The history, settlement process, achievements, and legacy of the Transylvanian Saxons (or Siebenbürger Sachsen as they are known in German), a predominantly ethnic German group which has been living in Transylvania since the mid 12th century onwards, are well known, but, perhaps their medieval history in the two neighbouring Romanian principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia…
Below are 10 interesting facts which you might like to know on the medieval Seat Fortress of Suceava, situated in one of the former capitals of the Principality of Moldavia, namely Suceava, the county seat of the namesake county from the historical regions of Bukovina and Moldavia in northeastern Romania and one of the most…
Suceava is one of the most important historical towns in Romania with a rich and long-standing history. Its long history stretches far back in time, not only to the medieval period, but also even deeper into the Paleolithic when the first known settlements were built around the middle basin of the Suceava river. Nonetheless, this…
The Zipser Germans (German: Zipser/Zipser Deutsche/Zipser Sachsen) are an important historical German-speaking minority in Central and Eastern Europe, which has been living since the High Middle Ages in present-day north-eastern Slovakia and since the Modern period in northern Romania as well (i.e. in the historical regions of Maramureș and Bukovina/Bucovina/Bukowina/Buchenland). The Zipser Germans gained their…
The Bukovina Germans (known in standard German as either ‘Buchenlanddeutsche‘ or ‘Bukowinadeutsche‘), or Buchenland Germans as they are also known, represent a once significant ethnic German minority which previously lived in Bukovina, a historical region situated at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe (nowadays divided between Suceava County in northeastern Romania and Chernivtsi Oblast…
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