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Village Names:
- German: Abtsdorf
- Hungarian: Apátfalva, Szaszapotfalva
- Official: Apos
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Apesterf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Agnita, southeast of Mosna
- Postal-Code:
Population:
- 1786: 424
- 1910: 596
- 1940: 619 Lutherans
- 1966: 558
- 31.12.1995: Lutheran community had 6 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Abstdorff
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529979, item 2
- Hermannstadt City Archives:
B: 1671-1837
M: 1795, 1797-1827
D: 1728-1837
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1322
- HOG (publishes Abtsdorfer Heimatecho [1984])
- Spelling with diacritics: Apos,
Heimatbücher:
- Abtsdorf. Ein ehemaliges deutsches Dorf in Siebenbürgen. [E: ....A
former German village in Transylvania]. (Michael Konnerth). Buchen-Walldürn,
Odenwälder, 1997. 736 S. 252,-DM. ISBN 3-929295-36-9. [G; Wuertt.
Landesbibliothek]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Johanna Schuster, Dr. Eisenreiterweg
1, D-84359 Simbach.
Village Names:
- German: Abtsdorf
- Hungarian: Csicsóholdvilág
- Official: Tapu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Appesdorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Copsa Mica, northwest of Seica Mare
- Postal-Code:
Population:
- 1786: 599
- 1910: 1104
- 1940: 559 Lutherans
- 1966: 1184
- 1992: 145 Germans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 52 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Holdvilag
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529957, item 4
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309 as villa Abatis
- HOG
Village Names:
- German: Agnetheln
- Hungarian: Szent Ágota
- Official: Agnita
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Ognitheln, Agnethelnthal
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southeast of Medias, southwest of Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 2479
Population:
- 1786: 1730
- 1910: 3933
- 1940: 3378 Lutherans
- 1992: 12,280 (447 Germans)
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 207 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1206
- HOG (publishes Agnethler Blatt [1988])
- Ortsgeschichte
- one of the oldest Transylvanian Saxon communities; known for its
"Urzelnlaufen"
- Name derived from St. Agnes (Agnetha)
- 1926: village electrification
Heimatbücher:
- Aug' in Auge mit den Schatten. 400 Bilder vom Bild Agnethelns
in Siebenbürgen. [E: Eye in eye with the shadows. 400 pictures of ....
in Transylvania]. (Horst Fabritius, Hrsg). Heilbronn, 1996. 183 S. 35,-DM.
[G].
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Ingeborg Ehrmann, HOG Agnetheln,
Hanselmannstr. 55, D-74080 Heilbronn.
- Aus der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart des königlichen freien Marktes
Agnetheln. [E: From the past and present of the royal free market town....]
Hermannstadt, Krafft, 1900. 227 S. [UB Eichstätt, MOB]
- Ausweg - der Weg ins Aus. Die letzten 50 Jahre in Agnetheln, Siebenbürgen.
Festschrift für die Heimatortsgemeinschaft (HOG) Agnetheln. [E: The
way out. The last 50 years in..., Transylvania]. (Horst Fabritius).
Heilbronn, 1991. 219 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Almen
- Hungarian: Szászalmás
- Official: Alma Vii
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Alma Saseasca
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Halfway between Agnita and Medias
- Postal-Code: 3153
Population:
- 1786: 418
- 1910: 581
- 1940: 471 Lutherans
- 1985: 553
- 1992: 22 Germans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 2 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1289 as Alma
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG
- Derived from personal name "Almo" = elm
Village Names:
- German: Alzen
- Hungarian: Alczina, Alcina
- Official: Altina
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 4 km north of Nocrich, southwest of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2482
Population:
- 1488: Saxon school
- 1786: 1326
- 1910: 2113
- 1940: 1012 Lutherans
- 1966: 2244
- 1990: 2815
- 31.12.1995: Lutheran community had 90 members and is served from
Hermannstadt
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1291
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Baptismal font dates from 1404, one of 8 made by Leonhardus of
Hermannstadt; the others are now in Denndorf, Henndorf, Hermannstadt,
Klein Schelken, Mediasch, Schaas, and Schäßburg.
- Spelling with diacritics: Alt,ina
Village Names:
- German: Arbegen
- Hungarian: Szászegerbegy
- Official: Agirbiciu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Egerbig, Egerbeg,
Eyrbogen, Arbegjen, Agarbiciu, Arbäjen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Copsa Mica, north of Sibiu on highway 14
- Postal-Code: 3454
Population:
- 1532: 62 heads of households
- 1786: 656
- 1910: 1284
- 1940: 765 Lutherans
- 1966: 1768
- 1992: 73 Germans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 38 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1343 as Egurbeg
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Derived from Hungarian "eger" = Erle (alder) and "begy" = Aue (body
of water)
- Name changes: Egerbig (1357), Egerbeg (1382), Eyrbogen (1484),
Arbegjen (1516)
- Spelling with diacritics: Agi^rbiciu
Heimatbücher:
- 850 Jahre - das war's? Arbegen an der Weiß im Weinland Siebenbürgens.
[E: 850 years - that's it? .... on the Weiß in the wineland of Transylvania.]
(Anton Walter Schuller, HOG Arbegen). München, Sieb.-sächs. Stiftung,
1997. 311 S., 2 Karten (Lageplan und Hattertkarte), 80,-DM, ISBN 3-932043-01-4.
[G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Sophienstr.
3, D-80333 München oder/or Dr. Anton Walter Schuller,
Hartmannstr. 15a, D-97688 Bad Kissingen.
Village Names:
- German: Arkeden
- Hungarian: Mezöerked
- Official: Archiud
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Szászerked
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Bistrita, 8 km west of Teaca
- Postal-Code: 4429
Population:
- ca. 1700: had a Lutheran community
- 1966: 1306
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: approximately 1293
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Belonged to Hungarian noble families of Werböczi and later Boszasy
Village Names:
- German: Arkeden
- Hungarian: Erked
- Official: Archita
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southeast of Sighisoara, northwest of Rupea
- Postal-Code: 3061
Population:
- 1593: 165 taxpayers
- 1786: 916
- 1910: 1269
- 1940: 698 Lutherans
- 1966: 1150
- Filial parish of Weißkirch since 1978
- 1992: 18 Germans
- 1997: 1 Saxon
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Arkeden
- Church records available at FHL: BMD 1879-1925
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417950, 1417951
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Erked
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536783, item 1
- Leipzig archives: BMD: 1879-1943
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: 13th century; documented: 1341
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG Homepage
- Ortsgenealoge
- Derived from: 1) Hungarian "erek" = arcade; or 2) German personal
name "Archol/Ercho"; or 3) sächsisch: er küt (he comes)
Heimatbücher:
- Arkeden. Eine siebenbürgisch-sächsische Gemeinde im Haferland
und ihre Einwohner. [E: .... a Transylvanian community in the land of
oats and its inhabitants]. (Georg Binder). München, Selbstverlag, 1995.
909 S., 60 Fotos, € 60,- [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse:
Georg Binder
, Friedenheimer Str. 153/III, D-80686 München.
- Bilder-Album. Arkeden als Ergänzung zum Heimatbuch Arkeden. [E:
Picture book. ... a complement to the heritage book ....]. (Georg Binder).
München, Selbstverlag, 1997. 172 S. € 25,- [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse:
Georg Binder
, Friedenheimer Str. 153/III, D-80686 München.
- Entwicklungsgeschichte der evangelisch-sächsischen Gemeinde Arkeden.
[E: Developmental history of the Evangelical-Saxon community of ....].
1866.
Village Names:
- German: Baassen
- Hungarian: Felsobajom
- Official: Bazna
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Baasen, Basnen, Bozna,
Baußen, Ober Baßen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Medias
- Postal-Code: 3149
Population:
- 1516: 400-500
- 1532: 77 heads of households
- 1786: 844
- 1910: 1643
- 1940: 1364 Lutherans
- 1966: 2243
- 1992: 205 Germans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 67 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1302
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- Since 1672 known for its "burning spring", the result of a natural
gas deposit
Heimatbücher:
- Baaßen. Geschichte einer sächsischen Gemeinde in Siebenbürgen [E:
... History of a Saxon Community in Siebenbürgen]. (Reinhold Schullerus).
Verlag der Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen Stiftung München, 2002. 296 S. ISBN
3-932043-30-8. € 60,-
Order address/Bezugsadresse: HOG Baaßen, Heinz Umling, Wolfsbacher
Weg 2, 84036 Landshut
- Baaßner Geschichten. [E: Baaßner Stories]. (Christine Franck).
Kastner Verlag, Wolnzach, 2003. 228 S. ISBN 3-936154-93-7. € 14,50
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Christine Franck, Sudetenstr. 9, 82194
Gröbenzell oder: Buchversand Südost,
Brigitte Rill
, Seebergsteige 4, 74235 Erlenbach
Village Names:
- German: Baiersdorf
- Hungarian: Királynémeti
- Official: Crainimat
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Baidres, Baierdorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 11 km southwest of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4471
Population:
- 1786: 444
- 1910: 514
- 1940: 497 Lutherans
- 1966: 619
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1264 as Querali
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Spelling with diacritics: Crainima^t
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch von Baierdorf im Nösnerland in Nordsiebenbürgen. [E:
Heritage book of ....in the Nösnerland in north Transylvania]. (Michael
Klein; im Auftrag der HOG Baierdorf). Thaur/Innsbruck, Wort und Welt
Verlag, 1992. 317 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Bd. 7).
[G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Michael Klein, Rheinauer Ring
127/2, D-76437 Rastatt
Village Names:
- German: Batiz
- Hungarian: Batiz
- Official: Batiz
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southeast of Deva, east of Hunedoara
- Postal-Code: 2636
Population:
- 1786: 369
- 1878: 531 (all Rumanians)
- 1909: 666 (524 Rumanians, the rest Germans and Hungarians)
- 1930: 151 Germans
- 1966: 803
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1300
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Resettled by Batschka Germans about 1900
Village Names:
- German: Baumgarten
- Hungarian: Szászbongárd
- Official: Bungard
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Baumgartner
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4452
Population:
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szasz Bongard
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536807, item 3
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1331
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
Village Names:
- German: Baumgarten
- Hungarian: Bongárd
- Official: Bungard
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southeast of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2429
Population:
- ca. 1925: Lutheran community ceased to exist
- 1966: 696
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Baumgarten
- Church records available at FHL:
- B: 1690-1861; M: 1780-1944; D: 1718-1944
- history 1740-1870
- list of inhabitants in 1845 and 1868
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1475961
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: B: 1690-1861; M: 1717-1861; D: 1690-1867
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: approximately 1429 by the Bogumil tribe whose descendants
are evang.-luth. Rumanian speaking Slavs
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
Village Names:
- German: Bekokten
- Hungarian: Báránykut
- Official: Barcut
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Baranculzt, Barakut,
Perkütten, Brekokten
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Fagaras, southeast of Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 2326
Population:
- 1786: 994
- 1910: 1086
- 1940: 729 Lutherans
- 1966: 974
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 28 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1206 as villa Bakancuth
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Ba^rcut
- Name changes: Baranculzt (1309), Barakut (1438), Perkütten (1532)
Heimatbücher:
- Bekokten: ein Dorf im Wandel der Zeit. (Horst Porkolab, Erwin
Rheindt). München, Verlag der Sieb.-sächs. Stiftung, 1998. 300 S. 70,-DM.
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Erwin Rheindt, Holzstr. 8/1,
D-74072 Heilbronn. Fax: (07131) 620148
Village Names:
- German: Bell
- Hungarian: Bólya
- Official: Buia
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northeast of Sibiu, southeast of Copsa Mica
- Postal-Code: 2465
Population:
- 1786: 986
- 1910: 1326
- 1940: 268 Lutherans
- 1966: 1167
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 22 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Bolya
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529954, item 4
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1296
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
Village Names:
- German: Belleschdorf
- Hungarian: Jövedics
- Official: Idiciu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Billesdorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Dumbraveni, southeast of Tirnaveni
- Postal-Code: 3251
Population:
- 1786: 404
- 1910: 672
- 1940: 463 Lutherans
- 1966: 621
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 3 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Belleschdorf
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1710-1944; M: 1780-1944; D:
1718-1944 and more
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417905-1417908
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Jovedics
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529950, item 2
- Leipzig archives: B: 1717-1944; M: 1780-1944; D: 1718-1944, gaps
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1310 as Ivedeech
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Derived from name of landowner, Belus of Ivedeech
- Name changes: Billesdorf on Honterus's map of 1532
Village Names:
- German: Benzenz
- Hungarian: Bencenc
- Official: Aurel Vlaicu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Bintinti, Bencencz
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2615
Population:
- 1786: 383
- 1910: 818
- 1930: 139 Germans
- 1966: 892
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Bencencz
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529961, item 4
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1291
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Resettled by Batschka Germans around 1900
- Birthplace of Romanian pilot, Aurel Vlaicu (1882-1913)
Village Names:
- German: Bethlen
- Official: Beclean
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Betien, Betlen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Fagaras on highway 1
- Postal-Code: 2310
Population:
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Bethlen
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529970, item 1
Miscellaneous:
Village Names:
- German: Billak, Attelsdorf
- Hungarian: Bilak
- Official: Domnesti
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Bileag, Adelsdorf,
Ättelsbräck
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Bistrita, north of Teaca
- Postal-Code: 4418
Population:
- 1786: 472
- 1910: 839
- 1940: 393 Lutherans
- 1966: 742
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 1 member; a filial community
of Bistritz since 1661
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Bilak
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536807, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1246
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Known for its salt deposits since Roman times
- Derived from Ettelsbrück in Luxembourg
- Spelling with diacritics: Domnes,ti
Heimatbücher:
- 740 Jahre Billak in Siebenbürgen. [E: 740 years... in Transylvania].
(Martin Weiß; Gefördert vom Sieb.-sächs. Kulturrat aus Mitteln der
Sieb.-sächs. Stiftung). Augsburg, 1986. 350 S. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Martin Weiß, Schillerstraße
4, D-69256 Mauer
Village Names:
- German: Birk
- Hungarian: Petele
- Official: Petelea
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Reghin on highway 15
- Postal-Code: 4270
Population:
- 1786: 1065
- 1910: 2012
- 1940: 1164 Lutherans
- 1966: 1973
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 60 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Birk
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Petele
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536777, item 4
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
Heimatbücher:
- Das Birker Heimatbuch. [E: The ... heritage book]. (Susanne Dienesch,
Walter M Dienesch, Natascha Salfinger). Selbstverlag, 1996. 282 S. [G]
- Das Dorfbuch der deutschen Gemeinde Birk in Siebenbürgen, 1868-1919.
[E: The village book of the German community ....in Transylvania]. (Fritz
Mägerlein, Bearbeiter). Typoskript. 1952. [G], FHL microfilm 1183675
Village Names:
- German: Birthälm
- Hungarian: Berethalom
- Official: Biertan
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Birthelm
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southeast of Medias, southwest of Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 3145
Population:
- 1510: ca. 5000!
- 1532: 345 heads of households
- 1786: 1543
- 1910: 2251
- 1940: 1400 Lutherans
- 1966: 2144
- 1992: 180 Germans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 101 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Birthalm
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1649-1944; M: 1648-1943; D:
1653-1944, and more
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417909-1417918
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: B: 1649-1944; M: 1648-1943; D: 1653-1944, with
gaps
Miscellaneous:
Heimatbücher:
- Der königliche freie Markt. Birthälm in Siebenbürgen. [E: The
royal free market town......in Transylvania]. (Johann Michael Salzer).
Wien, Carl Graeser, 1881. 750 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Bistritz
- Hungarian: Beszterce
- Official: Bistrita
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Bystrita, Nösen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- in northeast Transylvania
- Postal-Code: 4400
Population:
- 1786: 4637
- 1910: 11906
- 1940: 4981 Lutherans
- 1992: 87,783 with 544 Germans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 283 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Bistritz
- Church records available at FHL:
B: 1700-1949; M: 1700-1944; D: 1766-1951
Military personnel only D: 1854-55
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944291-0944296; 0944301-0944308; 1454415, item
7
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1241
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Suburbs: Heidendorf, Pintak, Schönbirk, Wallendorf, Winda
- Spelling with diacritics: Bistrit,a
Heimatbücher:
- Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Bistritz in Siebenbürgen. [E:
Contributions on the history of the city .... in Transylvania]. (Ernst
Wagner). Wort und Welt Verlag. Je Band ca. 150 Seiten, je Band 20,- DM
[G, IfA]
Bd. 1: 1980
Bd. 2: 1982 (vergriffen/out of print)
Bd. 3: 1984: Nordsiebenbürgen in den Jahren 1940-1945; 168 Seiten
Bd. 4: 1986
Bd. 5: 1990
Bd. 6: 1992: Aus Anlaß des 9. Treffens der Bistritzer vom 18. bis 30.
August in Dinkelsbühl/Mfr.
- Bistritz. Ein siebenbürgisch-deutsch-sächsisches Schicksal. [E:
....a Transylvanian fate]. (Kurt Csallner). 87 S., Bilder. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Welsermühl-Verlag, Maria-Theresien-Str.
41, A-4600 Wels, Austria; Tel: (07242) 2310; Fax: (07242) 23118
- Bistritz zwischen 1880 und 1950. Erinnerungen eines Buchdruckers.
[E: .....between 1880 and 1950. Memories of a book printer]. (Gustav Zikeli).
1989, München, Wort und Welt Verlag/Südostdeutschen Kulturwerks. 220
S., 24,- DM, ISBN 3-88356-053-7. (Veröffentlichungen des Südostdeutschen
Kulturwerks; C 9). [G, MOB]
- Geschichte der Stadt Bistritz in Siebenbürgen. [E: History of the
city of .... in Transylvania]. (Ernst Wagner aus dem Nachlaß von Otto
Dahinten). Köln/Wien, Böhlau Verlag, 1988. 541 S. (Studia Transylvanica;
14). [G, IfA, MOB]
- Heimatbuch Untere Vorstadt Bistritz. (Dr. Jost Linkner). September
2000. (SZ 20.3.2000, S. 17)
- Urkunden-Regesten aus dem Archiv der Stadt Bistritz in Siebenbürgen.
(Begr.: Albert Berger). Köln, Böhlau. (Schriften zur Landeskunde
Siebenbürgens, 11)
1. und 2. (1203-1570), 1035 Seiten, 1986
3. (1571-1585), 601 Seiten, 1995
- Verlorene Heimat Nordsiebenbürgen. Gemarkungsprozesse des 18. und
19. Jahrhunderts von Bistritz, Schönbirk, Heidendorf und Ungersdorf.
Konskriptionen und Landesaufnahme des 18. Jahrhunderts in Schönbirk. [E:
Lost homeland North Transylvania. Boundary processes of the 18th and 19th
centuries of......Conscription lists and topography of the 18th century
in ....]. (Hanspeter Zehner). Gefördert u.a. vom Sieb.-Sächs. Kulturrat
aus Mitteln der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung. Eigenverlag, 1989. [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Hanspeter Zehner, Brunnenstr.
34a, D-79312 Emmendingen.
Village Names:
- German: Bladenmarkt
- Hungarian: Balavásár
- Official: Balauseri
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Bladen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Tirnaveni on Highway 13
- Postal-Code: 3267
Population:
- 1842/43: 69 Catholics
- 1966: 1154
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Balavasara
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529952, item 6
Miscellaneous:
- Documented 1325
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
Village Names:
- German: Blasendorf
- Hungarian: Balásfalva
- Official: Blaj
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Blajenii de Jos, Blußendref
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Medias, on highway 149
- Postal-Code: 3175
Population:
- 1786: 926
- 1910: 2192
- 1992: 22522
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Blasendorf
- Church records available at FHL: military personnel only D: 1788-1790/1
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1454361, item 9
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1252
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Named after Count Blasius Herbord
Village Names:
- German: Blutroth
- Hungarian: Bérve
- Official: Berghin
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Blutrot
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Alba Julia, northeast of Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2514
Population:
- 1786: 864
- 1910: 1584
- 1940: 1190 Lutherans
- 1966: 1162
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 96 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Berve
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529956, item 3
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1313
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
Village Names:
- German: Bodendorf
- Official: Bunesti
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Szaszbuda
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Rupea, southeast of Sighisoara on Highway 13
- Postal-Code: 3021
Population:
- 1786: 671
- 1910: 1021
- 1940: 535 Lutherans
- 1966: 815
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 22 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Bodendorf
- Church records available at FHL: BD: 1687-1839, and confirmations
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417952, 1810563
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: B: 1687-1839; M: 1688-1838; D: 1687-1857, with
gaps
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1337
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Bodendorfer Heimatblatt [1975])
- Ortsgenealoge
Village Names:
- German: Bogeschdorf
- Hungarian: Szászbogács
- Official: Bagaciu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northeast of Medias, southeast of Tirnaveni
- Postal-Code: 3239
Population:
- 1786: 768
- 1910: 1149
- 1940: 915 Lutherans
- 1966: 1342
- 1992: 64 Germans
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 41 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1359
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
Heimatbücher:
- Bogeschdorf, ein Dorf in Siebenbürgen: über die Stoppeln weht
noch der Wind. [E: ....a village in Transylvania: over the stubble the
wind still blows]. (Herta Werner). Eltville, ca. 1997. 453 S. [G]
- Geschichte einer sächsischen Weinbaugemeinde an der Kleinen Kokel
in Siebenbürgen. [E: History of a Saxon winegrowing community on the Kleine
Kokel in Transylvania]. (Heinrich u. Mathilde Gaber, Reinhard u. Maria
Reinerth). 1998. 333 S. 210 s/w Bilder, 130,-DM.
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Heinrich Gaber, Draiser Weg
6, D-65346 Eltville oder Reinhard Reinerth, Am Melonenweg 14,
D-65187 Wiesbaden.
Village Names:
- German: Bonnesdorf
- Hungarian: Alsóbajom
- Official: Boian
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Bunnesdorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Medias, southwest of Tirnaveni
- Postal-Code: 3152
Population:
- 1786: 857
- 1910: 2027
- 1940: 418 Lutherans
- 1966: 2162
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 11 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Also Bajom
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529950, item 3
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
Village Names:
- German: Botsch
- Hungarian: Bátos
- Official: Batos
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Bootsch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 15 km north of Reghin
- Postal-Code: 4251
Population:
- 1786: 2113
- 1910: 1601
- 1940: 1504 Lutherans
- 1966: 1567
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 53 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Batos
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536784, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1319
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Heimatblatt der Gemeinde Botsch [1983])
- Ortsgenealoge
- After 1944, former Botschers founded Sachsenheim by Salzburg/Austria.
Heimatbücher:
- Botsch. Ein Gang durch die Geschichte einer nordsiebenbürgischen
Gemeinde. [E: ....a walk through the history of a north Transylvanian
community]. (Johann Böhm). Sersheim, Hartmann, 1988. 296 S. [G, MOB]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Dr. Johann Böhm, Am Spreußberg
11, 97258 Ippesheim, GERMANY.
- Heimatbuch Botsch. (Bernhard Ohsam etc.). August 2000. Order
address/Bezugsadresse: Michael Hartig, Wiehl. Tel: (02262) 2784.
Village Names:
- German: Braller
- Hungarian: Brulya
- Official: Bruiu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Brunwiller, Ballor,
Broller
Location:
- Country: Romania
- South of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2494
Population:
- 1488: 37 heads of households
- 1786: 841
- 1910: 1020
- 1940: 513 Lutherans
- 1966: 569
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 19 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1307
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Last witch-burning (of Anna Schuff in 1744) in the Schenker-Seat
- Origin of the Bruckner and Schullerus families
- With Gürteln, Kirchberg, Martinsberg, Sachsenhausen and Tarteln,
located in the "Kampestwänkel", i.e. cabbage corner, as the area around
Agnita is called
- Name changes: Brunwiller (1335), Ballor (1488), Broller (1520)
Heimatbücher:
- Braller: dieses Buch erzählt von einem Dorf im Kampestwinkel in
Siebenbürgen. [E: ....: this book tells of a village in the Kampestwinkel
(=cabbage corner) in Transylvania]. (Josef Bajus). München, Sieb.-sächs.
Stiftung, 1996. (SZ15.11.96) [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Luise Ohsam, Riedstr. 41,
D-74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen.
Village Names:
- German: Brenndorf
- Hungarian: Botfalu
- Official: Bod
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Botfalva, Bringendorf,
Brigondorf, Brigittendorf, Breckendorf, Brengdorff
Location:
- Country: Romania
- North of Brasov, 8 km north of Sinpetru
- Postal-Code: 2238
Population:
- 1786: 1199
- 1910: 2394
- 1940: 1609 Lutherans
- 1966: 4085
- 1998: The Lutheran community had 103 members.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded ca. 1225?; documented: 1368 as villa Bathfalua
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Briefe aus Brenndorf [1976])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Depicted as Brendorf on Honterus map (1532)
- German (Brückendorf), Romanian (Bod) and Magyar (Botfalu) names
derive from "Dorf an der Brücke", i.e. village at the bridge.
- Name changes: Brigondorf (1377), Brigittendorf (1397), Breckendorf
(1400), Brengdorff (1526)
Heimatbücher:
- Brenndorf. Ereignisse und Gestalten aus der 700-jährigen Geschichte
einer siebenbürgisch burzenländischen Gemeinde. [E:....Happenings and
figures in the 700 year history of a Transylvania-Burzenland community].
(Rudolf That). Kipfenberg, Hercynia Verlag, 1979. 197 S. [G]
- Genealogische Datensammlung Brenndorf [E: Genealogical Database ...]
(Hermann Schmidts, HOG Brenndorf), Arbeitskreis für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde,
Gundelsheim, 2000. 2 CD ROM: 1. 1718-1899, 2. 1900-1992 [G, Uni-Bibl. Heidelberg]
Village Names:
- German: Broos
- Hungarian: Szászváros
- Official: Orastie
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Bros
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Sebes on Highway 7
- Postal-Code: 2600
Population:
- 1309: ca. 1600
- 1786: 3221
- 1910: 6937
- 1940: 906 Lutherans
- 1992: 24,083
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 125 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1224 in "Andreanischen Freibrief" as most westerly
Transylvanian community
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- 1846: 68 families from Württemberg arrived, followed in 1852 by
3 more.
- 1848-1849: 11 families returned home, 8 moved to other communities
- Spelling with diacritics: Ora^s,tie
Village Names:
- German: Bulkesch
- Hungarian: Bolkács
- Official: Balcaciu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Szaászbalkács, Bolkatsch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Tirnaveni, 6 km south of the highway
- Postal-Code: 3194
Population:
- 1786: 1490
- 1910: 1500
- 1940: 1457 Lutherans
- 1966: 1900
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 28 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Bolkacs
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529979, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309 as Bolkach
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Bulkescher Heimatblatt [1994])
- Ortsgenealoge
- The eastern part of the village belonged to the Bethlen family,
the western part to the Hermannstadt diocese
- Spelling with diacritics: Ba^lcaciu
Heimatbücher:
- Ein Dorf in Siebenbürgen. [E: A village in Transylvania]. (Frieda
Juchum, Hilfskomitee der Siebenbürger Sachsen). Schweinfurt, Schweinfurter
Druckerei, 1970. 79 S.; 2. Auflage: Schweinfurt, Welpert KG, 1980. 79
S. [G, MOB]
- Bulkesch. (Sara Klein). 1998. (SZ 31.10.98, p.15)
Village Names:
- German: Burgberg
- Hungarian: Vurpód
- Official: Vurpar
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southeast of Copsa Mica, northeast of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2477
Population:
- 1786: 1498
- 1910: 2208
- 1990: 2100
- 1992: no Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1296
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Vurpa^r
Heimatbücher:
- Die Mundart von Burgberg: Laut- und Formenlehre eines siebenbürgisch-sächsischen
Dorfes. [E: The dialect of ...]. Marburg, Elwert, 1959. 153 Seiten.
(Deutsche Dialektgeographie, 53)
Village Names:
- German: Burgberg
- Hungarian: Borberék
- Official: Vurpar
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- by Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2555
Population:
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1248
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Amalgamated with Winz in 1435
- Beginning in 1638, the first Fayence ceramics in Transylvania were
manufactured here by Bohemian Anabaptists until the factory burned down
in the 18th century
Village Names:
- German: Burghalle
- Hungarian: Ovárhely, Várhely
- Official: Orheiu Bistritei
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 11 km southeast of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4464
Population:
- 1786: 568
- 1910: 691
- 1940: 513 Lutherans
- 1966: 554
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 3 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Varhely
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536807, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Settled since Roman times, the "Castrum Arcobadara" was erected
in 106 A.D.; documented 1319 as Varhel.
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- A large emigration wave to the United States began in 1910 and
to Canada in 1929
- Spelling with diacritics: Orheiu Bist,ritei
Heimatbücher:
- Burghalle remembered: a Saxon village in Transylvania. (Michael
Intschert, of Kitchener, Ontario). Burghalle, 1989. 316 S. [G]
- Heimatbuch Burghalle. Die Geschichte einer deutschen Gemeinde im
Budaktal in Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Heritage book.... The history of a
German community in the Budak vally in north Transylvania]. (Hanspeter
Zehner, etliche Mitarbeiter u. HOG). Wiehl, Eigenverlag, 1990. 169 S.
[G, IfA, MOB]
Includes names of villagers in the fall of 1944, their birthdates,
children, house numbers, as well as those who died in WWI and WWII.
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Georg Poschner, Kokeltal 22,
D-51674 Wiehl-Drabenderhöhe.
Village Names:
- German: Burgort
- Official: Sarmizegetusa
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Varhely
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Hateg on Highway 66
- Postal-Code: 2662
Population:
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL: check CD at FHC
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 14th century
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Well-known Roman archaeological site with amphitheater, temple,
necropolic, mosaics and the mausoleum of the family of Quintus Aurelius
Village Names:
- German: Bussd
- Hungarian: Szaszbuzd
- Official: Buzd
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Bußt
Location:
- Country: Romania
- just east of Medias
- Postal-Code: 3141
Population:
- 1516: 40 heads of households, 6 widows, 2 shepherds, 1 miller,
1 school master
- 1786: 598
- 1910: 969
- 1940: 696 Lutherans
- 1966: 987
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 6 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1334
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Derived from the personal name Bozo
Village Names:
- German: Bussd
- Hungarian: Buzd
- Official: Boz
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Bußt
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2599
Population:
- 1786: 571
- 1910: 1069
- 1940: 717 Lutherans
- 1966: 868
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 5 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1295
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Derived from Slavic "Boz" = elder bush
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