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Village Names:
- German: Kallesdorf
- Hungarian: Arokálja
- Official: Arcalia
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Bistrita, by Sieu Magherus
- Postal-Code: 4416
Population:
- 1786: 653
- 1910: 837
- 1940: 443 Lutherans
- 1966: 777
- 1992: no Germans; the Lutheran community had not had its own minister
since 1944; filial parish of Jaad from 1977; no longer listed in the
Lutheran register of Siebenbürgen communities
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Kallesdorf
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1864-1948; M: 1864-1910; D: 1864-1951
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944311-12
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Arokalja
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536807, item 4
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1296
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- The castle, built in Byzantine-Moorish style, is now a research
institute for Cluj University
Heimatbücher:
- Kallesdorf in Nordsiebenbürgen. (Johann Göckler). Bad Hall, 1986.
Gefördert u.a. vom Sieb.-Sächs. Kulturrat. 82 S. [G] 2.Aufl. 1991?
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Johann Göckler, Pesendorferstr.
10, A-4540 Bad Hall, Austria.
Village Names:
- German: Karlsburg, Weißenburg, Belgrad
- Hungarian: Gyulafehérvár, Károlyfehérvár
- Official: Alba Julia
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Balgrad
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Capital of Judetul Alba
- Postal-Code: 2500
Population:
- 1786: 4917
- 1910: 9857
- 1940: 450 Lutherans
- 1985: 64,369
- 1992: 71,254 (450 Germans)
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 110 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Karlsburg
- Church records available at FHL: military personnel only:
B: 1816-1886
M: 1815-1857, 1869-1886
D: 1815-1886
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1442869, item 6; 1442872, item 5; 1454028-29
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Settled 5000 BC; documented 1277 as Wizzenburg
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Tourist sights (among many): Apor-Palace, Rom.-Cath. Bishop's cathedral,
sarcophagi of Johannes von Hunyadi, Queen Isabella and her son, Johannes
Sigismund (the first prince of Transylvania)
- Derived from the Slavic/Rumanian: Balgrad = Weißenburg after the
family, Gyulafehérvár (meaning is the same for all, i.e. white hill)
- Spelling with diacritics: Ba^lgrad
Village Names:
- German: Kastenholz
- Hungarian: Hermány
- Official: Casolt
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Agnita, 14 km east of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2476
Population:
- 1452: Vlad Dracul's soldiers burned down the village
- 1488: 18 heads of households, 1 school master
- 1786: 465
- 1910: 721
- 1940: 371 Lutherans
- 1990: 1130
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 8 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 25 Sept 1302
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Ortsgeschichte
- In the surrounding area are 300-500 grave mounds of Huns dating
from 300-100BC
- In 1945, Rumanians burned the archives in the garden of the parsonage
- Name derived from Latin "kaste" = oak and "holz" = forest
-
Niederkastenholz in Germany
- Spelling with diacritics: Cas,olt,
Village Names:
- German: Katzendorf
- Hungarian: Kaca
- Official: Cata
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Kacza
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northeast of Rupea
- Postal-Code: 3044
Population:
- 1488: 92 heads of households, 5 shepherds, a school, a mill, 2 indigents
- 1640: 171 heads of households, 19 settlers, 20 widows, 786 horses
- 1786: 993
- 1910: 1341
- 1940: 600 Lutherans
- 1966: 1210
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 9 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1400
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Though its name translates to "cat village", Katzendorf (as well
as most of the villages in the Reps area) was popularly referred to
as "Horse village" since each family used to own 7 horses
Heimatbücher:
- Katzendorf: Geschichtsübersicht der Siebenbürger Sachsen in 850
Jahren. Das Leben und Wirken der Sachsengemeinde Katzendorf durch die
Jahrhunderte bis zum Untergang. [E: ....: Summary of the history of
the Transylvania Saxons in 850 years. Life and work of the Saxon community
....through the centuries to its disappearance]. (A. Fuß). Nürnberg,
1991. 46 S. [G]
- Katzendorf in Siebenbürgen. (Rolf-Dieter Happe). Band 1 und 2, Hepberg
2002. 992 S. Zusammen € 75,-
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Verein zur Erhaltung und Pflege
der Kirchenanlage in Katzendorf e.V., Schulstr. 4, 85120 Hepberg
- Familienbuch/Family Book Katzendorf (2002) online:
http://db.genealogy.net/ofb/katzendorf/
Village Names:
- German: Keisd
- Hungarian: Szászkézd
- Official: Saschiz
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Kyzd, Kaysdy, Zaazkyzd,
Kaizd, Kaisd, Chizduc Sasesc
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Rupea, 10 km southeast of Vinatori
- Postal-Code: 3072
Population:
- 1786: 1435
- 1910: 1984
- 1940: 1239 Lutherans
- 1966: 2308
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 100 members and is served
from Schäßburg.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Keisder Heimatblatt [1987])
- Ortsgeschichte
- Known for its decoratively painted furniture and pottery ("Keisder
Krüge")
- Name derived from Hungarian "kez" = hand, i.e. protection
- 1926: one of the first power plants built in Transylvania
- Name changes: Latin: Kyzd, Kaysdy, Zaazkyzd; German: Kaizd, Kaisd;
Rumanian: Chizduc Sasesc
Heimatbücher:
- Keisd. Eine Marktgemeinde in Siebenbürgen im Wandel der Zeit. [E:
....A market community in Transylvania through time]. (Fr. P. Menning,
HOG Keisd). 248 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Bd.
20). [G]
Village Names:
- German: Kelling
- Hungarian: Kelnek
- Official: Cilnic
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Kellenk
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 13 km southeast of Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2587
Population:
- 1488: 92 heads of households
- 1665: 347 Lutherans
- 1786: 847
- 1910: 1702
- 1940: 970 Lutherans
- 1966: 1668
- 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 Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1269 as villa Kelnuk
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Ci^lnic
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Kelling. Geschichte einer sächsischen Gemeinde im siebenbürgischen
Unterwald. [E: Heritage book.... History of a Saxon community in the
Transylvanian Unterwald]. (Hans Acker). Wolfhagen: Selbstverlag, 1987.
286 S. [G, IfA]; 2d ed. 1983. [G]
- Kelling. Zur Orts- und Erbgräfengeschichte. [E: ....on the history
of the community and the nobles]. (Hans Acker). 1978 [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse für beide Bücher: Hans Acker,
Rehwiesen 2, 34466 Wolfhagen, GERMANY.
Village Names:
- German: Kerz
- Hungarian: Kerc, Kercz
- Official: Cirta
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Kierz
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Between Fagaras and Sibiu, 2 km north of the DN1
- Postal-Code: 2409
Population:
- 1786: 693
- 1910: 951
- 1940: 589 Lutherans
- 1966: 1850
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 115 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Kercz
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529979, item 2
- Gundelsheim: B 1860-1899; M 1867-1899; D 1867-1950
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1202
- Kirchenburg/church fortress, a Cistercian abbey founded approximately
1200 and dedicated to "Our Lady of the candles" from which the community
name is derived (German candle = Kerze)
- HOG (publishes Kerzer Heimatbrief [1991])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Spelling with diacritics: Ci^rt,a
Heimatbücher:
- Kerz und die Kerzer Abtei, Heimatbuch einer siebenbürgischen Gemeinde.
[E: ... and the Kerz monastery, heritage book of a Transylvanian community].
(Georg Gotthelf Zell). Selbstverlag, 1998. 384 S. ISBN 3-932043-04-9,
174 S&W Fotos, 3 Karten, 45,- DM. (Schriftenreihe der Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen
Stiftung, 24)[G] (SZ 31.1.98)
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Lilli Zell, Danziger Straße
23, 71737 Kirchberg, Germany.
- Die Kerzer Abtei. [E: The .... Monastery]. (Ludwig Reissenberger).
Franz Michaelis, Hermannstadt, 1894. 59 S. [MOB, G]
- Die Zisterzienser von Kerz: Zusammenhänge. [E: The Cistercians of
....] Munich, Südostdt. Kulturwerk, 1990. 68 Seiten. (Veröffentlichungen
des Südostdeutschen Kulturwerks, Reihe B, 50)
Village Names:
- German: Kirchberg
- Hungarian: Kürpöd
- Official: Chirpar
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 12 km south of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 1337
Population:
- 1786: 1131
- 1910: 1557
- 1940: 1269 Lutherans
- 1966: 1429
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 56 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1337
- HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Chirpa^r
Village Names:
- German: Kirtsch
- Hungarian: Körös
- Official: Curciu
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Kirsch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Dumbraveni
- Postal-Code:
Population:
- 74 heads of households
- 1786: 831
- 1910: 1102
- 1940: 499 Lutherans
- 1966: 1037
- 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: 1322 as Kereus
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Derived from Slavic "Krc" = clearing of land
Village Names:
- German: Klausenburg
- Hungarian: Kolozsvár
- Official: Cluj
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Cluj Napoca, Kleusenburch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Second largest city of Transylvania in northwest Romania
- Postal-Code: 3400
Population:
- 1786: 13928
- 1880: 30400
- 1910: 58481
- 1940: 2578 Lutherans
- 1992: 328,008 (1136 Germans)
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Klausenburg
- Church records available at FHL: military personnel only
BM: 1870-1876
D: 1849-1883
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1454030, item 1; 1454496, items 11-13
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1173 (but settled since the Paleolithic and Neolithic
ages); composed of 3 formerly independent communities: Klausenburg,
Cluj-Manastur (Abtsdorf), Someseni (Mikelsdorf)
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Latin name: Claudiopolis; old Hungarian: Kulusvár
- Tourist sights (among many others): St. Michael's church, Bánffy
palais, Apothecary Museum, birthplace of Mathias Corvinus
- Capital of the principality of Siebenbürgen from 1790 to 1867
- Hungary's second university, now called Babes-Bolyai University,
was built in 1872.
Heimatbücher:
- Cluj imprejurimile sale. / Cluj und seine Umgebung. [E: ....and
area]. (A.E. Baconsky) Bukarest, Meridiane, 1963. 75 pages. In German.
(Kleiner Wegweiser) [Library: University of California]
Village Names:
- German: Klein Alisch
- Hungarian: Kisszöllös
- Official: Seleus
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- East of Tirnaveni, 3 km north of Zagar
- Postal-Code: 3246
Population:
- 1786: 710
- 1910: 717
- 1940: 892 Lutherans
- 1966: 653
- 31.12.1995: 25 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Kis Szollos
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529951, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1319
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Known as one of the "13 Saxon villages", in the "Saxon Mesopotamia"
- Spelling with diacritics: Seleus,
Village Names:
- German: Klein Bistritz
- Hungarian: Asszubeszterce
- Official: Dorolea
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 14 km east of Bistrita, 7 km east of Livezile, in the Tanase river
valley
- Postal-Code: 4437
Population:
- 1786: 429
- 1910: 816
- 1940: 539 Lutherans
- 1966: 764
- 31.12.1995: 27 Germans
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Klein Bistritz
- Church records available at FHL: BM: 1700-1894; D: 1700-1945
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944297, 0944298
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332 (80-100 inhabitants)
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Formerly a Saxon village
- Has a very localised dialect, spoken and understood only by Klein
Bistritzers
- A rich heritage of stories (ghosts, goblins, witches)
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Klein Bistritz. Die Geschichte einer deutschen Gemeinde
im Nösnergau in Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Heritage book.....The history
of a German community in the Nösnergau in north Transylvania]. (Johann
& Michael Brandscher). Nürnberg, Selbstverlag der HOG Klein-Bistritz,
1991. 304 S.; 2. Aufl. 1994. Thaur/Innsbruck, Wort und Welt Verlag,
u. Selbstverlag der HOG, 1994. 304 S. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-sächs.
Stiftung, Bd. 11).
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Michael Brandscher, Kronstädter
Gasse 70, 51674 Wiehl-Drabenderhöhe, GERMANY.
Village Names:
- German: Klein Kopisch
- Hungarian: Kiskapus
- Official: Copsa Mica
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Klikopesch
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 5 km west of Medias
- Postal-Code: 3158
- Railroad station: Has been a railway centre since 1875
Population:
- 1940: 374 Lutherans
- 1973: the Lutherans joined the Hungarian church
- 1992: 5346
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1402
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Formerly the most polluted village in Romania
- After a natural gas eruption in 1933, a 300 m high gas flame burned
1 million cubic metres of methane daily until 1940
- The community has 3 parts: the residential area (mostly Soviet-era
block-style apartment buildings) southwest of the train station extending
to Axente Sever; the industrial quarter between the train station
and the Kokel and Weissbach rivers; and the old Hungarian village east
of the train station
Village Names:
- German: Kleinlasseln, Klein Lasseln
- Hungarian: Kisszentlászló
- Official: Laslau Mic
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 3 km from Laslau Mare, west of Balauseri
- Postal-Code: 3258
Population:
- 1786: 419
- 1910: 720
- 1940: 713 Lutherans
- 1966: 791
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 13 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szasz Szent
Laszlo
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529951, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Resettled by 13 Saxon farmers in bondage to Count Bethlen of Laslau
Mare in the 18th century
- Spelling with diacritics: Lasla^u Mic
Heimatbücher:
- Kleinlasseln. Aus der Geschichte einer sächsischen Gemeinde an der
Kleinen Kockel in Siebenbürgen. [E: ... From the history of a Saxon community
on the Kleine Kokel...] (Maria Reinerth, Reinhard Reinerth). Wiesbaden, 2003.
328 S.
Village Names:
- German: Kleinpold
- Hungarian: Kisapold, Kispóld
- Official: Apoldul de Jos
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 4 km east of Miercurea Sibiului, southwest of Sebes
- Postal-Code: 2472
Population:
- 1488: 36 heads of households
- 1966: 1929
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1289
- Formerly a Saxon village, today mainly Romanian
Village Names:
- German: Klein Probstdorf
- Hungarian: Kisekemezö
- Official: Tarnavioara
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Prostea Mica
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Across the Kokel river from (though now part of) Copsa Mica
- Postal-Code: 3158
Population:
- 1786: 313
- 1910: 498
- 1940: 603 Lutherans
- 1966: 611
- 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: Kis Ekemezo
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529979, item 2
- Hermannstadt city archives:
B: 1672-1781, 1694-1840
M: 1728-1738, 1744-1837
D: 1706-1839
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1358
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- Inhabitants refuse to leave their very polluted village
- Spelling with diacritics: Ta^rnaviora, Ti^rnaviora
Village Names:
- German: Klein Schelken
- Hungarian: Kisselyk
- Official: Seica Mica
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 7 km southwest of Axente Sever
- Postal-Code: 3162
Population:
- 1516: 129 heads of households, 14 widows, 1 miller, 3 shepherds
- 1532: 175 heads of households
- 1786: 1079
- 1910: 1962
- 1940: 1691 Lutherans
- 1966: 2132
- 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 Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded: 1280; documented 1311 as Salchelk (Slavic "sol" = salt)
but settled in the Bronze Age
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Kleinschelker Heimatblatt [1994])
- Archaeological findings from Hallstatt, La Tene and Roman eras
- Spelling with diacritics: Seica Mica^
Village Names:
- German: Klein Schenk
- Hungarian: Kissink
- Official: Cincsor
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southeast of Agnita
- Postal-Code: 2338
Population:
- 1329: 27 heads of households
- 1786: 786
- 1910: 935
- 1940: 708 Lutherans
- 1966: 882
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 44 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- Filial parish: Rohrbach
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Founded in the 12th century; documented 1329
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Kleinschenker Nachrichten [1992])
- Ortsgeschichte
- Old Saxon village, architecturally well-laid out
- Spelling with diacritics: Cincs,or
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch: Kleinschenk in Siebenbürgen. [E: Heritage book: ....in
Transylvania]. (Hrsg: HOG.) München, Sieb.-sächs. Stiftung, 1997. 60,-
DM. (Schriftenreihe der Sieb.-sächs. Stiftung, Bd. 29) (SZ 15.11.97)
216 S. [G]
- Der Pfarrhof zu Kleinschenk: vaterländische Erzählung aus den Anfänge
des 18.Jh. [E: The parsonage in ....: fatherland stories from the beginning
of the 18th century]. (Daniel Roth). Hermannstadt, Hochmeister, 1847.
219 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Klein Schergied
- Hungarian: Bolgárcserged, Kis Cserged
- Official: Cergaul Mic
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Cergau Mic
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 12 km southwest of Blaj
- Postal-Code: 3176
Population:
- 1900: Großschergied's 19 Lutherans were a filial community
- 1930: 762 (443 Lutherans)
- 1940: 622 Lutherans; no minister after 1945; became Orthodox in 1948
- 1966: 627
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Kis Cserged
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529957, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1303
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- Catholic Bulgarians from the Widiner Banat settled here after 1290,
and converted to Protestantism following the Reformation
- Spelling with diacritics: Cerga^ul Mic
Village Names:
- German: Klein Scheuern
- Hungarian: Kiscsür
- Official: Sura Mica
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Cleynschowern
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Just north of Sibiu
- Postal-Code: 2442
Population:
- 1525: a school
- 1786: 613
- 1910: 1412
- 1940: 1427 Lutherans
- 1990: 2550
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 8 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Hermannstadt city archives:
B: 1625-1639, 1672-1837
M: 1684-1692, 1695-1726, 1769-1837
D: 1718-1728, 1768-1837
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1323 as "Parvum Horreum" = Kleine Scheuer
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Kleinscheuerner Heimat-Bote [1992])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Agricultural centre: farming, livestock, hops, fruit
- Known for the colourful "Trachten" of its women and girls
- Spelling with diacritics: S,ura Mica^
- Name changes: Cleynschowern (ca. 1468)
Village Names:
- German: Klein Schogen
- Hungarian: Kissajó
- Official: Sieut
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Soyo Minori, Soranus
super, Kle Schogn, Klae Schiugn
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 5 km south of Sieu, south of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4415
Population:
- 1660: Tatar invasion
- 1713: 30 families
- 1850: 757
- 1930: 925 (4 Germans/Lutherans)
- 1966: 935
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1228
- A Saxon community until 1670
- Located on the military border
- Known for its richly decorated Rumanian ethnic costumes
- Spelling with diacritics: S,ieut,
- Name changes: Latin: Soyo Minori, Soranus super
Heimatbücher:
- Die letzten Sachsen von Klein-Schogen. [E: The last Saxons of ....].
(Julius Orendi). Hermannstadt, Drotleff, 1912. 138 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Klosdorf
- Hungarian: Miklóstelke
- Official: Cloasterf
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Betelsdorf, Klosdref
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southeast of Sighisoara, 9 km southeast of Saschiz
- Postal-Code: 3074
Population:
- 1488: a school
- 1786: 385
- 1910: 353
- 1940: 263 Lutherans
- 1966: 280
- 31.12.1995: the Lutheran community had 1 member and has not had
its own minister since 1940
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Klosdorf
- Church records available at FHL: BMD: 1763-1837
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1475971
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Klosdorf
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529979, item 2
- Leipzig archives: B: 1763-1837; M: 1765-1837; D: 1763-1837
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1322 as villa Nicholai (Klos is a variant of Nikolaus)
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
- The village belonged to the Cistercian abbey of Kerz until 1474,
then became the property of the "Marienkirche" of Sibiu
- Klosdorf hasn't had a mayor since 1944
- Spelling with diacritics: Cloas,terf
Village Names:
- German: Kreisch
- Hungarian: Keresd
- Official: Cris
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 10 km south of Danes, southwest of Sighisoara
- Postal-Code: 3084
Population:
- 1786: 866
- 1910: 1339
- 1940: 882 Lutherans
- 1966: 1116
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 40 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Kreisch
- Church records available at FHL: BM: 1815-1943; D: 1815-1837, and
more
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417960
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Keresd
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1529952, item 1 and/or 1529953, item 4
- Leipzig archives:
B: 1815-1837, 1912-1943
M: 1815-1836, 1912-1943
D: 1815-1837
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1305; founded by the Bethlen family; construction of
their castle in the village centre began in 1340 and ended in the 18th
century; it has now been restored
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Spelling with diacritics: Cris,
Village Names:
- German: Kronstadt
- Hungarian: Brasso, Brasso Corona
- Official: Brasov
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Orasul Stalin, Kruhnen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Cultural and administrative centre of the "Burzenland", capital
of Judetul Brasov
- Postal-Code: 2200
Population:
- 1400: 3000; approximately 30 guilds
- 1786: 17792
- 1910: 38999
- 1940: approx. 13,000 Lutherans
- 1992: 323,825 (3569 Germans)
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Kronstadt
- Church records available at FHL: military personnel only
Spital 2 - B: 1854, D: 1854-55
Spital 4 - D: 1854
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1454415, item 3; 1454432, item 6
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1235; it lies between the foothills of the Schuler (1799
m), Zinne (955 m), Schneckenberg, Raupenberg, Warthe, Schloßberg, and
Mühlenberg
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG Homepage
- The HOG publishes the Kronstädter Heimatblatt (1985) and Neue Kronstädter
Zeitung (1985)
- Ortsgenealoge
- 5 Lutheran parishes: Honterusgemeinde, Blumenau, Martinsberg, Bartholomae,
Obere Vorstadt
- Bartholomae
- Tourist sights: Black Church, Poiana Brasov (hiking and skiing paradise
12 km southwest of the city)
- Birthplace of most famous personage of Transylvania, Johannes Honterus
(1498-1549)
- Spelling with diacritics: Bras,ov
Heimatbücher:
- Die Honterusschule zu Kronstadt. Streiflichter aus dem Leben einer
Schule. [E: Honterus school in ...excursions in the life of a school].
(Hansgeorg von Killyen, Werner Kuchar, etc.). 1998, München, Verlag
Neue Kronstädter Zeitung u. HOG Kronstadt. 128 S. 130 Abb. ISBN 3-928297-01-5.
15,-DM.
Order address/Bezugsadresse: HOG Kronstadt, Rathausstr.
47, 74172 Neckarsulm, GERMANY or/oder Neue Kronstädter Zeitung,
Zeisigweg 6, 85356 Freising, GERMANY.
- Kronstadt. (Heinrich Zillich). Verlag Klingsor, Kronstadt, 1927.
51 S; Neuauflage, 25 alte Ansichten von Kronstadt. München, Edition
Wort und Welt. 33,-DM.
- Kronstadt. Beiträge zur Geschichte von Kronstadt in Siebenbürgen.
[E: ....Contributions on the history of .... in Transylvania]. (Hrsg.
Paul Philippi). Köln/Wien, Böhlau, 1984. 336 S. (Siebenbürgisches Archiv;
3, 17) [G]
- Kronstadt. Historische Betrachtungen über eine Stadt in Siebenbürgen;
Aufsätze und Vorträge. [E: ....Historical look at a city in Transylvania:
compositions and presentations]. 1996, Bukarest, Kriterion Verlag;
Heidelberg, Arbeitskreis für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde. 270 S. ISBN
3-929848-06-6.
- Kronstadt - eine siebenbürgische Stadtgeschichte. [E: ... - a
Transylvanian city history]. (Harald Roth). 1998, München, Universitas
Verlag. 320 S. ISBN 3-8004-1375-2. 68,-DM.
- Das Kronstädter Rathaus. [E: The Kronstadt city hall]. (Gernot
Nussbächer). 1996, Brasov, Aldus Verlag. 26 pages followed by photos. ISBN
973-97628-6-7
- Kirchenbuchverkartung
von Kronstadt
1684-1950 auf CD-ROM. € 15,-
Order address/Bezugsadresse:
Gerhard Truetsch
, Heidelberg
Village Names:
- German: Kuschma
- Hungarian: Kusma
- Official: Cusma
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Auen
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 20 km east of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4437
Population:
- 1786: 196
- 1910: 672
- 1940: 85 Lutherans; filial community of Klein Bistritz since 1750
- 1966: 741
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 26 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Kuschma
- Church records available at FHL: B: 1797-1943; M: 1801-1942; D: 1802-1929;
and more
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944313
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Kusma
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536807, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Known since 1494; settlement founded in 1787 by the landowner, Schaller
Freiherr von Löwenthal
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- The hunting territory of the Romanian kings
- Spelling with diacritics: Cus,ma
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Auen-Kuschma. Das Bärendorf am siebenbürgischen Karpatenurwald.
[E: Heritage book ....The bear village in the Transylvanian Carpathian
jungle]. (Jost Linkner; Mit Beiträgen von Michael Bachner u.a. sowie
Ernst Wagner). Wels, Bürotique, 1994. 220 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Kyrieleis
- Hungarian: Kerlés
- Official: Chirales
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Kirieleis
Location:
- Country: Romania
- West of Bistrita, 4 km west of Sieu Magherus
- Postal-Code: 4419
Population:
- 1070: Battle with the Kumans
- 1553: 31 houses, 18 serfs, 13 day labourers
- 1602: village was burned down
- 1750: 64 houses, 5 gypsy huts
- 1786: 698
- 1857: 850 inhabitants (412 Greek Catholics, 369 Lutherans, 8 Reformed
church, 9 Roman Catholics, 7 Jews)
- 1910: 1065
- 1940: 459 Lutherans
- 1966: 701
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 5 members and is served from
Bistrita
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Kyrieleis
- Church records available at FHL: BM: 1848-1950; D: 1854-1949
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944314
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Kerles
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536806, item 1
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1332; church existed in 1070
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG and Ortsgenealoge
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch der Gemeinde Kyrieleis in Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Heritage
book of the community ...in north Transylvania]. (Aufgrund der Vorarbeiten
von Johann Johrend, bearbeitet von Ernst Wagner, hrsg. von Günther
J. Johrend). Thaur/Innsbruck, Wort und Welt Verlag, 1995. 260 S. (Schriftenreihe
der Sieb.-Sächs. Stiftung, Bd. 19). 100,- DM (SZ 20.2.96) [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Katharina Fleischmann, Athener
Ring 110, 97084 Würzburg, GERMANY
Village Names:
- German: Langenthal
- Hungarian: Hosszuaszó
- Official: Valea Lunga
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 9 km southeast of Blaj
- Postal-Code: 3183
Population:
- 1786: 1142
- 1910: 1633
- 1940: 824 Lutherans
- 1966: 2101
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 61 members and is served
from Medias
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Hosszuaszo
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536776, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1309; Evangelical church was built in the 14th century
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Birthplace of the farmer's son and later Lutheran bishop and historian,
Friedrich Müller-Langenthal (1884-1969)
- Also has a Reformed, Rom.-Cath. (1772), Greek-Cath. (1770s) and
Orthodox church (1930)
- Spelling with diacritics: Valea Lunga^
Village Names:
- German: Leblang
- Hungarian: Lemnek
- Official: Lovnic
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 20 km west of Rupea, 6 km west of Jibert
- Postal-Code: 3031
Population:
- 1786: 735
- 1910: 853
- 1940: 490 Lutherans
- 1966: 880
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 84 members
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Leblang
- Church records available at FHL: BMD 1702-1742
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1417961
- FHL Census Microfilm:
- Leipzig archives: BMD: 1702-1742
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1206 as Villa Lewenech
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
- Half the inhabitants are gypsies
Heimatbücher:
- Leblanger Heimatbuch. (Hans-Georg Bau, Johann Hartmann, eds.). Ennepetal,
1993. 250 S. [G]
Village Names:
- German: Lechnitz
- Hungarian: Szászlekence
- Official: Lechinta
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Lachenz
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Southwest of Bistrita
- Postal-Code: 4452
Population:
- 1602: almost totally destroyed by General Basta's soldiers; resettled
from neighbouring communities
- 1786: 976
- 1910: 2350
- 1940: 1336 Lutherans
- 1966: 2351
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 6 members, has not had its
own minister since 1944, and is presently served from Bistrita
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records: Lechnitz
- Church records available at FHL: BMD 1833-1910
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 0944315-0944316
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1333
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Lechnitzer Gemeindebrief [1985])
- Ortsgenealoge
- "Lech" = dry, "nitz" = spring
- A narrow gauge railway runs between Lechinta and Tirgu Mures
- Spelling with diacritics: Lechint,a
Heimatbücher:
- Lechnitzer Heimatbuch. (Georg Felkner, Hilfskomitee der Siebenbürger
Sachsen). Schweinfurt, Schweinfurter Druckerei, 1968. 180 S. 14,80
DM [G, MOB]
- Lechnitz 1944-1994. Gedenkschrift zum Treffen am 17./18. September
1994 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. [E: ... 1944-1994. Commemorative
writing for the get-together on 17/18 September 1994 in....]. (Hansgeorg
Felker, Wigant Weltzer). Rothenburg o.d. Tauber, HOG Lechnitz, 1994.
[G]
Village Names:
- German: Leschkirch
- Hungarian: Üjegyház
- Official: Nocrich
- Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
- Country: Romania
- 8 km north of Marpod, 4 km south of Altina
- Postal-Code: 2479
Population:
- by 1200: 26 heads of households
- 1488: 35 heads of households (ca. 160 persons)
- 1532: 190 Saxons
- 1765: 554 Saxons (and an unknown number of others)
- 1786: 919
- 1910: 1237
- 1940: 883 Lutherans
- 1966: 1426
- 1990: 2152
- 31.12.1995: Lutheran community had 7 members, served from Alzen
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL Census Microfilm:
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1349 as noua ecclessia
- Kirchenburg/church fortress
- HOG (publishes Leschkircher Harbachkradder/Heimatglocke [1990])
- Ortsgenealoge
- Ortsgeschichte
- Name derived from Mosel-Frankish "Lesch" = reed; or Slavic "Ijes"
= swamp/forest
- 1852-8: road built from Hermannstadt - Leschkirch - Agnetheln -
Gross Schenk - Voila
- 1953: village was electrified
- Birthplace of Governor Samuel von Brukenthal (1721-1803); his house
stands in the market place
Village Names:
- German: Ludwigsdorf
- Hungarian: Szászludvég
- Official: Logig
- Spelling and/or dialect variants: Lutzendorf
Location:
- Country: Romania
- Northwest of Reghin, north of Lunca
- Postal-Code: 4253
Population:
- 1786: 835
- 1910: 971
- 1940: 152 Lutherans
- 1966: 830
- 31.12.1995: The Lutheran community had 48 members and is served
from Sächsisch-Regen.
Genealogical Records:
- Village name in FHL records:
- Church records available at FHL:
- FHL Microfilm Nr.:
- FHL 1819/20 Hungarian Land Census Microfilm: Szaszludveg
- FHL Microfilm Nr.: 1536784, item 2
Miscellaneous:
- Documented: 1322
- Kirchenburg/church fortress; HOG
Heimatbücher:
- Heimatbuch Ludwigsdorf in Nordsiebenbürgen. [E: Heritage book ...
in north Transylvania]. (Gefördert von der Stadt Wels, und der Landsmannschaft
der Siebenbürger Sachsen in Österreich; Jost Linkner). Das 39. (von
45 Orten) Heimatbuch dieser [Reener Ländchen] Gegend / The 39th heritage
book (of 45 communities) in this Reener area. Wels, Bürotique, 1997.
174 S. 50,- DM / 350 ÖS [G]
Order address/Bezugsadresse: Dr. Jost Linkner, Waidhausen 33,
A-4600 Wels, Austria.
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