The settlement, historical legacy and achievements of the Transylvanian Saxons, a predominantly German ethnic group which has been living in Transylvania since the Middle Ages onwards, are well known and documented. But, perhaps, not that much is known or considered ‘mainstream’ in historical regards with respect to their historical legacy, contributions, and achievements in the…
Baia (previously known in Romanian as Târgul Moldovei, i.e. the market of Moldavia, and in Latin as Civitas Moldaviensis), nowadays a commune in Suceava County, Western Moldavia, northeastern Romania, was the first capital of the Principality of Moldavia, one of the Romanian principalities during the Middle Ages. It was founded by Transylvanian Saxons, a predominantly…
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…
The Teutonic Knights (or the Teutonic Order) were one of the most important military-religious chivalric orders of the Late Middle Ages in Central Europe and significant large parts of Eastern and Northeastern Europe respectively. As such, the Teutonic Knights had an important territorial foothold in the area around the Baltic Sea in the contemporary Baltic…
The Transylvanian Saxon fortified church of Heldsdorf/Hălchiu is one of the most beautiful and picturesque of its kind in Transylvania (or Siebenbürgen as the region is known in German as well as Siweberjen in the Transylvanian Saxon dialect), central Romania. It is situated in the village of Hălchiu (known in German as Heldsdorf and in…
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