By historical descent, the Transylvanian Saxons are a predominantly ethnic German group which has been part of the broader German minority in Romania since 1918 onwards. Their noteworthy historical and cultural legacy has survived (and, in several cases, has been well preserved through the efforts of both the natives and EU-funded reconstruction programmes) in Transylvania,…
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…
Please note that when the term discovered is used/applied in this article, it refers to the European perspective of a discovery of a territory, given the fact that the territories mentioned here had been already discovered and, consequently, inhabited by the Native Americans prior to the arrival of the Norsemen. The Skr쎦lings were a group…
This article will briefly describe the early settlement of the Transylvanian Saxons, an eclectic population of Western and Central European origins (stemming from present-day Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, and even parts of north-eastern France) and one of the most important historical ethnic minorities in Romania as well as, at the same time, the eldest and…
Sibiu (or Hermannstadt as it is known in standard German/Hochdeutsch as well as H쎤rmeschtat or Hermestatt in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect) has been and is one of the most important historical towns in Transylvania and in Romania in general, a noteworthy urban centre in cultural, historical, and ecclesiastical/religious regards for both the Transylvanian Romanians and…
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