, when the parish numbered 1395 members, repairs were done on the roof, facade and cemetery walls, to which gates were added in 1860.Description at the Brașov archpriest’s district site The church is in Got ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Coliban
Allen Coliban is a Romanian curler, politician and member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2024. He is a member of the Save Romania Union (USR). He served as the mayor of Brașov between 2020 and 2024. Prior to becoming mayor, he was a senator from 2016 to 2020. He is also vice-president of Save Romania Union (USR). Electoral history Mayor of Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ... References External links *Personal site {{DEFAULTSORT:Coliban, Allen Save Romania Union politicians Living people 1979 births People from Brașov Members of the Senate of Romania Mayors of places in Romania Romanian sportsmen Sportspeople from Brașov Romanian sportsperson-politicians Romanian male curlers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioan Bogdan (historian)
Ioan Bogdan (born July 25, 1864, Șcheii Brașovului, Austrian Empire - d. June 1, 1919, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian linguist, historian and philologist, the author of studies on the language of Slavic and Romanian documents and creator of Slavo-Romanian philology. In 1903, Bogdan was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy. at the Romanian Academy site Biography Ioan Bogdan graduated high school in and university studies at the High School in . A graduate in literature, he studied Slav ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanianization
Romanianization is the series of policies aimed toward ethnic assimilation implemented by the Romanian authorities during the 20th and 21st century. The most noteworthy policies were those aimed at the Hungarian minority in Romania, Jews and as well the Ukrainian minority in Bukovina and Bessarabia. Romanianization in Transylvania In the period between the two World Wars After the end of World War I, on 1 December 1918, the Romanian National Council (elected representatives of the Romanian population) and soon afterwards, the representatives of the German population had decided to unify with Romania. The decision was contested by the Hungarian minority. The Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–1919 established Romanian control over Transylvania, while the Treaty of Trianon of 1920 determined the Romanian border with the new Hungarian state. However, Transylvania had a large Hungarian minority of 25.5%, according to the 1920 census. A portion of them fled to Hungary after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north. It covers a territory of and is the tenth largest within the European Union and the List of European countries by area, sixteenth-largest country in Europe by area. Sofia is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city; other major cities include Burgas, Plovdiv, and Varna, Bulgaria, Varna. One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Karanovo culture (6,500 BC). In the 6th to 3rd century BC, the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Ancient Macedonians, Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, trib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatars
Tatars ( )Tatar in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eastern Europe and Northern Asia who bear the name "Tatar (term), Tatar". Initially, the ethnonym ''Tatar'' possibly referred to the Tatar confederation. That confederation was eventually incorporated into the Mongol Empire when Genghis Khan unified the various steppe tribes. Historically, the term ''Tatars'' (or ''Tartars'') was Endonym and exonym, applied to anyone originating from the vast North Asia, Northern and Central Asian landmass then known as Tartary, a term which was also conflated with the Mongol Empire itself. More recently, however, the term has come to refer more narrowly to related ethnic groups who refer to themselves as ''Tatars'' or who speak languages that are commonly referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biserica Neagră
The Black Church (, , ), stands in the city of Brașov in south-eastern Transylvania, Romania. It was built by the local Transylvanian Saxon (German) community of the city during medieval times and represents the main Gothic-style monument in the country, as well as being the largest and one of the most important houses of worship in the region which belong to the Lutheran, i.e., Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession in Romania. Author Judit Petki contends that, contrary to a widely held view, the Black Church received its dark appearance not as a result of the fire which affected much of the city in 1689, but only in recent times due to pollution.Petki (2019) The current popular name is apparently a 19th-century creation.Roth (2010) The cathedral, a working church, is the main city landmark of historical Brașov, and a museum is open to visitors. Name Petki calls the view that the Black Church got its name because it was sooted by the 1689 Brașov fire, a misconception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Șchei
''Șchei'' (, ''shkei'') was an old Romanian exonym referring to the Bulgarians, especially in Transylvania and northern Wallachia. As a name, it has been preserved in the names of towns colonized in the 14th century by Bulgarians, in toponyms (''Dealu Schiaului'' near Rășinari), hydronyms (''Schiau River'', tributary to the Argeş River), surnames (''Schiau'', ''Șchiau'').Mușlea, ''Șcheii de la Cergău…'' The word is thought to derive from Latin ''sclavis'', a popular designation for the South Slavs (Bulgarians and Serbs in particular) that is still used in Albanian (in the form shkja and various dialectal variants). Șchei villages in Transylvania Among the towns or neighbourhoods bearing that trace of Bulgarian settlement are: * Șcheii Brașovului in Brașov (, , traditional Romanian name: ''Bulgărimea'') * Cergău Mic in Alba County (archaic , archaic ) Other places in Transylvania that used to be inhabited by various waves of Bulgarians were Cergău Mare, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
